Murphy dismisses Trump's DC crime crackdown as a 'stunt'

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3. He's a member of the Senatee Appropriations Committee

who would probably need to at least encourage his fellow members - https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/about/members

Vice Chair (Ranking Member) Patty Murray (Democrat - Washington) Minority
Richard Durbin (Democrat - Illinois)
Jack Reed (Democrat - Rhode Island)
Jeanne Shaheen (Democrat - New Hampshire)
Jeff Merkley (Democrat - Oregon)
Christopher Coons (Democrat - Delaware)
Brian Schatz (Democrat - Hawaii)
Tammy Baldwin (Democrat - Wisconsin)
Chris Van Hollen (Democrat - Maryland)
Martin Heinrich (Democrat - New Mexico)
Gary Peters (Democrat - Michigan) Official
Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat - New York)
Jon Ossoff (Democrat - Georgia)

to boycott any more markup sessions unless stuff is rescinded, as a show of resistance.

The GOP is obviously in the majority and can pass what they want out of the Committee, but at least in the Senate, they still need 60 votes to pass legislation, including appropriations (unless Thune does the final nuclear option and completely blows up the filibuster (cloture) Rule).