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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 13h

Trump is using the shutdown as an excuse to fire Americans who help students with disabilities around the country. He must reverse course and ensure no student is denied a quality education because of a disability.

Trump administration cuts funding to train special education teachers in Rhode Island - The Boston Globe

The federal grant was helping educators who are teaching students with disabilities to read.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 14h

Pres. Trump wants to keep Argentina’s government open with a $20+ BILLION bailout but refuses to make any effort to protect your health care & get the American government working again.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 14h

Democrats are the only ones to offer a concrete plan to reopen the gov't & keep health care prices down.

Trump-GOP cut $1 trillion from Medicaid & now millions of Americans will see their health costs skyrocket or lose coverage.

Open enrollment is days away. Time to act is now!

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Congressman Gabe Amo @amo.house.gov · 16h

Trump and House Republicans are letting #RI01 small business owners' health care costs skyrocket.

@reed.senate.gov and I met with local businesses in Warren to hear how Republicans’ attacks on health care are impacting their livelihoods.

This is who we're fighting for in Washington.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 16h

The Pentagon press corps plays a vital role in holding military leaders accountable. Hegseth’s effort to censor reporters is an affront to the military’s tradition of integrity and to the First Amendment.

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before deadline for signing

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 17h

Joined @amo.house.gov to chat w/ local #smallbiz owners this morning & it’s clear: Democrats are fighting to lower health costs for every single American. With just 18 days until open enrollment begins, there’s no time to waste.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 5d

Time is of the essence. Open enrollment is less than a month away & millions of Americans could soon see their health care premiums double.

Democrats have a plan to keep the gov’t open & protect your health care.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 6d

Coffee should come with cream and sugar, not expensive tariffs! Trump’s economic policies are driving up prices – roasting consumers & businesses alike & harming the U.S. economy.

FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 6d

Fox: Roasted coffee prices are up 22% in the past year. There's a 50% tariff on coffee from Brazil. That's the nation's biggest coffee supplier. Take a look at this bag right here. The container that bag came in is costing this coffee shop $68,000 more than it did over the summer

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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 6d

President Trump’s big beautiful bill has resulted in a health care crisis that is now upon us. Next year, everyone is either at risk of losing their health care or paying more. So, we did a little math to estimate what that might look like for a couple in Lansing. (1/2)

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 7d

As Trump & Republicans shut down the gov’t and try to ignore the health crisis they created, open enrollment starts on November 1.

Millions of Americans will soon have their premiums skyrocket – many will see it double.

Congress must act with urgency, but the GOP is playing partisan games.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 7d

I’m fighting to make health care more affordable for all Rhode Islanders.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 7d

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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 8d

Leader Jeffries: A married couple that makes $85,000 per year currently may pay about $8,000 for their health insurance. That is already far too expensive. But that couple could see their premiums increase to $24,000 a year. They're going to lose their coverage or be forced into medical bankruptcy

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Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov · 11d

Can you and your family afford to pay double or even triple the price for health insurance? Trump and Republicans have let the government shut down instead of lowering the cost for American families.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 11d

Republicans are the only party prolonging this government shutdown, taking pleasure in it, and, in their own words: ‘dreaming’ of shutdown situation ‘since puberty.’ Gross!

GOP senator: Vought has been ‘dreaming’ of shutdown situation ‘since puberty’

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Wednesday said Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought has been “dreaming” of this government shutdown “since puberty.” “OMB Director @russvought has…

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 11d

Democrats are fighting to help lower health costs & picking up more & more support. Looks like even a majority of MAGA now agrees w/ Dems & wants Trump to extend Obamacare tax credits.

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Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock @warnock.senate.gov · 11d

These are the lowest cost insurance options for a 62 year old Georgian making $65k.

2025: $228
2026: $1142

She will lose $704/month in credits because of GOP cuts to health care.

This is a crisis. We cannot wait to fix this.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 12d

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

Education Department employees surprised to find their email automatically changed to blame Democrats for shutdown

Five furloughed employees told NBC News they had put up nonpartisan out-of-office messages, only to see they were changed — without their permission — to partisan ones.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 12d

Trump Admin. is so desperate and partisan it’s altering civil servants’ email messages to try to mislead the public. But Americans are smart. They know Trump controls the gov’t & isn’t serving their best interests.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 12d

Can you afford 2x or 3x your current health care costs? Trump is tripling ACA premiums for a 55-year-old couple making $85k a yr & doubling them for thousands of RIers.

Republicans should work with Democrats to lower health care prices & end Trump’s shutdown.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 12d

Every American should be alarmed that Pres. Trump has decided he can wage secret wars against anyone he labels an enemy. Drug cartels must be stopped, but declaring war & ordering lethal military force without Congress or public knowledge - nor legal justification - is unacceptable.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 12d

Breaking News: President Trump told Congress in a confidential notice that he had decided that the U.S. was in an “armed conflict” with certain drug cartels.

Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 12d

Trump’s policies are hurting American workers & businesses. He's raising prices, killing job growth, sowing uncertainty & pushing America toward stagflation.

Now he's touting plans to fire more workers & halt development projects already underway.

Americans deserve better.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 13d

G’mar chatima tova! For everyone observing Yom Kippur, wishing you a meaningful & easy fast.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar @klobuchar.senate.gov · 13d

Americans are standing on a health care cliff.

More than 20 million Americans could see their premiums double.

Doctors, nurses, rural Americans, patients, and families are speaking out.

This isn’t political theater.

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U.S. Senator Jack Reed @reed.senate.gov · 13d

While Donald Trump demands cuts to health care for millions of Americans as his ransom to open the government back up, he’s sending $20 billion in U.S. tax dollars to Argentina to bail out his whacky far-right ally.

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