The ‘National Journal’ noted that Mike Espy, #MS US Senate Candidate #Election2020-has
liberal social views mixed with his support for cutting the federal budget and protecting Mississippi's defense and agricultural industries.
In 2018, Espy said that he supports free trade.
Mike Espy 🔁#Mississippi US Senator #Election2020-Nov-3 opposes a border wall, citing cost concerns.He opposes the Trump administration's family separation policy and said “a solution can be found "with the right combination of common sense and compassion." #DemSenate2020
Mike Espy 🔁#Mississippi US Senator #Election2020-Nov-3.
Believes Roe v. Wade is settled "law of the land." “If that's your decision, and it's a lawful one and you're an adult, OK, it's your choice." ~Mike Espy #DemSenate2020#MSpol
Mike Espy 🔁#Mississippi US Senator #Election2020 was appointed U.S. secretary of agriculture by President Clinton in 1993, the first African American to hold that post. He promptly instituted reforms for efficiency to correct duplication of government functions. #DemSenate2020
“..I'm stronger and wiser and I'd be a damned good senator standing against those who would wrongfully accuse our state. I'm more experienced than anyone in this race. I've been through the fire and came out stronger and tested.”~Mike Espy DEM Candidate for US Senate #MS
“Mike Espy has a deep-rooted dedication to the people of Mississippi— and the nation ... Mike worked to expand and extend economic opportunity for those who needed it most — including young people, businesses and farmers.”~NJ Senator Cory Booker #MS#DemSenate2020
“Now #Mississippi voters have the chance to put #MikeEspy back to work in the Senate, fighting for the things we desperately need today like better jobs, improved educational opportunities and affordable healthcare." ~New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker @MikeEspyMS#DemSenate2020
"Fundamentally, Sen. Joni Ernst said she’d be different, and she has disappointed me and so many Iowans; she has not acted independently." ~Theresa Greenfield 🔁#Iowa U.S. Senate #Election2020-Nov-3. @GreenfieldIowa#DemSenate2020
"Growing up on a family farm in a small town of 500, you had to pull your own weight. But we also had to look out for each other; our family, our friends, our communities. We sure did during the farm crisis. It was all hands on deck."~Candidate Theresa Greenfield #DemSenate2020
“My first husband was a union electrician & he died in a tragic accident on the job. I had a 13 month-old & another on the way. One of the things that helped SAVE our family & keep us out of poverty was Social Security survivor benefits.”~Theresa Greenfield 🔁#Iowa U.S. Senate
“Social Security Survivor Benefits gave me a hand up when I needed it most. That's why, as your next U.S. Senator, I’ll never let anyone lay a finger on those programs. Will you join me in the fight to protect Social Security for years to come?”~Theresa Greenfield 🔁#Iowa US Sen
“I’m so grateful to have the support of AFSCME Council 61 members...As Iowa’s next Senator, I will fight alongside AFSCME to raise wages, invest in job training and education, protect union rights, and make sure all Iowans can retire with dignity.”~Theresa Greenfield #IA#IApol
“Over 29,000 people rely on Planned Parenthood for health care in the heartland.Defunding Planned Parenthood makes it harder for folks across #Iowa to access the health care they need. Yet Joni Ernst is "proud" of her work to try and defund it.” ~ @greenfieldiowa #VoteThemOut
Joni Ernst in a recent interview: "Our climate is always changing"
Theresa Greenfield: “In Iowa, we know climate change is getting worse & has exacerbated the devastating floods we've seen lately. We deserve better than a Senator who repeatedly rejects & dismisses science.”#IA
“Ernst is telling Iowans what they want to hear, but it’s clear where her loyalty lies: with DC party leaders like Mitch McConnell, who she votes with 99% of the time/including her vote to REPEAL the #ACA &GUT protections for pre-existing conditions she claims to support.” #IA
🔁#Iowa U.S. Senate #Election2020-Nov-3. FOLLOW>>@greenfieldiowa
Volunteer! Donate!! Educate your friends and family on the issues!! Register new Voters!!!! VOTE🇺🇸 Theresa Greenfield for US Senator from #IA#IApol
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Oops they’re doing it again. Republican members of Congress want to be seen as voting in lockstep with their party but they also want credit when the legislation crafted & passed by #Democrats pay huge dividends for their constituents. #WeSeeYou👀 1/20 #DemocratsDeliver
