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April 18, 2017 9:05 am | By 41734Trump’s Dangerous Team, Round Two
In order to carry out a set of priorities that are out of step with the American people, President Trump packed his cabinet with a radical group of right-wing ideologues who are either unqualified for their positions or have built careers…
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April 11, 2017 9:29 am | By 41734With Government Shutdown Deadline Approaching, Next Big Trump Threat Looms Large
If there's one way to describe the first few months of the Trump administration, perhaps, to put it mildly, it's this: out of step with the American people. President Trump began by assembling a radical group of right-wing ideologues on…
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March 29, 2017 4:06 pm | By 44533Sen. Whitehouse Catapults Money in Politics to the Forefront of Gorsuch Supreme Court Hearing
Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee held confirmation hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s nominee for Supreme Court of the United States. While the hearings covered a number of topics, money in politics emerged as a prominent and consistent…
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March 23, 2017 7:35 pm | By 53562These Senators Have Taken a Stand for Our Rights By Opposing Gorsuch
Four days of hearings on Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch underscored how much of a threat his approach to the law would be for workers, women, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ people. When he wasn’t defending himself for writing…
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March 15, 2017 2:37 pm | By 44533Coalition Delivers 1 Million+ Petitions to #StopGorsuch
This morning Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey joined activists and representatives from multiple organizations to deliver more than one million petition signatures opposing Judge Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court. "We're here for people who want…
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February 28, 2017 9:38 am | By 41734Concerned Constituents Raise Questions about Judge Neil Gorsuch During #ResistanceRecess
Last week was an incredible week for #ResistanceRecess. With members of Congress home for the President's Day recess, many activists stood up at local town hall meetings (whether their members did or not) to resist President Trump and the right-wing…
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February 17, 2017 9:04 am | By 53562President Trump: “We’re going to put out a new order next week”
At a White House press conference today first billed as an announcement of the new labor secretary nominee, President Trump was questioned by the press on the roll out of the anti-Muslim travel ban. Trump insisted that the process was…
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February 7, 2017 9:28 pm | By 41734Eight Senators Have Taken a Strong Stand to #StopGorsuch and Protect Americans’ Rights
It's been one week since President Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to succeed Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court. In that time, eight senators have already come out in defense of the Constitution and against Gorsuch’s nomination: Senator Tammy Baldwin…
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Federal UpdateDecember 9, 2016 5:00 am | By 28188
Victory on Russell Amendment (For Now)
To PFAW Activists: You did it! You helped DEFEAT the discriminatory Russell Amendment in the defense authorization bill, which passed in the Senate yesterday after having already passed in the House -- with the Russell Amendment STRIPPED from the bill.…
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Federal UpdateNovember 18, 2016 4:39 pm | By 44533
Government Spending Showdown May Include Money in Politics Provision
Perhaps the most critical item on the to-do list for the upcoming Congressional lame duck session is a must-pass spending bill which will keep the government funded for the upcoming fiscal year. In the past these negotiations have turned into…
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April 28, 2016 9:25 pm | By 28188With 8 New Nominees, Obama Works While Grassley Shirks
One of the most important duties of the president of the United States is to nominate judges for the Supreme Court and our nation’s federal circuit and district courts. And one of the most important jobs of the chairman of…
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Federal UpdateMarch 15, 2016 10:10 pm | By 28188
Some People Are Still Doing Their Job on Judges
President Obama has nominated Rebecca Haywood of Pennsylvania to fill a vacancy on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals that opened last July. She would bring to the bench her many years of experience with the U.S. Attorney’s office in…
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Federal UpdateFebruary 26, 2016 12:06 am | By 28188
Unlike Senate GOP, Obama Continues to Do His Job on Judges
Senate Republicans insist they will not even consider any Supreme Court nominee put forth by the president of the United States, prompting calls from around the country: #DoYourJob! But that’s not their only campaign of obstruction aimed at the judiciary.…
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Federal UpdateApril 22, 2010 8:46 pm | By 28194
Senators Study How to Break the Filibuster Gridlock
Yesterday’s confirmation of Chris Schroeder to head the Office of Legal Policy was a welcome break in the gridlock that GOP senators have created over President Obama’s Executive Branch nominees. (Though, as has become the pattern, they made sure Schroeder’s…