Rep. Becca Balint
@RepBeccaB
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Mom, Teacher, Vermonter, Writer & Congresswoman for VT, fighting for working families. @HouseJudiciary & @HouseBudgetDems. She/Her. Official. 🏳️🌈🏔️🏍️🍁
Vermont, USA
Joined December 2022
All you've done for the last 15 years is try to repeal, defund, deauthorize, and dismantle the Affordable Care Act with no alternative. No alternative. Give me a damn break.
Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."
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I am filled with sorrow and rage this morning after learning that two students were killed at Brown University and many others are fighting for their lives. Last night was yet another reminder that gun violence touches everyone. This is NOT the price we must pay for our freedom.
Breaking News: Multiple people have been shot at Brown University, officials said. Follow live updates.
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I am deeply concerned about the Trump administration's decision to deploy the 158th Fighter Wing of the Vermont Air National Guard (VTANG). I unwaveringly support our service members and their families, but I do not support military action without Congressional authorization.
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Anyone with an email account or a phone is giving the government a backdoor to search without a warrant. We need robust safeguards to protect our privacy.
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.@RepBeccaB: “If you communicate with foreigners overseas, you are vulnerable to this backdoor search.” Under Section 702, Americans’ emails, texts, and DMs with foreign contacts can be swept into government databases and searched without a warrant. Stronger safeguards are
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Saturday night skit? @nbcsnl
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered? GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now THOMPSON: What does that mean?
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This is what happens when the Trump administration is faced with the truth. Masterful work @SethMagaziner.
Secretary Noem tried to tell me that she hasn’t deported any veterans. I introduced her to one.
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This ruling is a rightful stand for our Constitution. No government can snatch people off the streets and ship them off to prison without due process. I'm so glad to hear that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is on his way home.
JUST IN: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention, his attorney told @ABC News. His release came after a federal judge on Thursday ordered Abrego Garcia released from detention. Read more: https://t.co/Cp1OZ0ahlZ
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Freedom of the press is essential for holding the powerful accountable. The Netanyahu government must conduct an investigation into the attack on Dylan Collins.
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MTG hasn’t changed. Republican leadership continues to demonize and dehumanize their fellow Americans. Shame on them.
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President Trump, your reputation won’t be A+++++ when Americans can’t afford groceries, utilities, or health care. Accepting this “hoax” is your administration’s only life raft.
Trump told our @DashaBurns he’d rate the state of the economy an “A++++++” despite cost-of-living concerns among many Americans. Watch his full interview on The Conversation: https://t.co/nGUTi6RMgQ
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Tax the rich.
There are now 2,900 billionaires, and they hold $15.8 trillion. The wealth of the bottom 50% of the global population, over 4 billion people, is estimated at $3.7 trillion.
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Trump officials are so insecure they even erased Admiral Rachel Levine’s name from her own HHS portrait. Instead of honoring a patriot who is serving this country, they’re busy stoking bigotry, while the rest of America pays the price.
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ICE is failing to address the medical needs of the people they detain. Inhumane and shameful.
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This deal is deeply concerning. Netflix will take over HBO Max, which could raise prices and leave you with fewer streaming options. It will also almost certainly harm local movie theaters that are already struggling. Working people cannot afford more corporate consolidation.
JUST IN: Netflix has announced that it has entered a “definitive agreement” to acquire Warner Bros. — including its film and television studios, HBO Max and HBO — in a deal valued at approximately $83 billion, according to the company. Read more: https://t.co/lvp0hcSiHK
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Secretary Hegseth and anyone else who commits war crimes must be held accountable.
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Can we all finally admit that tax cuts are never going to trickle down?
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.@RepBeccaB explains that Republicans have abandoned Congress’ Article I powers, ceded oversight to Trump, and refused to govern. Instead of doing the real work of budgeting and legislating, they are pushing a doomed balanced budget amendment while letting the executive branch
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Immigration agents have detained at least 170 United States citizens under Trump and Kristi Noem.
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