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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Oct 13, 2025

To my Democratic friends: I am not going to vote to extend these subsidies.

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Chuck Schumer
@chuckschumer· Democratic · NY· Oct 13, 2025

Let’s be blunt: nobody’s forcing Trump and Vought to do this. ... They’re callously choosing to hurt people — the workers who protect our country, inspect our food, respond when disasters strike. This is deliberate chaos.

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Lindsey Graham
@lindseygraham· Republican · SC· Oct 13, 2025

Let’s have a rational discussion, but not with the government shut down.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 12, 2025

If Chuck Schumer wants to come into the Oval Office or come to my house, he is welcome to talk about how to fix health care policy for Americans.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Oct 12, 2025

Let’s now support this process and bring it together, not just in a nonpartisan way in our own country, but literally internationally as a great global commitment to try to bring peace, security, stability and a better future to the Middle…

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 12, 2025

Well, look, as the president said, you have to remember, the war started because of a brutal terrorist attack on Israeli soil, and we've been laser-focused on eliminating the terrorist threat to the Israelis, while also ensuring that the…

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 12, 2025

We are confident, Margaret. Of course, we always follow the law, and we always follow court cases, and we think that we have the authority to do what we need to do.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 12, 2025

This isn't a negotiation. This is hostage-taking.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 12, 2025

we'll negotiate over health care policy, but only once you do your job and open up people's government.

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John Thune
@johnthune· Republican · SD· Oct 12, 2025

Let’s hope there are 5 more Democrats who will join us, because despite all of the good work we’ve done, there’s a lot more we could do if the Schumer Shutdown ends.

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Hillary Clinton
@hillaryclinton· Democratic · NY· Oct 12, 2025

No, this is now enough. We cannot continue this. This conflict needs to end, and we’ve got to move on.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 12, 2025

We don't negotiate with a person who has taken the entire federal government hostage over a health care policy dispute.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 12, 2025

I think the barrier here has been Netanyahu. And Netanyahu is only going to move if he thinks that his relationship with the United States is at risk.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 12, 2025

this is not a situation that we're excited about.

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J.D. Vance
@jdvance· Republican · OH· Oct 12, 2025

I know the President is very committed to doing that.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Oct 12, 2025

This shutdown is happening because Republicans are desperate to protect their billionaire tax cut.

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Mike Rounds
@mikerounds· Republican · SD· Oct 12, 2025

We do not have enough of these types of leaders, and a loss of any one of them without strong justification is disappointing.

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