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Jamie Raskin

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Jamie Raskin is an American attorney, law professor, and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Raskin has been an advocate for various progressive policies, including healthcare reform and civil rights. He gained national attention for his role in the impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump, where he served as a lead impeachment manager during the Senate trial in early 2020.

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Jun 13, 2026

Everything that's already been authorized and certified is already in motion, and current FISA authorizations will continue unaffected, at least through March 17, 2027.

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Jun 12, 2026

Maybe the threat that we’re not going to support you will finally get you guys serious about it.

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Jun 11, 2026

Government surveillance activities will continue unchanged after Friday.

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Jun 2, 2026

Nothing in DOJ’s statement dissolves this blatantly unconstitutional fund which was neither authorized nor appropriated by Congress.

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May 31, 2026

We don’t know who’s speaking, we don’t know what their real motivations are, and the things that they do talk about may be completely different from why they’re involved.

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May 29, 2026

This is pure fraud and highway robbery. No one can be both plaintiff and defendant in the same case.

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May 29, 2026

Ranked-choice voting is working everywhere it has been adopted.

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May 28, 2026

If we want to produce the strongest nominee and then unify quickly and decisively to take back the White House, let’s choose the right rules, starting with ranked-choice voting.

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May 28, 2026

Strong democracy means that we use a system where every vote counts, whether you are voting early or on primary day.

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May 28, 2026

Ranked-choice voting offers a shift in emphasis – from destroying the rest of the field to unifying it.

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May 28, 2026

We need rules for these primaries that will lift up the voices of these many talented Democrats in order to improve our party’s prospects.

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May 21, 2026

So, to the extent that he wants to give a million dollars to each of 1,600 pardoned rioters and insurrectionists, we think that that’s an unconstitutional use of money.

kansasreflector.com
May 21, 2026

So right there we have two seats officially stolen by Mitch McConnell and the Republican Senate.

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May 12, 2026

President Washington closed that letter to the congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, this way. He said: "May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabits…

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Apr 30, 2026

Mr. Speaker, we can reconcile the essential constitutional values of the country with the national security of the country. This 45-day continuation is a mandate. It is a mandate to the Speaker to allow the House to finally come together…

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Apr 29, 2026

Now our colleagues, rather than deal with the reality of what they have created, a monster year with American citizens being shot down in cold blood at point blank range, in Minneapolis Alex Pretti and Renee Good--rather than deal with…

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Apr 3, 2026

You’ve turned the People’s Department of Justice into Trump’s instrument of revenge.

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Mar 18, 2026

That is the way it has been changed. It has been altered to that. When you introduced it, it required a conviction. I am just wondering: What was your original logic, and why did you change your mind about that, if you did? Maybe you…

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Mar 18, 2026

Representative Taylor, this is your bill, H.R. 1958. It begins like this: ``Any alien who has been convicted of an offense that involves defrauding the United States Government or unlawfully receiving a Federal public benefit . . . or a…

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Mar 18, 2026

Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the Cato Institute study, ``President Trump's Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches.'' ... The real problem lies in the great number of particular second-term pardons that appear indefensible. Such…

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Jan 12, 2026

Mr. Speaker, we seem to have the bipartisan convergence that we need to reverse the error of the interpretation that is in the Howard decision to make sure we can always hold accountable the perpetrators of this seriously corrosive crime…

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Jan 12, 2026

I strongly support H.R. 6719, the Combating Online Predators Act. I encourage all of our colleagues to support it, and I praise the gentlewoman for her leadership on this legislation.

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Jan 10, 2026

This upcoming hearing is a win for truth-seeking Americans and yet another looming humiliation for Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans, who depend on a daily diet of lies to keep their Administration afloat.

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Jan 10, 2026

After Republicans forced Jack Smith into a backroom interrogation and rejected our calls for an open public hearing, now they decide they want a public hearing with Jack Smith after all.

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Dec 17, 2025

We are invited to believe that the United States Congress is not only more competent to make medical decisions for America's children than their own parents, but that the United States Congress is more competent than all 50 State…

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