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minnesotafollower · 8 months
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Introduction of New Proposed Afghan Adjustment Act 
On July 13, 2023, U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (Dem, MN) with five co-sponsoring Democrat Senators and six co-sponsoring Republican Senators introduced a new proposed Afghan Adjustment Act (S.2327). The Democrat co-sponsors are Senators Coon (DE), Blumenthal (CT), Shaheen (NH), Durban (IL) and Menendez (NJ), and the Republican co-sponsors are Senators Graham  (SC), Moran (KS), Mullin (OK),…
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saydams · 5 days
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the usa senate passed the budget that banned all aid to UNRWA and Biden signed it.
the senators who voted for this budget (preventing usa from funding UNRWA) are under the readmore. if your senator is on this list, call (202) 224-3121 and demand they find another way of funding relief to palestine.
Tammy Baldwin Wis.
Richard Blumenthal Conn.
Cory Booker N.J.
John Boozman Ark.
Katie Britt Ala.
Sherrod Brown Ohio
Laphonza Butler Calif.
Maria Cantwell Wash.
S. Capito W.Va.
Benjamin L. Cardin Md.
Tom Carper Del.
Bob Casey Pa.
Bill Cassidy La.
Susan Collins Maine
Chris Coons Del.
John Cornyn Tex.
C. Cortez Masto Nev.
Tom Cotton Ark.
Kevin Cramer N.D.
Tammy Duckworth Ill.
Dick Durbin Ill.
Joni Ernst Iowa
John Fetterman Pa.
Deb Fischer Neb.
Kirsten Gillibrand N.Y.
Lindsey Graham S.C.
Chuck Grassley Iowa
M. Hassan N.H.
Martin Heinrich N.M.
John Hickenlooper Colo.
Mazie Hirono Hawaii
John Hoeven N.D.
Cindy Hyde-Smith Miss.
Tim Kaine Va.
Mark Kelly Ariz.
Angus King Maine
Amy Klobuchar Minn.
Ben Ray Luján N.M.
Joe Manchin III W.Va.
Edward J. Markey Mass.
Mitch McConnell Ky.
Robert Menendez N.J.
Jeff Merkley Ore.
Jerry Moran Kan.
Markwayne Mullin Okla.
Lisa Murkowski Alaska
Chris Murphy Conn.
Patty Murray Wash.
Jon Ossoff Ga.
Alex Padilla Calif.
Gary Peters Mich.
Jack Reed R.I.
Mitt Romney Utah
Jacky Rosen Nev.
Mike Rounds S.D.
Brian Schatz Hawaii
Charles E. Schumer N.Y.
Jeanne Shaheen N.H.
Kyrsten Sinema Ariz.
Tina Smith Minn.
Debbie Stabenow Mich.
Dan Sullivan Alaska
Jon Tester Mont.
John Thune S.D.
Thom Tillis N.C.
Chris Van Hollen Md.
Mark R. Warner Va.
Raphael G. Warnock Ga
Elizabeth Warren Mass.
Peter Welch Vt.
Sheldon Whitehouse R.I.
Roger Wicker Miss.
Ron Wyden Ore.
Todd Young Ind.
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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) will step down from his position as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee following an indictment that was unsealed on Friday.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced the move Friday afternoon.
Under Democratic Conference rules, a member in a leadership position or with a chair must resign if charged with a felony, but can be reinstated if the charges are cleared or dropped to a lesser charge.
“Bob Menendez has been a dedicated public servant and is always fighting hard for the people of New Jersey. He has a right to due process and a fair trial,” Schumer said in the statement.
“Senator Menendez has rightly decided to step down temporarily from his position as Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee until the matter has been resolved.” 
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), as the most senior Democrat on the panel, is likely to move into the chairmanship role. Cardin announced in May that he will retire at the end of his term in 2025 and it’s possible that the third-ranking Democrat on the committee, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), could also be considered for the chair.
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nonyayo2 · 3 months
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Typical communist.
Changing history to serve their twisted world view!
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beardedmrbean · 5 months
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Frustrated by what he argues is a lack of support by President Biden's administration, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire is taking matters into his own hands to help secure his state's northern border with Canada.
Sununu announced on Thursday that he'll use $1.4 million in funding from New Hampshire's current budget to boost tenfold patrols by state and local law enforcement along the 58-mile border.
While acknowledging that the deteriorating situation along America's northern border is overshadowed by the crisis along the southern border with Mexico, the governor emphasized that "there have been more apprehensions along our northern border in just this past year than in the last ten years combined."
"Encounters with individuals on the terrorist watch list at the ports of entry on the northern border have doubled since 2017," Sununu highlighted.
AMERICA'S NORTHERN BORDER SEES A MIGRANT SURGE 
And he "warned that "there’s national security implications to securing the northern border that are becoming more and more obvious every day."
