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Lisa's husband. Patrick and Molly's dad. Proud to serve the 2nd Congressional District of MA. Co-Chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. Top Democrat on the House Rules Committee. Hunger is a political condition.
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ICYMI: mcgovern.house.gov/uploadedfile...
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Read the full letter to members here. 👇
mcgovern.house.gov/uploadedfile...
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YOU can make a difference: RT this 🧵to make sure people know that Congress has to RE-VOTE on the Republican tax scam. VOTE NO and KILL the BIG UGLY AWFUL BILL once and for all.
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So there is about to be a major moment of truth for the folks on the right who have talked a big game over the past couple of weeks. Will they stand up for what they believe in or chicken out (again)?
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Basically, Republican leadership thinks that Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene, Rep Mike Flood, Rep Thomas Massie, Rep Davidson Rep Scott Perry, Elon Musk and others will fold and support the terrible tax bill just because they’re using the DOGE cuts as a Trojan horse to hide the reality of the re-vote.
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It’s not just that they’re hiding it—Republican leadership is trying to be clever by tying these fixes to the rule for their bill to legalize a bunch of harmful DOGE cuts.
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Even now, Republicans are trying to hide this vote. Instead of having an up-or-down vote on the fixed bill, reporters have heard they’re going to just tuck the corrections into a ‘rule’ resolution for another bill.
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House Republicans now need to take ANOTHER vote to change the bill they already passed. That’s right: they passed the bill, THEN found out what was in it, and NOW are scrambling to try to fix their mistakes.
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Why? When Republicans rushed to finalize their awful bill in the middle of the night they accidentally included some provisions that aren’t allowed to be in the bill under the Senate’s rules for budget reconciliation.
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First, the bottom line: unless the House re-votes to fix Republicans’ mistakes, THE BILL IS DEAD.
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She was unlawfully detained for six weeks in an ICE facility in Louisiana, where she suffered intolerable living conditions and multiple intense and worsening asthma attacks. She is a cherished member of our community, and I am glad that she is finally back in Massachusetts.
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At a time of rising authoritarianism and deepening inequality, the world desperately needs a church that defends the poor, stands up for human rights, & opens its doors to those who’ve long been left out. I pray that Pope Leo will meet this moment with courage, humility, and a commitment to justice.
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Pope Leo has consistently stood with people struggling in poverty, those who are victims of repression, the immigrant community, and those who the governments of the world have forgotten—and I hope he will continue to lead with that same spirit of compassion and global solidarity.