Sheldon Whitehouse

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The “dark money maze” extends well beyond Trump. It packed the Supreme Court; it foments climate denial; it funds Republican politics. Time to clean the swamp. Start with disclosure—a little daylight will get the cockroaches scuttling. https://t.co/i7hvAMNWbX — PolitiTweet.org

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Affordable child care is one of the best things we can do for American families. They’re counting on us, so let’s get this passed. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Want a peaceful and interesting ten minutes? Check out these deep sea images. https://t.co/aGjny9Mcoo — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @USTreasury: Today, Treasury is releasing the 2022 National Illicit Finance Strategy. Closing loopholes & strengthening safeguards again… — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Watch for more on carbon border pricing. I have a good feeling about this solution, especially as the European Union moves toward similar measures. Meanwhile, I’ll keep pushing ahead. https://t.co/b9Gmwhwh4g — PolitiTweet.org

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We need to stop the kind of price gouging we’ve seen from Big Oil and other corporate bad actors during this global health crisis, and help Americans afford groceries and transportation. I’m glad to join @SenWarren in offering the Price Gouging Prevention Act of 2022. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

@ChrisVanHollen Very relieved to hear that my friend @ChrisVanHollen is on the mend. My thoughts are with him and his family. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

.@RI_infrabank will put funding from our bipartisan infrastructure law to good use improving Rhode Islanders’ drinking water and cleaning up Narragansett Bay. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Thanks @rikidscount for creating an amazing resource to help get kids off to a stronger start. I’m working hard in Washington to invest in RI kids by improving child care, education, and support for families. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Big Republican donor interests built their supermajority to deliver wins like this one – wins that help special interests skirt our democratic process to achieve what they want. The Court’s reputation cannot withstand much more of this. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Justice Kagan has it right in her dissent: greenlighting the payment schemes at issue in this case "bring[s] this country’s political system into further disrepute." — PolitiTweet.org

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Republican donors’ biggest booster, Mitch McConnell, gave away the game in his brief in this case - he called for gutting our campaign finance laws altogether. He made clear he wants an America where corporations & the wealthiest few wield near-total control over our politics. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

The Supreme Court’s ruling in FEC v. Cruz is another victory for right-wing donors in their assault on our campaign finance system, and another step toward unlimited special-interest spending in our elections. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’d love to see how much of that money goes to front groups to buy political obstruction of climate legislation, but they keep it secret for a reason. https://t.co/VxB0BUaT2o — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

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Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Annihilating Roe means women with the least will suffer the most. That’s flat wrong. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Even BoJo is looking at clawback of Big Oil’s grotesque price-gouging and excess profits! Time to stand up for consumers. https://t.co/06TQ6OWSSO — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

“Tremendously bad” isn’t justices picked in Federalist Society back room, isn’t dark money campaigns to confirm them, isn’t right-wing front group amicus flotillas, isn’t 80-0 partisan win rate for Republican donor interests. Nope, it’s a leaked draft.   https://t.co/fZshMCV6ba — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

One weekend, two horrific shootings in America. We must act to rid ourselves of gun violence, and we must reckon with the unbridled hate that too often drives it. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Image from the Law Enforcement Officers Memorial candlelit vigil this week. Thank you for your service and sacrifice. https://t.co/rkv82QTUo0 — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Congrats to all of today’s @CollegeUnbound graduates! Glad to be there for a joyous occasion and to announce $750k in federal funding to create new opportunities for adult learners at College Unbound’s future Community Learning Center in South Providence. https://t.co/lrHsml2GsR — PolitiTweet.org

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Last year, my colleagues and I published a report detailing the Republican takeover of our judiciary. The consequences for reproductive rights are dire. https://t.co/lt4YRDGPht — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

A political party violated every norm to achieve their majority on the Supreme Court, overturn Roe, and impose their ideology on millions who don’t agree with them. How are Americans supposed to have any faith in this system? — PolitiTweet.org

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Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Pretty good thumbnail summary of “how it works” over at The Court That Dark Money Built (it’s actually even worse): https://t.co/ucUHqUNRxj — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Plastics recycling is a joke because plastics industry takes no interest. They treat it as the public’s problem, don’t invest, and take no responsibility. “Privatize the profit, socialize the harm” is too often industry’s motto. https://t.co/mzgBqkbsa6 — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

Time for results. Look where talk and pledges got us. https://t.co/unNyUz60hV — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

.@RIPTA_RI will be able to run its busiest route entirely with electric buses once this new charging station is complete - lower emissions and cleaner air in communities that have borne the brunt of pollution for too long. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

We can’t tolerate a system that lets dark money groups operate without oversight – not when they spend 100s of millions per election cycle without disclosing their donors. Citizens are denied the basic right to know what is going on around them in their democracy. — PolitiTweet.org

Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse

RT @SenJeffMerkley: Republicans cry a lot of crocodile tears about dark money as they keep voting to allow it to corrupt our electoral syst… — PolitiTweet.org