Sununu, accompanied by state attorney general John Formella and state law enforcement leaders, said that "it is made very clear to us" by those on the front lines along the border "that we do need more targeted resources. We need to provide an all hands-on-deck approach."
The governor and Formella announced the creation of the Northern Border Alliance Task Force. They said the partnership between state, county and local law enforcement, and forest rangers and Fish and Game officers, will increase border patrol hours from roughly 55 per month to a total of 10,000 hours in the next 18 months.
BIDEN ANNOUNCES NEW NORTHERN BORDER DEAL, FENTANYL COALITION WITH CANADA AS IMMIGRATION CRISIS RAGES
Sununu, a vocal critic of the Biden administration, took aim at Washington. 
"We asked the federal government for help. We’ve been denied," he charged.  "There’s nothing that’s come from the federal government. No additional efforts out of the federal government."
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a former governor and the senior member of New Hampshire's all Democratic congressional delegation, visited the border last month on a fact finding trip.
The senator pledged to address the problems at the border and to provide more funding. And Shaheen and her office criticized Sununu.
"Time and time again, the Governor has neglected to fully utilize the money our delegation has provided New Hampshire," Shaheen press secretary Ty McEachern told IndepthNH.org.
And Sebastian Fuentes, political director for Rights & Democracy NH and an immigrant rights activist, reacting to the announcement, told the New Hampshire Bulletin that the focus on illegal border crossings was a "manufactured crisis" and "political stunt." 
Sununu vehemently disagreed.
"I laugh at anyone who tries to criticize us when we’re the only ones actually doing anything and taking the issue seriously," he charged.
Across the entire northern border - from Maine to Washington State - there were 7,633 encounters until the end of July this fiscal year, compared to 2,238 for all of FY 2022 and 916 in all of FY 2021.
While soaring, the figures are eclipsed by the enormous numbers at the southern border, where there are typically more than 200,000 encounters a month. However, it still forms a considerable challenge for the smaller staffed areas along the northern border.
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mariacallous · 6 months
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When Democratic senators convened for a private luncheon on Thursday, all eyes were on Sen. Bob Menendez. The hard-nosed and hawkish New Jersey Democrat, a longtime heavyweight in congressional foreign policy, has faced a wave of calls from his own party to resign. It comes in the wake of a damning indictment alleging he secretly worked to advance the interests of a foreign power, Egypt, in exchange for bribes, and sought to influence criminal charges against businessmen involved in the scheme.
Menendez, who has denied any wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty to the charges, had to give up his gavel as chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee after the indictment was released last week. Going into the luncheon, he had two options: accede to the demands of the majority of Democratic senators calling on him to resign, or dig in his heels and fight.
To the surprise of no one who knows him, Menendez chose to fight.
During the meeting, according to two people with direct knowledge of it, Menendez doubled down on what he said in public: He is innocent of the charges and has no plans to step down. His defense appeared to win him no new allies. Sen. Chris Coons, another Democratic foreign-policy heavyweight who also chairs the Ethics Committee, left the luncheon when Menendez got up to speak. So did two other members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee—Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Brian Schatz, according to the people briefed on the matter. None of the nearly 30 Democratic senators who called on him to resign have backtracked.
Menendez’s defiant stand at the congressional luncheon offered a glimpse into the political fallout from the indictment, and a foretaste of major changes in one of the most historic and vaunted institutions in Congress, with significant implications for U.S. foreign policy.
Foreign Policy spoke with more than a dozen current and former staffers on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as well as lawmakers and outside experts on the fallout of the indictment and what it means for Congress and the Biden administration’s agenda. Menendez’s office did not respond to a request for comment or interview.
The first is that the scandal has rocked a vaunted committee with a storied legacy in foreign policy, and one that has served as a relative bastion of bipartisanship and stability while the rest of Washington descends into hyper-partisan rancor. The committee has produced eight U.S. presidents and 19 secretaries of state, from Andrew Jackson to John F. Kennedy to Joe Biden. Its cadre of professional staff has gone on to leading roles in the State Department and Pentagon, including Antony Blinken, Biden’s secretary of state, whose job as Democratic staff director on the committee spring-boarded his rise.
Lawmakers and staffers alike say they are stunned and saddened by the revelations outlined in the indictment. “There’s no way other than to say the allegations against Sen. Menendez are horrific,” Sen. Ben Cardin, who succeeded Menendez as chairman of the committee, told reporters before the luncheon on Thursday. “That is extremely challenging for all of us here.”
The charges against Menendez and his wife directly implicate his work on the committee, including allegations that he shared a confidential blueprint of the U.S. Embassy in Egypt’s staffing rosters with an Egyptian businessman through his wife, who then forwarded it to Egyptian officials. “Such tasking by the Egyptians would be consistent with classic modus operandi in a recruitment operation,” Asha Rangappa, a former senior FBI official, and Marc Polymeropoulos, a former senior CIA official, wrote in Just Security.
