House Republicans have passed a budget proposal that threatens to cut $230 billion from federal farm and nutrition programs, including SNAP, which could have devastating effects on Minnesota’s food insecurity crisis, already at a critical point with one in five families in the state struggling with food insecurity.
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Georgia runoff: Warnock prevails; candidate quality meant fewer voters turned out for Walker
Democrats increased their Senate majority to 51-49 with Sen. Raphael Warnock’s win over Herschel Walker.
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Counting the wins and losses of November 8
In Minnesota, Erin Maye Quade, Zaynab Mohamed, and Clare Oumou Verbeten will join Senator Bobby Joe Champion in the Minnesota Senate.
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Sen. Smith assails ‘fundamentally undemocratic’ filibuster
‘Why do we have to have a filibuster? Why do we allow a minority to block progress on voting rights?’
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MLK Day set as deadline for Senate filibuster vote
‘The fight for the ballot is as old as the Republic.’
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Senators fail to reach deal on George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
Talks to enact the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act were halted on Wednesday after a bipartisan Senate negotiations team announced it failed to reach a deal.
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The real looters and thugs are in the White House and Senate
Trump’s family businesses and his close associates received more than $21 million, and many other wealthy people got huge checks from the “CARES” Act. This is organized crime.