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Republican Senate leadership unable to scuttle debate on U.S. wars
September 13, 2017Rand Paul, libertarian and one-time GOP presidential hopeful, threatened to paralyze the Senate unless Mitch McConnell allowed debate on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
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Senate prods Trump to move against white supremacist groups
September 12, 2017The measure pushes Trump “to do more than track” racist attacks and actually counter them with a coordinated government response.
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Healthcare protest portends “hell to pay” if Senate GOP bill passes
June 22, 2017"We will lie down on the railroad tracks to stop this,” promised Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
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Beyond the tweets, working families facing real attacks
June 21, 2017Republicans with their corporate agenda in Washington, D.C., are not wasting any time in attacking working families.
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Public outcry forces McConnell to allow exposure of Sessions’ racism
February 8, 2017McConnell’s move to silence criticism of Sessions didn’t work.
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