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Tammy Duckworth

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Tammy Duckworth is a United States Senator from Illinois, serving since January 20, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented Illinois's 8th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2017. Duckworth is a veteran of the Iraq War, where she became the first female double amputee from the conflict, an experience that has shaped her advocacy for veterans and military families. She has been a strong proponent of healthcare reform, women's rights, and disability rights throughout her political career.

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Aug 11, 2026

I don’t want to be playing whack-a-mole for the next decade in our fight against foreign scam operations.

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Aug 11, 2026

Servicemembers must have confidence that their sacrifices will be honored, not used against them or to target their loved ones.

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Aug 11, 2026

These efforts imperil military readiness, weaken servicemembers’ morale and betray America’s promises to the people who put their lives on the line for our nation.

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Aug 11, 2026

The State Department must work diligently to preempt the spread of these scam operations—but Trump’s cuts are making it difficult.

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Aug 9, 2026

It is families who will suffer, especially the sickest Americans, like those with mental health and substance use disorders, cancer, and diabetes, who most urgently need the health care Medicaid provides.

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Aug 8, 2026

Your partisan attacks on Illinois are just as likely to raise prices or extend repair timelines in Wisconsin, Indiana, or Iowa the next time they face a tornado or flood.

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Aug 8, 2026

The grants you terminated would have assisted in the deployment of these technologies and created hundreds of jobs.

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Aug 7, 2026

In a clear conflict of interest and gross abuse of power, Trump fired 17 Inspectors General within his first days in office so he could tap political allies to conduct oversight of his own Administration—leaving these watchdogs to answer…

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Aug 7, 2026

It’s clear that the current checks on the President are not enough, and our legislation would not only help us restore good government—it will also empower Congress to prevent any more wanna-be kings from bending our Republic to its…

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Aug 7, 2026

I refuse to let Donald Trump dishonor the service of our heroes just because it benefits him politically to lie about the length of this illegal campaign and hide the true cost of his war from the American people.

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Aug 7, 2026

Trump’s ‘public charge’ rule is a yet another cruel, un-American assault on immigrants and their families.

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Aug 6, 2026

The American people deserve to have a government that works for them—not one that is willing to push energy prices even higher and put the country’s energy security at grave risk.

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Aug 6, 2026

Once an Administration begins punishing Americans for how they vote, the threat extends far beyond these projects: no state, community, business, or worker can trust that the federal government will apply the law fairly.

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Aug 6, 2026

At a time when energy prices are skyrocketing, the Administration is hell-bent on political retribution instead of working to bring down costs for millions of Americans.

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Aug 6, 2026

Now that court documents have confirmed what we knew to be true, we write to demand that you restore previously awarded funding that the Trump Administration has weaponized in an attempt to punish perceived political enemies.

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Aug 6, 2026

For the good of our country, the rule of law, and the American people, we demand that you change course and restore the previously awarded funding.

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Aug 6, 2026

This is not only an attack on jobs, affordable energy, and America’s economic competitiveness. It is an attack on the rule of law and the basic democratic principle that the federal government serves the entire country—not merely those who…

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Aug 6, 2026

These AI chatbots were never meant to be used by young children, yet they’re being embedded inside toys by the thousands.

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Aug 6, 2026

High-concentration sodium nitrite is a textbook example of a deadly product that should never be sold to consumers—let alone to our kids.

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Aug 6, 2026

Red tape requirements are an attempt to suffocate the Medicaid program and deny health care to the Americans who count on it.

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Aug 6, 2026

States are not prepared to implement the agency’s onerous, subjective requirements.

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Aug 6, 2026

Implementing this rule will worsen Americans’ overall quality of health, waste millions of dollars on administrative red tape, and cause preventable health emergencies for all Americans.

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Aug 6, 2026

We urge CMS to withdraw this rule to ensure that Medicaid can continue its mission of providing health coverage to low-income Americans.

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Aug 5, 2026

For all his bluster about meritocracy, Pete Hegseth continues to find slimy ways to push out warriors who have earned their right to serve.

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Aug 5, 2026

Far too often, roads that need repaving and transportation facilities that need revamping are left unfixed because states and towns don’t have the funding they need.

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