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10.12.20
Senate Democrats are seeking to tie Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to President Trump’s push to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the first day of her confirmation hearings in an effort to dispel any doubt how she will rule on health care if placed on the court.
—Alexander Bolton, "Democrats seek to tie Barrett to Trump on Affordable Care Act as confirmation hearings begin," 12 Oct. 2020 {10:19 AM EDT} *
Senate Democrats are seeking to tie Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett to President Trump’s push to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the first day of her confirmation hearings in an effort to dispel any doubt how she will rule on health care if placed on the court.
—Alexander Bolton, "Democrats seek to tie Barrett to Trump on Affordable Care Act as confirmation hearings begin," 12 Oct. 2020 {10:19 AM EDT} *
2.13.20
“Congress has repeatedly voted in a bipartisan way to refuse funding the President’s wasteful, ineffective border wall," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a joint statement. "This latest effort to steal Congressionally-appropriated military funding undermines our national security and the separation of powers enshrined in our Constitution," they added.
—Niv Elis, "Trump extends emergency declaration at border," 13 Feb. 2020 {4:49 PM EST} *
2.7.20
Sondland provided damaging testimony against Trump in the House impeachment inquiry, saying during a public hearing that "everyone was in the loop" about the effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate the president's political rivals... Sondland was viewed as a key witness for Democrats as they built their case that Trump withheld security aid and a White House meeting from Ukraine in an effort to pressure the government into investigating the Bidens.
—Brett Samuels, "Trump ousts impeachment witness Gordon Sondland," 7 Feb. 2020 {6:55 PM EST} *
“Congress has repeatedly voted in a bipartisan way to refuse funding the President’s wasteful, ineffective border wall," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a joint statement. "This latest effort to steal Congressionally-appropriated military funding undermines our national security and the separation of powers enshrined in our Constitution," they added.
—Niv Elis, "Trump extends emergency declaration at border," 13 Feb. 2020 {4:49 PM EST} *
2.7.20
Sondland provided damaging testimony against Trump in the House impeachment inquiry, saying during a public hearing that "everyone was in the loop" about the effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate the president's political rivals... Sondland was viewed as a key witness for Democrats as they built their case that Trump withheld security aid and a White House meeting from Ukraine in an effort to pressure the government into investigating the Bidens.
—Brett Samuels, "Trump ousts impeachment witness Gordon Sondland," 7 Feb. 2020 {6:55 PM EST} *