Francesca Amodeo

Senate CD / Formerly team @johncarneyde / Georgia Native / Bulldawg / Pasta fanatic /Thoughts mine & RTs do not reflect endorsement or employer

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

In just over 4 years, 9 Americans have been killed in the West Bank with 0 accountability. It’s past time we get answers about their deaths & the constant injustices Palestinians face from the Israeli occupation of the West Bank.

I'm introducing a resolution requiring the State Dept to begin to answer these questions & I'll be bringing it to a vote when Congress returns.

[Andrew Desiderio @AndrewDesiderio]

New — Sens. Chris Van Hollen, Tim Kaine & Bernie Sanders set to force Senate vote on a privileged resolution “requiring the Department of State to report to Congress on increasing violence in the West Bank, including the killings of Americans in the West Bank,” per release

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Let's call this what it is: Blanche & Trump's DOJ are continuing their vindictive prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia because, as the judge said, he exercised his constitutional rights.

They go after anyone who challenges them. We won't stop defending the rule of law.

[Brendan Pedersen @BrendanPedersen]

At a Senate Banking Committee hearing on capital formation this AM, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md) has printed out a copy of this WSJ op-ed dinging Clarity

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Fatima came to the US on a Fulbright scholarship & is a researcher at Johns Hopkins. She had previously filed for TPS & currently has a pending asylum case.

But ICE has detained her & is working to deport her.

She is not the 'worst of the worst' & deporting her is not making us safer. We must stand up & speak out.

https://t.co/8AfdMBYmmm

[Burgess Everett @burgessev]

Blanche is Cornyn's third leverage play in the last couple months since the Texas primary
- Asked for TX border reimbursement money before he voted for reconciliation bill ✅
- Asked for PEPFAR money to be released before voting for Lake/Mastirano ✅
- Asking for Blanche to put in writing the limitations on tax immunity deal before voting for him❓

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

The Trump admin is ending Temporary Protected Status for people from Syria & Haiti forcing them back into harm's way as soon as THIS WEEK.

I'm calling on the Senate to pass my SECURE Act NOW to provide a pathway to stability & security for TPS recipients: https://t.co/yvoKzCrnzm

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

The day after starting the Iran war, Trump said it would last “four to five weeks.”

It’s now been 146 days. 18 US troops have been killed, hundreds injured. Thousands of civilians have been killed. Prices are spiking again.

We must end this war. Join me: https://t.co/vQ5XPyQaFl

[Samantha Handler @sn_handler]

SOCTUS approps follow-up: Van Hollen asks Chief Justice John Roberts to clarify that justices and staff aren't allowed to participate in prediction markets.

Justices Kagan and Coney Barrett had told Van Hollen they thought their ethics rules already covered it but would check if there's loopholes.

Letter is here: https://t.co/eV4QQ0d8bC

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

It is sickening that the President would downplay the loss of 18 American soldiers killed during his ongoing Iran war & brag about how it’s not AS bad as some of the other disastrous American wars he promised he'd never repeat.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Trump's speech tonight was a 5-alarm fire for our democracy, our Constitution, and our country.

No matter your political party, we must stand together for our democracy & fight back against this attempt to undermine it. No Kings.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Less than two months ago, Blanche committed to meeting with survivors of Epstein's abuse.

Today, all the sudden, he says he can't.

What changed, @DAGToddBlanche?

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Back in May, acting-AG Blanche told @PattyMurray & me that if we connected him with survivors of Epstein's abuse, he would meet with them.

2 months later, after repeated outreach, nothing.

Today, we're demanding he live up to his commitment.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Tomorrow, the Senate will take a key vote on the $1.1 TRILLION defense bill.

It not only fails to rein in Trump’s Iran war, it also has a provision touted by PM Netanyahu to MANDATE more U.S. defense cooperation with Israel.

None of this is in our national security interests. I will vote NO.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

EXCLUSIVE: On Eve of Confirmation Hearing, Senate Democrats Demand Todd Blanche Meet with Epstein Survivors

https://t.co/5C6uS0vgsL

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Senators should vote NO on proceeding with the Pentagon funding bill. It supports a huge increase in spending, gives a blank check to Trump's Iran war, & includes Netanyahu’s proposal REQUIRING more cooperation with the Israeli military.

Tune in: https://t.co/mRqtkxeBio

[Cuneyt Dil @cuneytdil]

Maryland, Virginia senators demand Trump's East Potomac golf plans https://t.co/EKH6Pn5Hqy

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Democrats should make 2 key points. 

1) The illegal war in Iran has been a blunder & we are worse off than before it started.

2) There’s no good way out of a bad war. We should reject the talking points of those who cheered it on & want to drag us back into it. When you're in a hole, stop digging.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

Very revealing. Republican senators who were AWOL regarding their constitutional duties around STARTING the war against Iran all of a sudden demand that Congress play a role in STOPPING the war. A whole lot of warmongering going on.

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

$12 million. That's how much taxpayer money the Trump Administration spent to rehire the same federal workers they'd previously fired.

Talk about waste, fraud, and abuse – this Administration commits all three on a daily basis.