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September 6, 2018

Democrats Can Block the Kavanaugh Nomination If They Want To

If the Democrats had a spine

“First, if Republicans don’t agree to table the nomination until 2019, every Democratic senator but one will boycott the Senate chamber for the rest of the year. Then the one remaining Democrat, a rotating position, will rise to deny unanimous consent on every matter the Senate tries to take up, including each quorum call.”

Democrats Can Block the Kavanaugh Nomination If They Want To

If Democratic votes put Kavanaugh on the Court, the nation will be harmed irreparably, and Democrats will not only be complicit, they will be seen to be complicit, risking even further abandonment by the young and first-time voters they must inspire.. “We should have shut down the Senate.” —Se…

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August 8, 2018

Republicans block $250 million to beef up election security

Republicans only care about “national security” when it means shoveling money into the war machine and their pockets. When it comes to decrepit infrastructure, an educated populous, or ensuring our electoral system is safe – things that actually *protect our country* – they could care less

Republicans block $250 million to beef up election security

Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic push Wednesday that would have provided $250 million to beef up election security.

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July 7, 2017

Block Island, Rhode Island has the first off shore wind farm in the U.S. They w…

Block Island, Rhode Island has the first off shore wind farm in the U.S. They were burning a million gallons of diesel fuel a year to run generators now these 5 turbines can power the whole island and part of Rhode Island too.

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April 29, 2017

Republicans want to turn Medicaid into a block grant, just like the TANF welfare…

Republicans want to turn Medicaid into a block grant, just like the TANF welfare program. Mississippi is a good example of why that’s a terrible idea.

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April 20, 2017

AG Sessions says he’s ‘amazed’ a judge ‘on an island in the Pacific’ can block Trump’s immigration order

I’m amazed this person has so much power over our lives

AG Sessions says he’s ‘amazed’ a judge ‘on an island in the Pacific’ can block Trump’s immigration order

Sessions said he was amazed that a judge in Hawaii could block Trump’s executive order halting immigration from several majority Muslim countries.

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April 18, 2017

Filing Taxes Could Be Free and Simple. But H&R Block and Intuit Are Still Lobbying Against It.

The makers of TurboTax and other online systems spent millions lobbying last year, much of it directed toward a bill that would permanently bar the government from offering taxpayers prefilled filings.

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March 23, 2017

Senate votes to block internet privacy regulations

Senate Republicans have voted to kill Obama-era privacy rules that ban internet service providers from collecting sensitive consumer data like browsing history and app usage data without their customers’ express consent.

Senate votes to block internet privacy regulations

The Senate passed a resolution Thursday in a 50-48 party line vote that would dismantle a set of internet privacy rules approved by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last year.

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March 16, 2017

YES!!! Thank heaven that we have a strong court system to block Trump’s unconsti…

YES!!! Thank heaven that we have a strong court system to block Trump’s unconstitutional agenda.

“A federal judge in Hawaii has frozen President Trump’s new executive order temporarily barring the issuance of new visas to citizens of six-Muslim majority countries and suspending the admission of new refugees.”

Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/lawyers-face-off-on-trump-travel-ban-in-md-court-wednesday-morning/2017/03/14/b2d24636-090c-11e7-93dc-00f9bdd74ed1_story.html

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