The indictment also alleges that Menendez provided advance notice of non-public information on the release of U.S. military aid to Egypt and even ghost-wrote a letter for the government of Egypt requesting more U.S. military aid. The FBI has reportedly launched a counterintelligence probe into whether Egyptian intelligence services were involved in the alleged scheme, according to NBC News. 
Menendez has in the past week repeatedly insisted that the allegations are false. Menendez was previously charged with corruption, but those charges ended in a mistrial in 2017, and his message to his colleagues and supporters was that he overcame corruption charges before and could do so again. Still, there’s no modern precedent for the scandal the Senate Foreign Relations Committee now faces, even as Cardin and the top Republican on the committee, Idaho Sen. Jim Risch, vow to get immediately back to business on the committee’s work—if the looming government shutdown doesn’t stop them first.
A spokesperson for Risch downplayed the effect of the scandal on the committee itself. “One person alone does not determine the work of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, even the chairman,” the spokesperson said. “All four leaders of the House and Senate foreign relations committees have roles and rights as leaders of these important national security committees. Among other things, this helps to ensure one person does not have undue influence on the foreign policy of the U.S. Congress.”
Another takeaway is that Menendez stepping back from the committee is likely permanent, even if he overcomes the second round of corruption charges he has faced and wins an uphill reelection battle.
Menendez, who has served as either chair or ranking member of the committee for the better part of a decade, was a brash and strong-willed lawmaker who had no qualms getting into brass-knuckle political clashes with senior national security officials in Republican and Democratic administrations alike. His ouster removes an ardent hawk from a key Senate leadership position who challenged his own party on policies from Iran to engagement with Cuba to major foreign arms sales. It could give the Biden administration more leeway to defrost ties with Cuba, where every move it made was met with withering criticism from Menendez. He also stood out as a prominent supporter of Israel at a time when support for Israel in the Democratic caucus is wilting.
There could be some tangible impacts on foreign policy, too. Some committee aides hope that Cardin, who they say has a better personal rapport with Risch than Menendez did, can work more effectively to address the growing backlog of nominations for senior diplomatic posts sitting before the committee. The day after Cardin took the committee gavel, the committee sent out a notice that it would be holding nomination hearings for the posts of U.S. ambassador to Somalia and Liberia, as well as a top posting for the U.S. Peace Corps.
There are 37 nominees for senior diplomatic and foreign aid posts pending on the Senate floor, including 23 ambassador nominees, an issue that’s been plaguing the State Department for years as ambassador posts sit unfilled for months or longer. “That’s outrageous,” Cardin said. “Not having a confirmed ambassador in a country weakens the United States’ national security.”
Menendez’s sidelining also removes one roadblock to a planned U.S. sale of F-16 fighter jets to NATO ally Turkey. Menendez led the charge in blocking the arms sale over Turkey’s internal repression and opposition to allowing Finland and Sweden to join the NATO alliance. (Finland has joined, but Sweden is still being held up by Turkey and Hungary.) “One of our most important problems regarding the F-16s were the activities of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez against our country,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters this week, as The Associated Press reported. Cardin declined to say whether he would adopt Menendez’s position on the arms sale, though other senators remain opposed to it.
Finally, the fallout from the indictment could bring new levels of scrutiny to the U.S. relationship with Egypt, a longtime ally that is one of the top recipients of U.S. military aid in the world, worth around $1.3 billion per year. Sen. Chris Murphy, a leading progressive Democrat on the committee who has called on Menendez to resign, told Foreign Policy in a statement that he wanted an investigation into Egypt’s actions with Menendez. Senators “have a responsibility to understand whether Egypt was running an illicit influence campaign on the Foreign Relations Committee,” he said.
The United States has for decades viewed Egypt as a reliable partner and ally, particularly in the context of its relationship with Israel, but a growing number of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are questioning that orthodoxy. Human rights and democracy groups charge that Egypt under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has taken a sharply authoritarian bent, and say that continuing the U.S. relationship with Cairo undermines U.S. values and democracy promotion.
A group of lawmakers has repeatedly tried to cut aid to Egypt in recent years, though it has only made limited gains. Days before Menendez’s indictment was unveiled, the Biden administration approved $235 million in aid to Egypt, invoking a waiver on the grounds of national security. Only a fraction of U.S. aid was withheld, to the dismay of lawmakers more concerned about human rights. Since 1946, the United States has provided Egypt with more than $85 billion in military and economic aid.
Human rights advocates and other policy experts are already calling for the Biden administration to rethink that decision. “The immediate action should be to put a hold on that assistance to Egypt until there is proper time to investigate this further,” said Mai El-Sadany, executive director of the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy, a think tank. “Allowing this to go through would send the wrong message for the U.S. at a very wrong time.”
Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on Friday called for the administration to pause a portion of funding to Egypt but did not mention the Menendez indictment in his statement.
