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  1. 1 hour ago

    To my GOP colleagues, let’s not punish the American taxpayers by going further down this road. We already passed a bipartisan bill to fund the government. Let’s change course before it’s too late.

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  2. 1 hour ago

    That would be $5 billion of OUR taxpayer dollars that wouldn’t get spent on improving our infrastructure & making childcare more affordable. On helping more students attend college or making pre-k universal. Or on the VA backlog, GI benefits or on taking care of our Veterans....

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  3. 1 hour ago

    Trump wants to shut down the government right before Xmas unless Congress agrees to waste $5 billion of American tax dollars on something he promised Mexico would pay for.

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  4. 3 hours ago

    If Donald Trump shuts down the government, it could hurt our economy, cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and deprive hundreds of thousands of federal employees of their paychecks at Xmas time. Congressional Republicans must change course before it’s too late.

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  5. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    ‘Like losing your legs’: Duckworth pushed airlines to detail wheelchairs they break

    3 replies 82 retweets 204 likes
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  6. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    NEWS ALERT: Ranking Member and call on to immediately address security vulnerabilities. Read More ⬇️

    6 replies 79 retweets 147 likes
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  7. 7 hours ago

    Kurdish forces have been one of our most effective & reliable allies in an unstable region. They served alongside our military combating ISIL & have always answered our calls for assistance. Allowing to betray them would empower our enemies & weaken our friends.

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  8. 23 hours ago

    Congress should use its power to check this President, defend our alliances and hold our adversaries accountable when Donald Trump refuses to.

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  9. 23 hours ago

    Secretary Mattis should testify before Congress and answer questions about the alarming contents of his resignation letter.

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  10. Dec 20

    When I was a teenager, my dad lost his job and my family relied on food stamps to survive. This unilateral and unjustified move by the Trump Administration won't help anyone escape poverty. It puts vulnerable Americans, including thousands of Veterans, at risk of going hungry.

    Roughly 755,000 people would lose food stamp benefits if the USDA's new proposal to expand work requirements for those in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is approved.
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  11. Dec 20

    Today, I’m thinking about Rosa Parks and how her courage inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, which ended on this day in 1956. Her refusal to accept injustice 62 years ago was critical to advancing civil rights and inspires countless still, there’s more to do.

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  12. Dec 20

    Read more here:

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  13. Dec 20

    BREAKING: The House just passed our bipartisan legislation to help Veterans transition back into civilian life & start their own small businesses. I am proud to have worked with & to send it to the President’s desk to be signed into law.

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    Dec 20

    A must-read from my friend on why weapons of war don't belong on our streets and why Congress needs to have the courage to do something about it.

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  15. Dec 20

    The Affordable Care Act is the law of the land and it's the DOJ’s responsibility to defend it. That’s why I joined every other Senate Democrat to urge the Trump Administration to reverse course & immediately request a stay of last week's absurd ruling

    31 replies 185 retweets 673 likes
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  16. Dec 20

    Glad to see this cruel policy overturned. Those fleeing domestic violence, abuse and extreme gang violence should be allowed a fair hearing when seeking asylum in the US.

    10 replies 94 retweets 356 likes
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    Dec 20

    A combat veteran like understands better than most why the same semiautomatics that our military uses should not also be readily available in our communities.

    21 replies 105 retweets 338 likes
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    Dec 20

    Thank you for this very important article and for your support of common sense gun safety measures. I look forward to working with you to ensure no other parent ever goes through the pain that my wife and I are going through after the Parkland massacre.

    No other place where our loved ones learn or play or pray should be turned into "a war zone."
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  19. Dec 20

    From this one mom—this combat Veteran, this marksman—please: Tweeting out thoughts and prayers hours after another mass shooting isn’t good enough. We need to honor the victims not just with moments of silence, but with action. Read my op-ed in here:

    An op-ed from : We cannot allow our country to be turned into a war zone. For goodness’ sake. It’s enough.
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  20. Dec 19

    We should ensure every family in America has access to clean and safe drinking water no matter where they live or how much money they have.

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