[Trump’s 2021 Budget\1 Percent]
Sen. Sanders: “President Trump released a budget that cuts Medicare by half a trillion dollars. It cuts Social Security by $24 billion, including an $11 billion cut in Social Security Disability benefits.”
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SANDERS TELLS CONGRESS TRUMP’S 2021 BUDGET IS “AN IMMORAL DOCUMENT” BENEFITING THE “1 PERCENT”
VERMONT SENATOR SANDERS: NO IRAN WAR BASED ON LIES LIKE IN IRAQ AND VIETNAM
[Foreign Policy\Iran\Iraq\Vietnam]
Sen. Sanders: “When I look back upon American history, I remember the two most significant foreign policy mistakes our country made in the modern era, and those are the war in Vietnam and the war in Iraq. And let us be clear—we were led into both of those wars by a series of lies.”
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U.S. SENATE DEMOCRATS ASK POMPEO TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM TRUMP IMPEACHMENT UKRAINE SCANDAL
[House Impeachment Inquiry\Pompeo]
Senate Democrats on Foreign Intelligence Committee: “ We now know, according to today’s testimony from Ambassador Gordon Sondland, that you were fully aware of President Trump’s scheme to withhold urgently needed security assistance to Ukraine for his personal and political gain…The only legitimate option is for you to recuse and to delegate the Department’s response to the Trump-Ukraine scandal to a senior career Department official. We urge you to do so immediately.”
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SENATOR SANDERS AND DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS URGE CONGRESS TO EXPAND FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS
[Healthcare\Community Health Centers]
Sen. Bernie Sanders: “It is no exaggeration to call Community Health Centers a lifeline for millions of Americans. “President Trump and the Republicans tried and failed to destroy the Affordable Care Act in Congress. Now they’re in the courts still trying to kick millions off their health care. We are standing together to push back on this relentless assault on people’s basic health.”
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SENATOR BOOKER INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO COMBAT DISEASES OF POVERTY
[Health News\Poverty]
Senator Cory Booker: “Across the poorest parts of our country people are facing appalling realities that would shock the consciousness of many Americans. Diseases commonly associated with developing countries, such as hookworm and dengue fever, are sprouting right here in the U.S. — and disproportionately impacting our most underserved communities. This is an injustice that has been largely hidden from most Americans and highlights a gross inequality, where large swaths of this country are regularly exposed to raw sewage and contaminated drinking water.”
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DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE CHAIRS RELEASE STATEMENT DEMANDING FULL RELEASE OF TRUMP’S UKRAINE “SHAKEDOWN” CALL DOCUMENTS
[Trump Impeachment News]
Joint Statement by Democratic Committee Chairs: “The transcript is an unambiguous, damning, and shocking abuse of the Office of the Presidency for personal political gain. This is a clear breach of trust placed in the President to faithfully execute the laws and to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. The record of the call released by the White House confirms our worst fears: that the President abused his office by directly and repeatedly asking a foreign country to investigate his political rival and open investigations meant to help the President politically.”
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TEXAS CONGRESSMAN GREEN ATTENDS MOCK IMPEACHMENT HEARING OF “THE PEOPLE VS. DONALD TRUMP”
[Impeachment News]
Texas Congressman Al Green: “Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to By the People for focusing our attention on the impeachable atrocities committed by President Trump. Not only should he be impeached, he should have been impeached some time ago.”
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SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATE MICHAEL HILLER TO ANNOUNCE 2020 RUN AGAINST CONGRESSWOMAN YVETTE CLARKE
[New York Politics]
Social justice advocate Michael Hiller will announce today his intention to run against Rep. Yvette Clarke for Brooklyn’s 9th District.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES: CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU DEBT COLLECTION RULE MUST BE CHANGED
[Consumer Protection News]
NY AG James: “The CFPB’s proposed rule puts the interests of debt collectors ahead of consumers. Too many New Yorkers suffer from harassment and abuse at the hands of debt collectors. Rather than reign them in, the CFPB is proposing to give them new avenues to do harm by allowing debt collectors to contact consumers using social media and email.”
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