The Egyptian Embassy in Washington did not respond to a request for comment.
Egypt has many supporters in Congress beyond Menendez, and Menendez has repeatedly criticized the Egyptian government over human rights violations and detaining political prisoners and journalists. But human rights advocates and lawmakers hope the Menendez indictment triggers a broad rethink of U.S.-Egypt relations.
Tom Malinowski, a former New Jersey Democratic representative who also served as a senior State Department official in the Obama administration, says it’s well past time to reassess the U.S. relationship with Egypt. He has joined a chorus of New Jersey Democrats calling on Menendez to resign.
“The Egyptians behave as if they can get away with just about anything. They act as if they have protectors behind the scenes in Washington who will ensure the money keeps flowing no matter what,” Malinowski said. “This episode perhaps helps explain in part why they have treated the U.S. aid as an entitlement for so many years.”
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vomitdodger · 1 year
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"Banning the sale of semi-automatic weapons. A mandatory assault weapon buyback program."
--Stefany Shaheen, Portsmouth Police Commissioner (and daughter of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen), proposing "reasonable measures" to control gun violence
New Hampshire. Daughter of libtard commie senator Jeanne Shaheen. The commie apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Article filled with lies and misdirection which is what the commies do with their talking points. As the Police Commissioner she made a variety of highly concerning recommendations including banning semi automatic guns. She didn’t even quantify that with the usual commie mantra of “aSsAuLt wEaPoNs”. No, she went full retard and said “all semi autos”. Obviously that includes the majority of hunting rifles. This in the Live Free or Die state.
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HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
April 13, 2022 (Wednesday)“Democrats need to make more noise,” Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) told Greg Sargent of the Washington Post. “We have to scream from the rooftops, because this is a battle for the free world now.”
Sargent interviewed Schatz after the senator called out Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) on the floor of the Senate on April 7 for the profound disconnect between the Republican senator’s speeches and his actions. Hawley has placed a hold on President Joe Biden’s uncontroversial nominee for an assistant secretary of defense, saying that Biden’s support for Ukraine was “wavering” and that he wasn’t doing enough. Of course, the Biden administration has been central to world efforts to support Ukraine in its attempt to hold off Russia’s invasion.
 Just today, Biden announced an additional $800 million in weapons, ammunition, and other security assistance to Ukraine. In contrast, Hawley voted to acquit former president Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress when he withheld $391 million of congressionally approved aid to Ukraine in order to pressure Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky to cook up a story about Hunter Biden. 
Hawley’s bad-faith argument goes beyond misleading statements about aid to Ukraine. Hawley has vowed that he will use his senatorial prerogative to hold up “every single civilian nominee” for the Defense Department unless Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin resigns. He has vowed the same for the State Department, demanding the resignation of Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Hawley says his demands are because of the withdrawal from Afghanistan; he also said that Biden should resign. This is a highly unusual interference of the legislative branch of government with the executive branch. It also means that key positions in the departments responsible for managing our national security are not being filled, since Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer must use up valuable floor time to get nominations around Hawley’s holds.
   In February, for example, Hawley blocked the confirmation of the uncontroversial head of the Pentagon’s international security team, Celeste Wallander, a Russia expert and staunch advocate for fighting Russian aggression, even while Russian troops were massing on the Ukraine border. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) noted in frustration: “He’s complaining about the problems we have in Russia and Ukraine and he’s making it worse because he’s not willing to allow those nominees who can help with that problem to go forward.” (The Senate eventually voted 83–13 to confirm Wallander.)
Hawley is not the only Republican to be complaining about the administration even as he gums up the works. Texas governor Greg Abbott has ordered Texas state troops to inspect all commercial trucks coming from Mexico after the federal government has already inspected them.
 Normally, Mexican authorities inspect a commercial driver’s paperwork and then officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection thoroughly inspect the vehicle on the U.S. side of the international bridge, using dogs, X-ray machines, and personal inspections. At large crossings, officials from the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Transportation will make sure that products and trucks meet U.S. standards. Sometimes after that, the state will spot-check a few trucks for roadworthiness. Never before has Texas inspected the contents of each commercial vehicle.
Abbott instituted the new rule after the Biden administration announced it would end the pandemic emergency health order known as Title 42. This is a public health authority used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to protect against the spread of disease. It was put in place by the Trump administration in March 2020. Title 42 allows the U.S. government to turn migrants from war-torn countries away at the border rather than permitting them to seek asylum as international law requires.
Abbott said the new rule would enable troopers to search for drugs and smuggled immigrants, which he claims the administration is not doing. But journalists Mitchell Ferman, Uriel J. García, and Ivan Pierre Aguirre of the Texas Tribune report that officers from the Texas Department of Public Safety do not appear to be examining the trucks and have not announced any captured drugs or undocumented immigrants. 
