Time to Wake Up 308: 40 Years After Chafee’s Warning
speaking because I still believe in the power of this body to take action, to serve the people … oath to serve, and to use the awesome power that our constituents have granted to us to solve
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254th Anniversary of the “Gaspee” Raid
every American still will avow. However majestic your powers be, You should heed our warning: don’t tread
Time to Wake Up 307: The Mischief Continues
highlight the polluters’ latest corrupt trick: using the powers of government—a federal government that is theirs … extend the life of six coal-fired power plants in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Ohio. DOE may have
The Scheme #37: The Scheme Meets Time to Wake Up
captured Court put an end to the Clean Power Plan of the Obama administration before it even came … born in the crib-killing of the Clean Power Plan. This is quoting the New York Times story
Time to Wake Up 305: Lyin’ Lee Zeldin
corrupt danger to our country. A danger powered by fossil fuel industry money, orchestrated by myriad dark money … simple rule, grounded in separation of powers: the Executive Branch cannot veto Congressionally appropriated funds outside the veto
As Trump Tries to Take Over U.S. Elections, Reed Delivers Speech Opposing Anti-Voter SAVE Act
voters; and hand President Trump unprecedented election powers over all fifty states. President Trump has said he wants … Trump and his potential successors to stay in power no matter what the voters
Trump/Russia, Trump/Epstein, Epstein/Russia
doing differently. The United States is the most powerful nation in the world. Russia is a weak, corrupt … Moscow … is attempting to blackmail a group of powerful biznessmen [sic] in New York.” It was, Epstein said
Time to Wake Up #304: Global Economic Loss as Climate Danger Looms
politics defending a $700 billion annual subsidy, powered by unlimited dark money spending. The fossil fuel industry … vast array of front groups have used the power of money in politics to strangle this discussion
WATCH: Slotkin Delivers Remarks on the Bipartisan War Powers Resolution on Venezuela
delivered remarks in support of the bipartisan War Powers Resolution that would bar further U.S. military action
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Slotkin Delivers Speech at Brookings Institution, Calls out Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook
laid out how Trump had garnered so much power — running on a legitimate concern of cost of living … future saying Trump intends ‘to hold onto power’ “He has one goal, making sure that
Klobuchar Delivers Floor Remarks Ahead of Senate Passage of the Bipartisan Canada Tariff Resolution
Canada imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEPPA). The legislation was passed with bipartisan support … Then finally, the president cannot keep abusing his power like this. There is a reason, when you look
Time to Wake Up 302: Bought and Paid For
corrupts the entire executive branch and uses the power of government to go after and crush its clean … dead the instant Citizens United gave them that power. The 2024 elections gave the fossil fuel barons full
Rosen Delivers Floor Speech Honoring Victims of 1 October Shooting in Las Vegas & Calls on Congress to Pass Bump Stock Ban
bump stocks. Because we have the power to do something. Let’s pass this bipartisan bill and save
ICYMI: Holding Letter from Michigander About Insurance Increases, Slotkin Delivers Speech on Protecting Health Care
home a critical message, that in the most powerful country in the world, families should not have
Time to Wake Up 301: A Dangerous Precipice
political ecosystem has developed to enable dark money power. Climate denial’s the same: in the three years … Four is fossil fuel on offense: using the power of government to crush fossil fuel’s clean energy
Time to Wake Up 300: Wake Up and Fight
could never achieve democratically. Up against a covert power-seizing plan like that, you need to move fast … interactions with their own constituents, and their own powers of foresight and anticipation. Those capacities are important
Time to Wake Up 299: How Empty and Worthless is the Power of Kings
that humans have been harnessing wind and solar power since well before we started combusting fossil fuels … limiting carbon pollution from certain fossil fuel-fired power plants on the pretense that the emissions from these
ICYMI: Slotkin delivers remarks on her Economic War Plan at the Center for American Progress
Safety and security from fear. Energy to power our lives, and an environment to pass
Scheme 35: The Real Weaponization of the Justice System
however: The Constitution limits the President’s veto power over congressional spending, both with a time limit
Time to Wake Up 297: A Dagger in EPA’s Bipartisan Mission
pollution—more pollution from oil and gas producers, power plants, manufacturers, cars, and trucks; fewer protections for drinking … water, wetlands, and streams. Coal-fired power plants will release more mercury into the air we breathe—settling
Welch Delivers Remarks on Trump’s National Energy Emergency: “The president is going all in on fossil fuels and casting aside the opportunities that come with clean energy.”
sector that are vital to producing less expensive power. In his remarks, Senator Welch highlighted how the President … must stand first for the separation of powers and the authority of Congress and not allow
Time to Wake Up 296: Looters and Polluters
energy and natural resources that have historically powered our Nation’s economic prosperity. In recent years, burdensome … Where it is particularly abundant is in wind power. We have the third greatest offshore wind power potential
Klobuchar Delivers Remarks at the 60th Presidential Inauguration
will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy. For the past year … Vice President, let us remember that the power of those in this room comes from the people