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Want to find out #WhyStatesMatter? Here's a thread with solid examples through and through. (Thanks @nytimes and Timothy Williams)https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/us/democrats-gun-control-healthcare.html …
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"In
#NewYork, where Democrats won full control of the Legislature, lawmakers have approved a bill that offers undocumented students access to state financial aid and scholarships and another that expands protections for the state’s abortion laws."Show this thread
In #Colorado (Dems already controlled the House but they took the Senate): bills to expand access to affordable health care, allow the importation of prescription drugs from Canada & give 100 teachers as much as $5K a year each to help pay off college loans. #WhyStatesMatter
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"And Democrats who now control the Senate in
#Maine say they are seeking several measures that had been blocked or slowed by Paul LePage, the former Republican governor. Among them are Medicaid expansion and food stamps for asylum seekers."Show this thread -
Meanwhile, in
#Ohio (where the GOP controls the chambers): "the legislature is poised to ban abortions once a fetus’s heartbeat is detected, which could be as early as 6 weeks into a pregnancy."#WhyStatesMatterShow this thread -
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#Missouri, Republicans are considering a so-called right-to-work law, even though voters rejected the idea last year. And#Alabama Republicans are contemplating building more prisons.#WhyStatesMatterShow this thread -
These good policies, and the bad ones, are happening in Augusta, in Denver, in Concord, in Columbus — not in Washington DC. Know who goes to your state capital for you. They have power. They affect your daily life.
#WhyStatesMatterhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/28/us/democrats-gun-control-healthcare.html …Show this thread
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