Wait times at border crossings have jumped from minutes to many hours, with Mexican truckers so frustrated they blocked the roads from the southern side, as well. Truckers report being stuck in their trucks for as much as 30 hours without food or water. About $440 billion worth of goods cross our southern border annually, and Abbot’s stunt has shut down as much as 60% of that trade. The shutdown will hammer those businesses that depend on Mexican products. It will also create higher prices and shortages across the entire country, especially as perishable foods rot in transit.
On Twitter, Democratic candidate for Texas governor Beto O’Rourke showed a long line of trucks behind him in Laredo and said: “What you see behind me is inflation.” White House press secretary Jen Psaki issued a statement today saying: “Governor Abbott’s unnecessary and redundant inspections of trucks transiting ports of entry between Texas and Mexico are causing significant disruptions to the food and automobile supply chains, delaying manufacturing, impacting jobs, and raising prices for families in Texas and across the country. Local businesses and trade associations are calling on Governor Abbott to reverse this decision…. Abbott’s actions are impacting people’s jobs, and the livelihoods of hardworking American families.”
Tonight, Abbott backed down on his rule, and normal traffic seems to be resuming over one of the key bridges between Mexico and the U.S., but his stunt indicates that Republicans plan to use inflation and immigration as key issues to turn out their base for the 2022 midterm elections. Today, pro-Trump Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY), who replaced Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) as the House Republican Conference Chair, the third-highest Republican in the House, tweeted: “We must SECURE our southern border.”
Abbott has also ordered the Texas National Guard to the U.S. border with Mexico to conduct “migration drills” in preparation for an influx of migrants. But Abbott’s use of the 10,000 National Guard personnel last fall for a border operation to prevent an influx of migrants seemed to be a political stunt: it led to complaints from National Guard personnel of lack of planning, lack of pay, lack of housing, and lack of reason to be there. 
Abbott has deployed troops in the past while he was under fire for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and the February 2021 winter storm that left millions of Texans without heat or electricity for days and killed 246. This deflection seemed to be at work last February, too, when Abbott issued a letter saying that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services should investigate any instances of care for transgender children as child abuse
That letter appeared just as it came to light that Abbott was behind the extraordinarily high electricity prices in the 2021 storm. Although Abbott’s office had said he was not involved in the decision to charge maximum electricity prices, in February, Bill Magness, the former CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas that runs the state’s electrical grid, said Abbott had personally ordered him to keep prices at their maximum: $9,000 per megawatt hour.
And so Abbott grabbed headlines with a bill attacking transgender children.Today, Abbott sent a bus of migrants seeking asylum to Washington, D.C., where they were set down right outside the offices of the Fox News Channel, which filmed them disembarking. These migrants have been processed by federal authorities and are awaiting decisions from federal judges about whether they will be allowed to remain in the U.S. "I think it’s pretty clear this is a publicity stunt," Psaki said.
And finally, tonight, under the category of bad-faith arguments, it is clear that the current Supreme Court has run amok. Republicans attack “activist judges” who want to protect civil rights in the states by using the Fourteenth Amendment’s rule that the states cannot deprive a citizen of the equal protection of the laws. But Republican justices are making up their own law outside the normal boundaries of the court. On April 6, five Supreme Court justices agreed to reinstate a Trump-era rule that limits the ability of states to block projects that pollute their rivers and streams. 
The court did so under the so-called “shadow docket,” a form of decision previously used to address emergencies, in which the court makes a decision without arguments or written explanations. Last week, Chief Justice John Roberts indicated just how far off the rails the current Supreme Court has slid when he joined the dissent against the majority’s decision out of concern for the use of this shadow docket as a way to hand down unbriefed and unexplained decisions.
Hawley is not the only Republican these days operating in bad faith.
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Hungary’s government refused to meet with US senators seeking approval for Sweden’s NATO bid
A bipartisan delegation of US senators visited Hungary on Sunday, urging the government to approve Sweden’s request to join NATO, The Washington Post reported.
Hungary is the only one of the 31 NATO members not to have ratified Sweden’s bid. Budapest faces mounting pressure to act after delaying the move for more than 18 months as admitting a new country into the military alliance requires unanimous approval. Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican, stated:
With accession, Hungary and your prime minister will be doing a great service to freedom-loving nations worldwide.
Senator Jeanne Shaheen stated that it was “disappointing” that no member of the Hungarian government had accepted an invitation to meet with the delegation, but she was “hopeful and optimistic” that Sweden’s accession would be submitted for ratification when Hungarian lawmakers reconvene on 26 February.
