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Sheldon Whitehouse

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Sheldon Whitehouse

@SenWhitehouse

U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, the Ocean State. Ranking Member @EPWcmte

Rhode Island

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Joined January 2011

Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
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JD Vance made a hell of a point about Nixon. Sounded like “Trump is so corrupt, Nixon’s crimes wouldn’t make a dent.” Interesting point.
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Jun 25
JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Jun 26
Nothing about Elon Musk’s life would change if he paid a fair share of his income in taxes. He likely wouldn’t even notice.
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Ed Markey
@SenMarkey
Jun 25
No cuts to Social Security. Not one penny.
Social Security Works ❌👑
@SSWorks
Jun 24
"The American people overwhelmingly reject even a penny of cuts to Social Security benefits. They overwhelmingly prefer more revenue, ideally paid by the wealthiest. They also strongly support benefit increases." - Social Security Works President Nancy Altman
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Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
@SenatorShaheen
Jun 25
When you have a President who calls affordability a "hoax," boasts that he couldn’t care less about your financial situation and refuses to sign bills to lower costs, this is what you get: Inflation at its highest point in years.
Heather Long
@byHeatherLong
Jun 25
JUST IN: PCE Inflation jumped to 4.1% (y/y) in May -- That's the highest inflation in 3 years and it's due largely to the war in Iran impact. Core PCE inflation (excluding food and energy) rose to 3.4% --> the highest since fall 2023. This is painful for the middle class and
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Jun 26
Joshua Dunlap has a history of bias against women’s reproductive rights. Senate Republicans confirmed him anyway.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Jun 26
Happy 100th to @liveunitedri! Thank you for your steadfast partnership and relentless work strengthening our communities over all these years.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Jun 25
Next month, Todd Blanche will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to seek confirmation as US Attorney General. On the latest episode of Making the Case, @SenBlumenthal and I unpack this disastrous nomination.
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A Side of Corruption
Making the Case · Episode
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Jun 25
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Jun 25
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Making the Case
Politics Podcast · Updated Daily · For years, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island has been unmasking the scheme to capture and control the Supreme Court — or as he calls it, “The Court That...
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Jun 25
You can’t claim to “appreciate things” as you sacrifice them.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Jun 25
Billionaires captured the Supreme Court; billionaires got them to allow unlimited money, even dark money; billionaires entertained them with the Billionaire Gifts Program; now billionaires reap the harvest of corrupt political influence.
Meet the megadonors pouring more than $1.3 billion into the 2026 election
From washingtonpost.com
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Jun 25
No climate action? This explains it. Lower tax rates for billionaires than nurses? This explains it. Corruption rampant? This explains it. Voting and civil rights gone? This explains it. Real Supreme Court ethics and term limits are called for, urgently.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Jun 25
A new chapter in a sordid saga opened this week with the DC Circuit agreeing to reconsider, en banc, the decision of a 2-1 divided panel regarding contempt of court at senior levels of the MAGA DOJ. The full DC Circuit will now weigh in. 🧵
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Jun 25
Replying to @SenWhitehouse
Along the way, I asked the Chief Judge to make sure there was no coordination between the Trump judges behind the exceptionally long administrative stay and the MAGA DOJ jamming Bove through confirmation in that window. No evidence that was done.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Jun 25
The contempt hearings, if finally allowed, will shed light on any contempt by DOJ, and may turn up evidence related to Bove’s confirmation. This has been too long, riddled with seeming judicial obstruction by Trump judges (read the dissents!).
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