#senate gop

[daddysakic]

Lads, the day we thought would never come

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#us politics #us government #mitch mcconnell #us senate #fuck the gop #gop #go vote #vote #senators #us senator #good riddance #thank fuck #breaking news #news #breaking news destiel

[dontmean2bepoliticalbut]

#us politics #news #twitter #tweet #republicans #conservatives #gop #gop policy #gop platform #republican family values #more perfect union #iowa #iowa senate #child labor #child labor laws #worker's rights #working class #working class history #working class solidarity #night shifts #assembly lines #alcohol #alcohol servers #alcohol sellers #bartending #2023

[astoriachef]

#senator tom woods #tom woods #republicans #gop #transphobia #nex benedict #call him #oklahoma

[spennythespoon]

Georgia Senate race really be like

Edit 12/07/2022: Hell Yeah Warnock won

#in all seriousness I'm glad the democrats did better than expected last night #the gop will probably take the house but hopefully not too big of a majority #and Pennsylvania voted blue for the senate!!! #also super happy that the state measures for abortion were pro choice - even in a state like Kentucky holy shit #also the night went bad for trump but went great for desantis #i hate them both though #its too close to call for Arizona and Nevada but hopefully the dems can get those seats and keep the senate #because id rather have incompetent dems than a gop that's literally a death cult and wants to murder lgbt people #us politics #bernie sanders #2022 midterm elections #Georgia #raphael warnock #herschel walker #republican copium #no red wave #kung pow penis #runoff elections

[aci25]

For the “geniuses” of biology. ☺️🏳️‍⚧️

#biology #educate yourselves #education facts #get educated #educate yourself #educational material #gop senate #republicans #the conservatives #conservatives in the united states #us politics #listen and learn #gender #sex gender #i learn something new everyday

[tomorrowusa]

Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX-32) is the Democrat running against Sen. Ted "Cancún" Cruz for US Senate this year.

Rep. Allred visited The Daily Show to talk with Desi Lydic this week.

In addition to reminding viewers of what an embarrassment Cruz is, he talked about Texas Republicans' war against reproductive freedom.

It was mentioned in the conversation that Rep. Allred was the first House member ever to take paternity leave.

He also repeated his support for a two-state solution regarding Israel-Palestine. That position has now become standard among Democrats.

For anybody who would like to help Colin Allred defeat Ted Cruz...

Colin Allred for Senate

BONUS TRACK: Remember when Donald Trump was calling Allred's opponent "Lyin' Ted"? It's now ironic in this clip from 2016 that Trump was making fun of Cruz for waving a Bible around.

#colin allred #tx-32 #us house of representatives #us senate election #texas #abortion #texas gop abortion restrictions #reproductive freedom #ted cruz #“cancún” cruz #election 2024 #lyin' ted #donald trump #vote blue no matter who #desi lydic #the daily show #Youtube

[deadpresidents]

In 2012, I seriously considered accepting an offer from the Obama campaign that would have required me to drop everything and move to somewhere in North Carolina for 4 months just to try to help beat Mitt Romney.

Do you realize how bad things have had to get for me to be genuinely frustrated (and worried!) that he's retiring and won't at least be around trying to talk some sense into his fellow Republicans?

#Mitt Romney #2012 Election #Shitshow at the Fuckfactory #Congress #U.S. Senate #Republican Party #GOP #Senator Romney #The Lincoln Project #Politics #Youtube

[tofuwildcard]

Repost of a super old doodle of The Bad Blue Man from the Star War. Throwback Wednesday I guess. wheeee.

#thrawn #grand admiral thrawn #star wars #this was drawn before the ahsoka show was even a twinkle in anybody's eye so y'know #dont blame me for it not looking like the GOP-senator-looking-ass live action portrayal #no shade to lars mikkelsen tho! I'm sure he's great

[phroyd]

Everyone Hates Ted Cruz

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#gop #senate #ted cruz #texas

[queerism1969]

#gop patriots #gop senate #fuckwads of the gop #gop #corrupt gop #republican party #donald trump #maga #republican #conservatives #republicans are terrorists #fuck republikkkans #republicans #usa politics #american politics #right wing politics #us politics #politics #says expert #experts reveal

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

North Dakota Republicans be like:

Ten days after narrowly defeating a bill to provide free school lunches to low-income K-12 students, the North Dakota Senate approved legislation to increase the amount of money lawmakers and other state employees receive in meal reimbursements.

