Wrote the damn bill. Fmr: Deputy Health Policy Director, @HELPCmteDems, @SenSanders; @SenateBudget; @USGAO; @ColumbiaMSPH; @ProvidenceCol.✨🏳️🌈
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Gotta hand it to the bad guys - hitting children and farmers at the same time is almost impressive!
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks ow.ly/jJh610625C6
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Collins on the pocket rescission OMB announced tonight
Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress’s Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.
Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress’s appropriations powers. OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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"Gouged" isn't out until next week but it's already helping "spark" conversation around @Walmart's Sparky chatbot, and delivering for consumers.
@Walmart just announced their "promises" around pricing, but make no mistake: they're cleaning up their spill on aisle four.
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AOC: So many policies, not having healthcare, having insecure housing, having wages that don't pay you enough to lead a dignified life, all of these things code into us as "my life doesn't matter." And our job is to change that, and to say, 'Actually, we do matter, and we matter enough to change the outcomes of things and to give consequences to the people who hurt our ability to live the American dream. Period.
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Notable new stat from Commonwealth:
About one-third (32%) of working-age adults with private insurance are paying off medical bills or debt over time.
One-third of privately insured Americans carry medical debt. Insurance isn’t protecting them. Insurance isn't protecting them. Hospital consolidation and price opacity are the problem. Congress must act.
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Watch our new ad and hear about how “Doc” Marshall treated his poorest patients.
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Meischa was Roger Marshall's patient. This is her story.
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I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that the pastor of a megachurch has game, but goddamn.
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New @CookPolitical: GOP on track to lose House majority as 15 race ratings shift towards Dems. Full analysis by @ercovey: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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We're live with multiple reporters analyzing Dr. Heidi Overton's Senate HELP hearing to be FDA commissioner, at @statnews
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When you see your health care premiums rise, you can thank Republicans in Washington.
Over the last year and a half, they have decided they'd rather enrich billionaires and wage war in Iran than lower your costs.
Most Americans can expect to pay significantly more each month for health insurance next year, whether they get it through work, the Affordable Care Act or Medicare. nbcnews.com/health/health-ne…
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There's a line between a tough boss and an abusive boss.
There's no excuse for yelling/physical or verbal abuse in the workplace. From an elected/candidate or other staffer. Sure, sometimes emotions get the best of all of us, but that shouldn't be accepted as the norm.
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"The plan? Create a lore so complicated and bewildering that the Western Massachusetts lesbian bar currently hemorrhaging money recoups its losses by becoming an attraction for disbelieving tourists."
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ProPublica story leading the homepage of many major news outlets Maine right now.
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As a smalltown newspaperman who could never afford to give 4 reporters the time to take on a project like this (we have 4 full-time reporters, total), let's take a moment to appreciate @propublica's invitation for other outlets to "Steal Our Stories." Will do!
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New story:
In 2024, sitting inside the U.S. attorney's office in Honolulu, the former CEO of a defense contractor made a stunning confession to two FBI agents.
He alleged that was the ringleader of a massive pay-to-play operation, bribing senators with campaign contributions in exchange for government contracts.
He said his most important patron was Maine Senator Susan Collins.
propublica.org/article/fbi-s…
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U.S. Sen. candidate @RevAdamHamilton (D-KS) on debating opponent Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS): "Nexstar has a policy that a person can't get on the debate stage unless they've raised 25% of their money in their state, and Roger Marshall doesn't qualify for the debate."
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JD Vance coming up with “the fart left”:
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Vance: We need somebody who will fight back against the fart left. Now, you may not have even heard that, but I just called them the fart left, not the far left.
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