#US Senate

[sayruq]

A bipartisan bill would give the secretary of the treasury unilateral power to classify any charity as a terrorist-supporting organization, automatically stripping away its nonprofit status. The bill, H.R. 6408, already passed the House of Representatives in November, and a companion bill, S. 4136, was introduced to the Senate by Sens. John Cornyn (R–Texas) and Angus King (I–Maine) last week. In theory, the bill is a measure to fight terrorism financing. At least, that's what sponsor Rep. David Kustoff (R–Tenn.) claimed. "I urge the swift passage of this legislation that will significantly diminish the ability of Hamas and other terrorist groups to finance their operations and carry out future attacks," he said in a November statement. Financing terrorism is already very illegal. Anyone who gives money, goods, or services to a U.S.-designated terrorist organization can be charged with a felony under the Antiterrorism Act and the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. And those terrorist organizations are already banned from claiming tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code. Nine charities have been shut down since 2001 under the law. The new bill would allow the feds to shut down a charity without an official terrorism designation. It creates a new label called "terrorist-supporting organization" that the secretary of the treasury could slap onto nonprofits, removing their tax exempt status within 90 days. Only the secretary of the treasury could cancel that designation.

#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #students for justice in palestine #fascism #pro palestine #us senate

[reasonsforhope]

Less than three months after U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin and her colleagues launched an investigation into the four major American manufacturers of inhalers, three of the companies have relented, making commitments to cap costs for their inhalers at $35 for patients who now pay much more.

25 million Americans have asthma and 16 million Americans have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), meaning over 40 million Americans rely on inhalers to breathe.

Inhalers have been available since the 1950s, and most of the drugs they use have been on the market for more than 25 years.

According to a statement from the Wisconsin Senator’s office, inhaler manufacturers sell the exact same products at a much lower costs in other countries. One of AstraZeneca’s inhalers, Breztri Aerosphere, costs $645 in the U.S.—but just $49 in the UK. Inhalers made by Boehringer Ingelheim, GlaxoSmithKline, and Teva have similar disparities.

Baldwin and her Democratic colleagues—New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Luján, Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders—pressured the companies to lower their prices by writing letters to GSK, Boehringer Ingelheim, Teva, and AstraZeneca requesting a variety of documents that show why such higher prices are charged in America compared to Europe.

As a ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Baldwin recently announced that as a result of the letters they had secured commitments from three of the four to lower the out-of-pocket costs of inhalers to a fixed $35.00 rate.

“For the millions of Americans who rely on inhalers to breathe, this news is a major step in the right direction as we work to lower costs and hold big drug companies accountable,” said Senator Baldwin.

A full list of the inhalers and associated drugs can be viewed here.

It’s the second time in the last year that pharmaceutical companies were forced to provide reasonable prices—after the cost of insulin was similarly capped successfully at $35 per month thanks to Congressional actions led by the White House.

-via Good News Network, March 25, 2024

#united states #us politics #us senate #tammy baldwin #bernie sanders #big pharma #health care #us healthcare #inhaler #asthma #pulmonary disease #healthcare access #affordability #disability #good news #hope

[bonesashesglass]

They only blocked the bill because the package didn’t include aid to Ukraine, it’s a small step but it’s still a step.

In the meantime, we need to keep sharing, posting, and calling or messaging our reps. Even just talking about it with people goes a long way to spreading the word of what Israel is doing.

Let’s keep it up. We won’t stop until Palestine is free 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

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[meltingangels]

#us senate #senate #usa #personal #random

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

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[intersectionalpraxis]

#feminist #social justice #current events #united states #us imperialism #us goverment #us senate #us house of representatives #nancy pelosi #us politics #us news #us foreign policy #tiktoks #tiktok #tiktok ban #capitalism is evil #capitalism kills #democrats #republicans #western imperialism #censorship

[charlesoberonn]

So just today there were two different physical altercations in the US congress (both by Republicans because of course)

You doing okay, America? (rhetorical)

#politics #us politics #american congress #congress #house of representatives #kevin mccarthy #us senate

[daddysakic]

Lads, the day we thought would never come

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[dadsinsuits]

Tommy Tuberville

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[thealiveshadow]

Does Tumblr know about the gay sex in the senate? I thought that it would make a bigger splash on the famous Gay Sex Website.

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[louisapennyfeather2021]

The People: "Free Palestine! Ceasefire Now!"

Congress: "How about we don't do that and we try to sneak KOSA through while none of you are paying attention?"

Call/Email your Senators. These ones are the most likely to get KOSA stopped(for now) so that they'll have to find another way to get it through:

This website will give help you email a pre-written message to Congress and will give you a script to call your Senators:

#kids online safety act #stop kosa #kosa bill #kosa #sam's thoughts #sam says stuff #sam's ranting #sam says shit #sam's club #sam's life #sam's gas can #congress #the us senate #us senate #bad internet bills

[sayruq]

#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #unrwa #gaza genocide #genocide #us senate #Edited

[vyorei]

Well how about that...

BASED USA ✊🇵🇸

#free gaza #free palestine #gaza strip #irish solidarity with palestine #palestine #gaza #news on gaza #al jazeera #boycott israel #israel #American Solidarity with Palestine #USian Solidarity with Palestine #Protest #US Senate #antony blinken #lloyd austin #Help Ukraine yeah but fuck the bastards committing genocide #USA

[study-of-happiness]

"There's fifty senetors right now who refuse to vote on HR-8, which is a background check rule that the house passed a couple of years ago, it's been sitting there for two years. And there is a reason they won't vote on it:

To hold onto power."

Steve Kerr speech following school shooting in Uvalde, Texas leaving 19 children and 2 teachers dead.

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[destiel-news-network]

90 years old, 31 years in the Senate.

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#destiel #politics #us politics #dianne feinstein #us senate #california #breaking news #castiel #dean winchester

[whenweallvote]

Last week, the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Melissa DuBose to the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island, making her the first person of color and the first openly LGBTQ judge to serve on this Court.

Judge DuBose is also the 100th Black woman ever confirmed to a lifetime federal judgeship in the United States. 

Making history during Women’s History Month? Period! 👩🏾‍⚖️🏛️🤩

#womens history month #whm #womens history #women #us senate #black women #judge #justice #court #courts #melissa dubose #judge melissa dubose #rhode island #district court #lgbtq