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The available materials show a public dataset listing , naming figures such as Chris Van Hollen, Marco Rubio, Mark Kirk and Charles Schumer with specific dollar totals, but they do . Multiple sources ...
The Born in the USA Act was introduced by Senator Jacky Rosen and a slate of Senate Democrats to block implementation of President Trump’s January 20, 2025 executive order targeting birthright citizen...
The term “Born in America” has been used in two separate contexts in 2025 reporting: a Democratic-sponsored Born in the USA Act (Senate S.646 / House H.R.3368 and related House cosponsor materials) th...
Most available evidence shows Americans place more blame on Republicans — particularly President Trump and GOP lawmakers — for the 2025 federal government shutdown, though a substantial share also bla...
The Washington, D.C., Admission Act (commonly called S. 51 in the Senate) was reintroduced in the 119th Congress in January 2025 and seeks to admit most of the District of Columbia as the State of Was...
A slate of targeted procedural fixes—ranging from a “talking filibuster,” carve-outs for voting and democracy bills, a “step‑down” cloture process or one‑off nuclear option, and raising the floor for ...
Reporting and public records show no Senate vote on a bill called the “Born in America” Act that removed naturalized or dual‑citizen federal officeholders; the viral claim conflated multiple real prop...
Twenty U.S. senators publicly pledged to forgo or donate pay during the 2018–2019 federal government shutdown, part of a broader group of 102 members of Congress who announced they would decline or re...
Yes — , though reporting and lists vary by outlet and some summaries omit names. Contemporary reporting from 2013 documents more than 75 lawmakers pledging to give up pay, naming several senators, and...
Democrats have indeed proposed multiple alternative government funding measures during the 2025 shutdown fights; the earliest clearly dated Democratic draft in the provided materials was released on S...
Multiple contemporary reports show that senators publicly pledged to forgo pay during the 2013 and 2018–2019 federal shutdowns, but the available summaries name different individuals for each period a...
President Joe Biden and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries frame the government shutdown as a partisan choice by House Republicans that threatens everyday Americans and must be resolved by return...
Senate Democratic Leader and House Democratic Leader consistently opposed clean continuing resolutions (CRs) and sought amendments aimed at extending Affordable Care Act (ACA) premium tax credits and ...
Senate leaders and senators have proposed a range of alternatives to a straight "clean" continuing resolution (CR) during recent fiscal standoffs, including short-term stopgaps of varying lengths, tar...
Senate and House Democrats have advanced multiple proposals to ensure federal employees receive pay during the 2025 government shutdown, centering on legislation that would extend immediate or retroac...
Democrats have proposed paying all federal workers and related measures during a shutdown through legislation titled the True Shutdown Fairness Act and related proposals, making payment for furloughed...
The Shutdown Fairness Act, as described in the provided materials, is a legislative effort that would , but critics note it excludes furloughed workers and concentrates discretion in executive hands ....