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A kormány szóba se áll Amerikával
Rtl. hu Vasárnap Magyarországra érkezett az Egyesült Államok republikánus és demokrata párti szenátorokból álló küldöttsége. A küldöttség vasárnap érkezett a müncheni biztonsági konferenciáról, és a budapesti amerikai nagykövetségen tartott sajtótájékoztatót. A delegáció tagjai a szenátus NATO-val foglalkozó megfigyelőcsoportjának két társelnöke, Jeanne Shaheen demokrata és Thom Tillis…
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cointahmin · 1 month
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Kripto para bölümündeki yasadışı faaliyetler ve kara para aklama telaşlarıyla gayret etmek emeliyle dokuz ABD Senatörü, Senatör Elizabeth Warren tarafından önerilen Dijital Varlık Kara Para Aklamayı Tedbire Yasası’na takviye verdi. Bu iki partili takviye gösterisi, kripto piyasası için kıymetli sonuçlar doğurmakta ve Bitcoin’in geleceği ve kripto varlık alanına kurumsal iştirakle ilgili soruları gündeme getirmektedir. İşte detaylar…ABD’li senatörler, kripto paralardan konuştuTasarıyı destekleyen Senatörlerin listesi, Gary Peters, Dick Durbin, Tina Smith, Jeanne Shaheen, Bob Casey, Richard Blumenthal, Michael Bennet ve Catherine Cortez Masto üzere önde gelen Demokrat Parti üyelerini içeren partiler ortası bir koalisyon üzere okunuyor. Bu teşebbüste onlara bağımsız Senatör Angus King de katılıyor. Senatör Peters’ın Senato İç Güvenlik ve Hükümet İşleri Komitesi’ne, Senatör Durbin’in ise Senato Yargı Komitesi’ne başkanlık etmesi dikkat caziptir. Bu yasa teklifinin gerisindeki itici güç olan Senatör Warren, meslektaşlarının dayanağını memnuniyetle karşılayarak şunları söyledi:Genişleyen koalisyonumuz Kongre’nin harekete geçmeye hazır olduğunu gösteriyor- iki partili yasa teklifimiz, kriptonun yasadışı kullanımını engellemek ve düzenleyicilere daha fazla araç sağlamak için masadaki en sert tekliftir.Gözetim dışı BTC ve altcoin adresleri hedefleniyorSenatör Warren tarafından Temmuz 2023’te Senatörler Joe Manchin, Roger Marshall ve Lindsey Graham ile birlikte yine sunulan Dijital Varlık Kara Para Aklamayı Tedbire Yasası, kripto ile ilgili kaygıları ele almaya yönelik kapsamlı yaklaşımıyla büyük ilgi topladı. Mevcut haliyle mevzuat, nezaret altında olmayan kripto cüzdanları amaç almakta, Banka Saklılık Yasası’nın kapsamını genişletmekte, Kara Para Aklamayı Tedbire / Terörizmin Finansmanıyla Gayret uyumluluk incelemeleri oluşturmakta ve kripto para ünitelerinin yasadışı kullanımıyla uğraş etmek için öbür yasal tedbirler getirmektedir.Senatör Warren’ın bu mevzuat için münasebeti, “50 milyar dolarlık kripto vergi açığı” olarak tanımladığı şeye odaklanıyor. Vergi siyasetlerinde vaktinde güncelleme yapılmazsa, İç Gelir Servisi ve ABD Hazinesi’nin 2024 mali yılı için yaklaşık 1,5 milyar dolarlık vergi gelirini kaybedebileceğini savunmakta. Senatörlerden gelen bu ortak dayanak ve Banka Siyaseti Enstitüsü, Milletlerarası Şeffaflık ABD, Global Finansal Dürüstlük ve Ulusal Bölge Savcıları Birliği üzere kuruluşlardan gelen daha geniş dayanak, kripto meselelerini kapsamlı bir formda ele alma aciliyetinin altını çiziyor.BTC fiyatı yükseliş yaşıyorDijital Varlık Kara Para Aklamayı Tedbire Yasası’nın kararları vergilendirmenin ötesine geçmektedir. Banka Zımnilik Yasası’nın nezaret dışı dijital cüzdanları kapsayacak formda genişletilmesi ve Kara Para Aklamanın Önlenmesi ve Terörizmin Finansmanıyla Uğraş için uyumluluk incelemelerinin oluşturulması da dahil olmak üzere kripto para ünitesi düzenlemelerini geliştirmek için hayati tedbirleri kapsamaktadır. Kripto para piyasası bu gelişmelere temkinli bir halde karşılık verdi. Şu an itibariyle Bitcoin, son 24 saatte %0,43’lük bir yararla %0,74’lük bir artışı yansıtarak 27.000 dolardan süreç görüyor. Bu reaksiyon, yaklaşan düzenleyici değişikliklerin ortasında istikrarlı bir görünüme işaret ediyor.
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saydams · 2 months
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("...humanitarian aid FOR GAZA" is how that headline should end. it got cut off)
February 02, 2024
WASHINGTON–U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Friday led 21 colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging the administration to encourage Israeli officials to take five specific steps to significantly increase urgently needed humanitarian aid for civilians in Gaza.