This article, from Jan. 20, 2022 By Steve Benen tells the story of the double-dealing, mealy-mouthed, two-faced, weaselly, yellow-bellied, two-timing, lying Republican swine. The article doesn’t use those words but draw your own conclusions. 2/20 msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/ncna…
“Around this time 12 years ago, as investments from Barack Obama's Recovery Act started reaching communities nationwide, Republicans who opposed the economic package started showing up at ribbon-cutting ceremonies.”3/20 #RepublicanHypocrisy
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), originally in the House as the INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684), is a US federal statute enacted by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on November 15, 2021. #DemHistory#WhyIVoteDem
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), provisions:
•110 billion for roads, bridges and other major projects;
•$11 billion in transportation safety programs;
•$39 billion in transit modernization and improved accessibility..#DemHistory#WhyIVoteDem
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA):
•$66 billion in rail;
•$7.5 billion to build a national network of electric vehicle chargers;
•$73 billion in power infrastructure and clean energy transmission and
•$65 billion for broadband development. #DemHistory
The story of the #BuildBackBetter has yet to be written. Let’s examine the 50 Republican US Senators who are voting against lifting children out of poverty, education,elder care, affordable prescription drugs, child care & family leave? What does this mean for YOUR STATE?
#ALABAMA Sen. Richard Shelby is voting against the #ChildTaxCredit “The Center on Budget &Policy Priorities found making the program permanent would benefit 93% of #AL children,lift 162,000 #AL children above/closer to poverty line & benefit 480,000 #AL children under 17.
#ALABAMA Sen. Tommy Tuberville has offered you no solutions; he has admitted that he “wouldn’t have a clue” how to address the current pandemic and recently told people that $600 per week in federal unemployment benefits was just “too much.” al.com/news/2021/12/a…
A landmark court case is a case of legal importance, usually settling a signficant matter, and which decision is used and followed by the judiciary to decide cases dealing with the same issue. Here are 26 important Supreme Court Landmark Decisions over the years.1/28 #SCOTUS
Marbury v Madison: judicial review created; The act and the ensuing last-minute appointment of new judges by outgoingJohn Adams (the so-called “midnight judges”) were decried by the incoming president, Thomas Jefferson. #SCOTUS#BackToSchool#DemsWork4USA
Plessy v Ferguson: “separate but equal”; In the pivotal case of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racially separate facilities, if equal, did not violate the Constitution. 3/28 #BackToSchool#SCOTUS#DemsWork4USA
#BackToSchool The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court of our land. The 9 justices decide the constitutionality of our laws and they hear select cases as a court of last appeal. Since Presidents pick nominees, elections & voting matter a great deal!
Article III of the Constitution establishes the federal judiciary. Article III, Section I states that "The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish."
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Although the Constitution establishes the Supreme Court, it permits Congress to decide how to organize it. Congress first exercised this power in the Judiciary Act of 1789. This Act created a Supreme Court with six justices & established the lower federal court system.
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#BackToSchool Conservatives like to insist that they revere the U.S. Constitution, though many have very little familiarity with it. There’s many more amendments than just their favorite, #2. 1/ Thread #Constitution#DemsWork4USA
We have 3 Branches of Government: 1. Legislative: makes laws; Article 1 2. Executive: enforces laws; Article 2 3. Judicial: interprets laws; Article 3 2/ #backtoschool#Constitution
When the Constitution was written there were two entrenched factions. Federalists: supported the Constitution; wanted a strong central government,; Madison, Hamilton, and Jay wrote Federalist Papers trying to get the public to support the Constitution. 3/ #backtoschool