But some brave, reform-minded leaders have already taken a stand in friend of the court briefs, and I want to acknowledge them. 2/
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Next week, SCOTUS will hear Gill v. Whitford, a chance to take a stand and declare extreme partisan gerrymandering unconstitutional. 1/
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I commend signatories from both parties on the amicus brief from current/former House Members in Whitford v. Gill http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/16-1161-bsac-Bipartisan-Group-of-Current-and-Former-Members-of-Congress.pdf … 3/
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These leaders showed great courage & leadership. They regularly put constituents & solving America’s problems over needless partisanship. 4/
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They know that members of Congress should be public servants, not party servants, & they are doing important, bipartisan work every day. 5/
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For example, co-heads of the Problem Solvers Caucus, Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)
@RepJoshG & Tom Reed (R-NY)@RepTomReed, joined the brief. 6/Show this thread -
Problem Solvers is bipartisan group that overcomes partisanship & delivers practical solutions. Americans benefit from their great work. 7/
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Co-heads of Climate Solutions Caucus, Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) @RepCurbelo & Ted Deutch (D-FL)
@RepTedDeutch, also joined the brief. 8/Show this thread -
They explore bipartisan policy solutions to address the impacts of pollution and create a clean energy future. https://citizensclimatelobby.org/climate-solutions-caucus/ … 9/
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Rod Blum (R-IA)
@RepRodBlum joined the brief too. He's an independent thinker who puts Eastern Iowa and his country above his party. 10/Show this thread -
He works with Freedom Caucus and bipartisan No Labels, & stands up to his own party, based on what is best for his constituents. 11/
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The Iowa press already knew this about him http://qctimes.com/news/local/rod-blum-desire-to-reform-congress-drives-second-term/article_b61ab319-f74e-588a-8b21-f016186fb500.html …, but now the country knows it too. 12/
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I am proud to stand against partisan gerrymandering with all 34 distinguished leaders who signed. I fully support their critical work. 13/
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I know that's a lot of tweeting (only 140 characters though), but this case &
#FairMaps are near and dear to my heart. Thank you all. 14/14Show this thread
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