“The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is dire and the civilian suffering is at an unacceptable and staggering level.  Ninety-three percent of Palestinians in Gaza are facing crisis levels of hunger. Eighty-five percent of the population is displaced. Seventy percent of those killed are women and children,” the senators wrote. “While the scale of the crisis is massive, the humanitarian assistance that is entering Gaza is just a fraction of what is needed to save lives. Since aid operations resumed on October 21, delivery of lifesaving assistance to Gaza continues to be hampered, despite no evidence of Hamas theft or diversion of humanitarian assistance provided via the United Nations or international non-governmental organizations (INGOs).”
In order to significantly increase the amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza, the senators recommended the administration work with Israeli officials to take five specific steps (recommended steps under the "keep reading" at the end)
U.S. Senators who wrote letter and/or signed it (arranged by state):
Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)
Tom Carper (D-Del.)
Chris Coons (D-Del.)
Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.)
Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.)
Angus King (I-Maine)
Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.)
Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
Ed Markey (D-Mass.)
Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
Tina Smith (D-Minn.)
Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.)
Cory Booker (D-N.J.)
Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.)
Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)
Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)
Bob Casey Jr. (D-Pa.)
Jack Reed (D-R.I.)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
Tim Kaine (D-Va.)
Peter Welch (D-Vt.)
Patty Murray (D-Wash.)
Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)
if your senator isn't on this list, call them!
here are the recommended steps referenced above:
Repair and open a third border crossing at Erez to provide additional aid to north Gaza. Planned missions by humanitarian actors to reach north Gaza from the south have repeatedly not been allowed to proceed by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) due to cited security concerns, leaving hundreds of thousands living there stranded without enough food, water, and medical supplies and equipment.
Streamline the convoluted inspections process for aid entering via the Rafah and Kerem Shalom border crossings, and issue a pre-approved list of items for entry.
Establish a clear, enforceable deconfliction process inside Gaza to ensure humanitarian organizations can operate safely. Hundreds of health and humanitarian workers have died in Gaza, including humanitarian aid workers who have been killed in areas deemed “safe zones” by the IDF. Israeli authorities should establish a direct line of contact for the humanitarian community to the IDF, as well as hold regular meetings to review incidents and make improvements.
Increase capacity for processing humanitarian aid and restart the import of commercial goods via the border crossing at Kerem Shalom. Before October 7th, hundreds of trucks filled with commercial goods crossed through Kerem Shalom into Gaza every day. The current humanitarian trucking operation can help reduce the suffering, but it cannot substitute for a functioning commercial sector.
Open additional supply routes for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza. Every option must be explored to increase the amount of humanitarian and commercial goods going in, including via Jordan, the West Bank, Ashdod, and maritime routes. To the extent feasible, we also encourage you to explore whether U.S. military assets could help support humanitarian deliveries, via maritime or air routes.
“The largest daily amount of humanitarian aid entered Gaza on November 28th, during the seven-day humanitarian pause. Additional and longer humanitarian pauses are needed to enable a surge of assistance to enter Gaza and the safe movement of goods and people within Gaza. A humanitarian pause will also allow people to safely return to their homes in north Gaza. These steps will not solve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but taken together, they will alleviate the suffering for millions of people,” they concluded.
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xhemilbeharaj · 5 months
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Senatorja amerikane: BE nuk do t’i presë përgjithmonë Kosovën dhe Serbinë
Senatorja amerikane Jeanne Shaheen, anëtare e lartë e Komisionit për Marrëdhënie me Jashtë të Senatit amerikan, u bëri thirrje Kryeministrit të Kosovës, Albin Kurti dhe Presidentin e Serbisë Aleksandar Vuçiç t’u rikthehen përpjekjeve për të zgjidhur mosmarrëveshjet ndërmjet dy vendeve dhe paralajmëroi se ato rrezikojnë të humbin mundësinë që u është ofruar për të përparuar drejt integrimeve…
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ailtrahq · 6 months
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Senator Elizabeth Warren’s bipartisan crypto anti-money laundering bill has gained backing from 9 more senators, including notable committee chairs. According to the press release on Warren’s official webpage on Sept. 15, the bill has won the support of key political figures such as the chair of homeland security, Gary Peters, and judiciary chair, Dick Durbin, alongside senators Tina Smith, Angus King, Michael Bennet, Bob Casey, Catherine Cortez Masto, Jeanne Shaheen, and Richard Blumenthal. This development takes the total count of senators backing the bill to twelve, with senator Roger Marshall leading as the co-sponsor. Senators Joe Manchin and Lindsey Graham are also among the lawmakers supporting this initiative. Warren expressed her gratitude towards the growing group of supporters, noting: “The increasing support indicates that the Congress is prepared to act. Our cross-party bill is currently the sternest proposal, aiming to curb the unlawful use of cryptocurrencies and equipping regulators with additional resources.” Senator Elizabeth Warren The proposed Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act intends to bolster regulatory supervision in the burgeoning industry. It plans to address the existing gaps and bring the digital asset sector more in line with the prevalent anti-money laundering and counter-financing of terrorism frameworks that oversee the wider financial system. A document released by the lawmakers underscored the notable increase in unlawful digital asset transactions, which amounted to $20 billion recently. Alarmingly, 44% of these transactions were associated with entities facing sanctions in the last year. To counter this, senator Warren and her colleagues propose to broaden the Bank Secrecy Act’s scope. They aim to introduce know-your-customer requirements for digital asset wallet providers, miners, and other entities in the cryptocurrency networks. Senator Manchin stressed that this legislation aims to reduce the security risks tied to cryptocurrency platforms, urging them to comply with the same regulations as conventional banks. This legislative move has received backing from several organizations, including Transparency International U.S., Global Financial Integrity, and the National District Attorneys Association. However, it’s worth noting that senator Warren has consistently advocated for stricter crypto regulations. She has previously labeled cryptocurrencies as the preferred method for sanctioned countries like Iraq and Russia. Furthermore, she has voiced concerns over a potential “$50 billion crypto tax gap,” warning that the IRS and Treasury could lose approximately $1.5 billion in tax revenues for the 2024 fiscal year if policy updates are postponed. Moreover, during her re-election campaign in March, she proposed the creation of a group to counter the crypto industry in the U.S. Source
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beardedmrbean · 1 year
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Sexual assault survivor Chessy Prout has slammed a judicial nomination by President Joe Biden.
