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Republican leaders reject Trump’s demands to scrap the Senate filibuster to end the shutdown

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump threw himself into the shutdown debate, calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government, an idea swiftly rejected Friday by Republican leaders who have long opposed such a move. Trump pushed his Republican Party to get rid of the Senate rule that requires 60 votes to overcome objections and gives the minority Democrats a check on GOP power. In the chamber that’s currently split, 53-47, Democrats have had enough votes to keep the government closed…

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Senate Democrats, holding out for health care, reject government funding bill for 10th time

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats rejected for the 10th time Thursday a stopgap spending bill that would reopen the government, insisting they won’t back away from demands that Congress take up health care benefits. The vote failed on a 51-45 tally, well short of the 60 needed to advance with the Senate’s filibuster rules. The repetition of votes on the funding bill has become a daily drumbeat in Congress, underscoring how intractable the situation has become. It has been at times the only item on the agenda for the Senate…

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MoveOn: Our Elected Leaders Should Reject “Cruel, Extremist” Immigration Measures

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Washington, D.C. — In response to the release of the Senate border proposal that was recently announced, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting issued the following statement:   “MoveOn’s millions of members believe in commonsense solutions and reform to our nation’s immigration system, but we cannot accept cruel, extremist policies and compromises that gut our humanity in the process. It’s clear that our broken immigration system is not working for anyone, and instead of operating in good faith, Republicans have chosen to follow Donald Trump and MAGA’s push for failed,…

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MoveOn Calls for Democrats to Reject Trump-Era Anti-Asylum Border Policies

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Executive Director Rahna Epting: “Donald Trump and his MAGA allies wrote the playbook on cruel and inhumane immigration policies, and the Biden administration should reject any measures that tear families apart and gut our country’s values and morals.” Washington, D.C. – Following reporting that the White House is considering harmful, Trump-era asylum policies as part of the foreign aid funding negotiations, MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement:  “Donald Trump and his MAGA allies wrote the playbook on cruel and inhumane immigration policies, and the Biden…

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Democrats Reject Work Ethic, Embrace Freeloaders

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The Democratic Party used to call itself the party of working people and hail the “dignity of work.” No more. Now, Democrats want to guarantee people who choose not to work an income funded by the suckers who do the right thing by showing up for work, caring for their family, and paying taxes. Fortunately, these self-supporting Americans just dodged a bullet. The failure to pass Build Back Better in Congress, thanks to holdout Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., means that the monthly checks or automatic bank deposits to parents with…

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