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Rhiannon12866

(243,268 posts) Thu Sep 18, 2025, 11:35 PM Thursday

Senate GOP Blocks Whitehouse Effort to Undo Looming Half-Trillion Dollar Cut to Medicare - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

September 18 - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) took to the Senate floor to request unanimous consent to pass his resolution to protect Medicare from automatic cuts resulting from Republicans’ Big, Beautiful-for-Billionaires law. Senate GOP Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) blocked the passage of this resolution.

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1. Shut the Govt. Down

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Fri Sep 19, 2025, 12:40 AM

Friday

Vote no on the debt extension. Make the rePigFuckers pay. Set the table for winning the 2026 Midterms.

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