A leading Republican senator says employee meal compensation rates and free school lunch programs aren't related issues, but top Democrats see the chamber’s conflicting actions on the two bills as unjustifiable.

“I thought today’s vote was very self-serving,” said Senate Minority Leader Kathy Hogan, D-Fargo. “How can we vote for ourselves when we can’t vote for children?”

The Republican-dominated Senate in late March rejected House Bill 1491 by a single vote. The legislation, which had previously passed the House, would have dedicated $6 million over the next two school years to cover lunch costs for K-12 students with family incomes below double the federal poverty level. Children from families of four making less than $60,000 a year would have qualified.

A federal program already provides free meals to students from families making below 130% of the federal poverty level, so the state allocation nixed by senators would have applied to kids with family incomes between 130-200% of the poverty level.

The Senate voted 26-21 on Thursday, April 6, to pass Senate Bill 2124, which would raise the meal reimbursements received by state employees during travel within North Dakota. Lawmakers attending interim legislative meetings are eligible for the payments, but they do not receive meal reimbursements during biennial sessions.

If Gov. Doug Burgum signs the bill, state employees could collect up to $45 a day to pay for breakfast, lunch and dinner. That’s a hike of nearly 29% on the current reimbursement rate of $35. The added cost to the state would be nearly $1 million over the next two-year budget cycle.

Thirteen Republican senators, including Majority Leader David Hogue and Assistant Majority Leader Jerry Klein, voted to increase meal reimbursements after voting against the free school lunch bill.

Hogue declined to comment on the reason he voted for Senate Bill 2124 and against House Bill 1491. He said North Dakota lawmakers often are asked to devote state funds to expand federal programs, like the National School Lunch Program or Medicaid.

“I don’t have a good answer for you as (to) why we do it sometimes and not others,” Hogue said.

Klein said he doesn’t think there’s “any correlation whatsoever” between the two bills, noting that lawmakers have to “treat each issue separately.”

State employees should get a higher per diem because inflation has made eating out much more expensive, he noted.

Klein said there is still money available and time left before lawmakers leave Bismarck to approve funding for school lunches. Last week, the House added the $6 million for free school lunches into a separate bill that has not yet returned to the Senate.

The other Republican senators who voted for Senate Bill 2124 and against House Bill 1491 are Randy Burckhard, David Clemens, Bob Erbele, Judy Estenson, Curt Kreun, Judy Lee, Randy Lemm, Larry Luick, Don Schaible, Terry Wanzek and Mike Wobbema.

Hogan said she was shocked and disappointed by Thursday’s vote. She dismissed Klein’s suggestion that the two bills are unrelated, noting that they would both spend taxpayer money to cover meals for North Dakotans.

The Senate’s inconsistent actions on the two bills will confuse the public and hurt the chamber’s credibility, Hogan said.

“There’s no underlying consistent philosophy to how we’re spending money in this session, and this is a classic example of it,” Hogan said.

Assistant House Minority Leader Zac Ista, a Grand Forks Democrat at the forefront of the push for free school lunches, said the Legislature should be looking to support both students and state employees.

“I think it shows (the Senate’s) priorities are a little out of whack when they have no problem increasing the meal reimbursement rate for ourselves but not for those families that may be struggling to make ends meet,” Ista said.

#us politics #news #inforum #2023 #north dakota #North Dakota Republicans #republicans #conservatives #gop #gop policy #gop platform #republican family values #free school lunches #meal reimbursements #North Dakota Senate #Kathy Hogan #House Bill 1491 #Senate Bill 2124 #Gov. Doug Burgum #David Hogue #Jerry Klein #National School Lunch Program #Zac Ista #memes #cruelty is the point

[aci25]

#stop the violence #stop the killing #guns in united states #guns in america #the reality of the gun culture in America #guns control #gop senate #republicans #thoughts and prayers #thoughts and prayers are useless #no more killing #this is america #wake up america #us politics #united states politics #this is united states