Magically found $768,000,000,000 for a defense budget, but the same folks can't fully fund the $45- $60 billion needed to remove lead service lines in our country.
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Day 4 and we still don't have an elected Speaker of the House. This is most drawn out speaker vote since before the Civil War.
In 1859, it took 44 votes.
In 1855, it took 133 votes.
In 2023, we are on 12 and counting...
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Have I said today how much I admire and support Justice @KyraHBolden? I meant to.
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Credit scores didn’t exist until 1989. They’re deeply flawed and designed to keep people in poverty.
They can and should be changed.
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Well, they are capable of reaching 218...to adjourn.
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11th vote for Speaker of the House and it is looking the same.
No change.
McCarthy does not have the 218 votes required to be elected Speaker.
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The Republicans can continue their fights, but the people don't deserve us to just stop working. My door is open and we are ready to provide the services that my residents deserve.
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Sworn in or not, I am not going to stop providing constituent services to my residents.
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This is the best season of cspan…ever.
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Adverse possession laws don't work here. You gotta have the votes.
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She's still waiting.
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Tayta came all the way from Detroit to watch mommy be sworn into the 118th Congress!
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Tots returns to DC with mommy. As you can see, she isn't too excited to watch the rounds of Speaker votes.
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I am getting sworn in for the third time today.
When I walk onto the House floor, I bring so many people with me. From my ancestors to the community that raised me, my roots never leave me. Thank you to all who believed in the possibility of someone like me serving in Congress.
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The fact that our country continues to fund this kind of clear and direct statement to eliminate the existence of a whole people is shameful. Palestinian people deserve to live + thrive.
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An exclusive Jewish right to settle and live in the land implicitly announces that the 6.5 million Palestinians who live on it may have no right to be there at all. cdreams.news/3PZ4oxK
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. paid shareholders $6B before the pandemic.
The US people paid $7B to save this airline.
Shareholders cannot fix this.
Shareholders cannot fly ✈️.
Shareholders sure as shit can't fix glitches.
Time to have the peoples' back & hold accountable.
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"Southwest Airlines made a risky gamble that mass layoffs and spending billions of dollars on handouts to investors rather than fixing infrastructure would pay off with record profits," said one watchdog. "The airline lost that bet badly." cdreams.news/3GkhuT7
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From our family to yours, wishing you all love and joy this holiday season.
P.S. Tayta is ready to fill in for any reindeer.
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End the tipped minimum wage.
Pass the Restaurant Workers Bill of Rights.
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Women of color are here to cause some #GoodTrouble! Shout out to and for using their power to advocate on our behalf in Congress! #WomenofColorLead #ShethePeople
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I sent a letter today with more than 70 of my colleagues in the House and the Senate urging President Biden to do everything within his power to guarantee rail workers the seven paid sick days that they desperately need.
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Moments ago I spoke to Brittney Griner.
She is safe.
She is on a plane.
She is on her way home.
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"I strongly oppose attaching Manchin's #DirtyDeal to the NDAA," says . "This would gut bedrock environmental regulations and fast-track fossil fuel projects."
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Thank you and for your courageous, steadfast leadership joining us in demanding Congress reject the fossil-fueled #DirtyDeal and protect #PeoplevsFossilFuels!
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Rain didn’t deter our activists from rallying today in DC w/ , and our coalition demanding #NoDirtyDeal. Stopping Manchin’s push to fast-track fossil fuels at the expense of frontline communities is too important. Take action ⬇️
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As if spending $847 billion on the military industrial complex wasn't bad enough, now they want to add sacrificing frontline communities for polluter profits to the package? I'm voting against any rule that includes the #DirtyDeal and hope colleagues will join me.
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Kanye West praising Hitler and Nazis is abhorrent and disgusting. Whether it is anti-Semitism, racism, xenophobia, sexism or homophobia there are always those who want to divide us up. Our job is to unite people around a progressive agenda that improves life for all.
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Israeli militias expelled 750,000+ Palestinians from their homes in a systematic, violent campaign to erase the land of its indigenous population. This is known as the Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948.
The film #Farha beautifully and bravely works to keep that history alive.
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Farha is now available on Netflix.
An excellent film based on true events that portrays the perspective of one young girl who survived the #Nakba.
It is but one story.. one story among thousands that our people continue to carry, and continue to live through, until this day.
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Emgage is thrilled to be co-hosting a Muslim Get Out The Vote rally this Sunday w , , , , . Partners include CAIR, Georgia Muslim Voter Project, Majlis Ashura of Metro
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In May, an Israeli sniper shot our Al Jazeera colleague Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin. interviewed eyewitnesses and asked the White House and State Department if the US will investigate her shooting in our film "The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh"
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It’s been one year since we lost four beautiful young souls in Oxford. One year since a community was changed forever.
One year later, we honor the memories of Hana, Tate, Madisyn, and Justin and reaffirm our commitment to holding the Oxford community close. #OxfordStrong
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On #ThisDayinHistory 98 years ago, the Hon. Shirley Chisholm, daughter of Caribbean immigrants, was born in Brooklyn. She was, in her words, "a catalyst for change" & "a Black woman who dared to be herself." #ShirleyChisholm #blackwomen #remember #today #OnThisDay #TodayinHistory
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🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈 BREAKING: The Senate has PASSED the Respect for Marriage Act.
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The last time we stood with Local 202, we stared down a national food crisis over resistance to a $1 raise.
Back then, railroad workers stood with us. They turned trains around to not cross a picket line.
We won then, and we can win now.
Let’s get these sick days 💪🏽
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Guaranteeing 7 paid sick days to rail workers would cost the rail industry a grand total of $321 million a year – less than 2% of its profits. Please don't tell me the rail industry can't afford it. Rail companies spent $25.5 billion on stock buybacks and dividends this year.
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I won’t support a deal that doesn’t include paid sick leave for all rail workers.
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Every worker deserves paid sick time.
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