She was 15 years old when she was assaulted by an older student at St Paul’s School, an elite institution in New Hampshire in 2014.
She anonymously testified against the perpetrator, Owen Labrie, at his trial, but she and her family were still the subjects of threats. She also faced off against the school as it tried to reach a settlement in a civil suit. The school’s strategy enraged Ms Prout to such an extent that she chose to share her story with the public, according to The Boston Globe.
Despite how it changed her life, Ms Prout told the paper that she feels like it has been worth it to speak out.
The lawyer who utilised the tactic that angered Ms Prout has now been nominated to be a federal judge, prompting her to speak out yet again.
“I am determined to have some sort of good, or some sort of change, come out of all the horrible things that have happened to me and my family,” she said.
Mr Biden nominated the former New Hampshire Attorney General Michael Delaney to take a seat at the US First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston.
When Mr Delaney was in private practice, he represented St Paul’s in the civil lawsuit and filed a motion rejecting Ms Prout’s request that she remain anonymous in the event that the dispute went to trial.
The strategy was controversial and criticised as being intended to force a settlement.
Ms Prout and her family ensured that the Biden White House and the senators representing New Hampshire were aware of Mr Delaney’s actions when they became aware that he was being considered for the role last year.
But Mr Biden still proceeded to nominate Mr Delaney.
“I feel like bad actors get rewarded all the time,” Ms Prout told The Globe, which reported earlier this month that the family opposition has created problems for Mr Delaney’s nomination.
“I’m pretty jaded, even at the age of 24 ... but at the same time, I did have higher hopes for this White House,” she told the paper.
Ms Prout was inspired by Mr Biden’s efforts to fight sexual violence, such as the “It’s On Us” programme launched by the Obama White House in 2014 following her assault when Mr Biden was vice president.
“To see this issue be brought up in a really public and noticeable way right when I was going through this issue personally, it felt like kismet, it felt like it was meant to be,” she told The Globe. “I felt like the tides were turning.”
She added that she took part in a conference call in 2017 with Mr Biden after he left the White House during which he said he would continue to work on the issue.
Ms Prout now says she’s “extremely disappointed” by Mr Biden’s nomination of Mr Delaney.
“It is really disheartening that it’s this political party that has been so vocal about supporting survivors, and the fact that they now are throwing their wholehearted support behind a nominee who basically practiced ... victim intimidation tactics,” she told The Globe.
“It just blows my mind that there isn’t a better option,” she added.
The White House said last month that the administration “expects senators to take Mr Delaney’s full record into account when considering his nomination”.
New Hampshire’s two Democratic Senators, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan, have said they support the nomination but they also voiced support for Ms Prout, something she said is meaningless if Mr Delaney’s nomination succeeds.
“There’s so much talk you can do, there’s so many posters you can hang, so many social media posts you can do to support survivors, but that means nothing – nothing – unless you support them ... in real life,” she told The Globe. “It’s been a lot of talk and not so much action.”
“I know that judge appointments are totally political and it’s all about ... how many judges the president can appoint,” she added. “I just wish that it didn’t have to be this way, which is pretty naïve and idealistic of me to say.”
Mr Delaney told senators at his confirmation hearing last month his motion wasn’t intended to intimidate Ms Prout and he asked the committee to “consider the totality of my record over nearly 30 years as it reviews my qualifications”.
The Independent has reached out to the White House, Mr Delaney, Ms Hassan, and Ms Shaheen for comment.
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