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🔴 Senate #Republicans have KILLED 400 bills passed by the House, most w/ GOP votes. #Dems need to win 4 seats (3 if #Harris is VP). 6 races are tossups: CO-Gardner, GA-Perdue, IA-Ernst, ME-Collins, MT-Daines, NC-Tillis.

thread: Bills Killed by Senate GOP newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnel…
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans:

Climate Action Act
Raise Minimum Wage
Violence vs Women Act
Corporate Transparent Act
Enhanced Background Checks
Gold Star Family Relief Act
Save the Internet Act
Equality Act
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #2

Paycheck Fairness Act
Protect Preexisting Conditions Act
Lower Prescription Drugs Act
Ban Offshore Drilling Act
Invest in Maine Street Act
Lower Prescription Drugs Act #2
#STEM education
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #3

#Nursing Workforce Act
Innovators & Entrepreneurs Act
Nat'l #Flood Insurance Extension
Educating #Medical Professionals Act
#Palliative Care & #Hospice Training Act
US-#Israel Cooperation & Security Act
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #4

Congressional Gold Medal for #WWII #Veterans Act
Gov't Outsourcing Accountability Act
Reforming Nat'l Disaster Act
Portable Fuel Container Safety Act
Respite Care Act
Whole #Veteran Act
McConnell: "If I'm still the majority leader in the Senate, think of me as the #GrimReaper. None of that stuff is going to pass."

🔵 Fire McConnell. Flip the Senate. #VoteBlue
thehill.com/homenews/senat…
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #5

Vladmir Putin Transparency Act
#Vet HP Act
Disclosure of Rx Drug Discounts to Consumers Act
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Act
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act
Newborn Screening to Save Lives Act
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #6

Digital GAP Act
#Rural #Job Creator Act
#Broadband Access Act
Violence Against Women Act #VAWA #MMIW
Energy Efficiency for #Schools Act
Poison Control Center Enhancement Act
"If I'm still the majority leader in the Senate, think of me as the Grim Reaper," McConnell said in April 2020. "None of that stuff is going to pass."

🔵 Fire #McConnell. Flip the Senate. #VoteBlue
vox.com/2019/11/29/209…
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #7

FIND Human Trafficking Act
Intercountry #Adoption Act
#HealthCare Fraud Prevention Act
Citizenship for Children of #Veterans Act
"Good Time" Reduces #Prison Time for the #Elderly Act
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #8

#Homeless #Veterans Families Act
Prevention of Online E-Cigarette Sales to Children Act
Coast Guard Authorization Act
Building Blocks of #STEM Act
Energy & Water Research Act
Global Fragility Act
#Republicans have turned the Senate into "an expensive lunch club" by refusing to consider or hold votes on legislation. They're letting 400 bills passed by the House in the past 2 years expire & die.

🔵 Flip the senate. #VoteBlue apnews.com/edaa20f110384c…
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #9

Retirement Enhancement Act
Stronger #ChildAbuse & Prevention Act
Investor Protection Act
#VA Overpayment Accountability Act
Protecting Families of Fallen #Veterans Act
Counter Terrorist Network Act
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #10

#Homebuyer Assistance Act
R & D for #FirstResponders Act
Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Act
Information Database Act
KREMLIN Act
Burn Pit Registry Act
Paycheck Fairness Act
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #11

Workplace Violence Prevention Act
Cooperate with Law Enforcement & Watch Act
Combating Sexual Harassment Act
GI Bill Planning Act (#vets)
#FirstResponders Passport Act
Middle Class Health Benefits Act
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #12

#SmallBusiness Development Center Act
Senior Security Act
Preventing Crimes against #Veterans Act
Supporting #Vets in #STEM Careers Act
#Vet Cemetery Research & Education
Sen John Thune (R-SD) noted there were some bills, including legislation aimed at combating robocalls, that will pass, saying: “If we can’t pass that, we’re all in trouble.”

🔵 Fire McConnell. Stop the #Obstruction. #VoteBlue thehill.com/homenews/senat…
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #13

Stop Bad Robocalls Act
Tribal Access to #Homeless Assistance (#native)
Foster Stable Housing Opportunities
Patriotic Employer Protection Act
Dignity in #Aging Act
#WomensBusiness Centers Act
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #14

Joint Task Force to Combat #Opioid Trafficking Act
#SmallBusiness Growth Acceleration
Coastal & Marine Economies Protection Act
American Manufacturing Leadership Act
Short-Term Detention Standards
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #15

#SaudiArabia Human Rights & Accountability Act
--All #dems, 178 republican House votes
--Senate #Republicans killed the bill

Protecting Affordable Mortgages for #Veterans Act
McConnell says Senate #Republicans killed 400 bipartisan House bills to stop #democrats from "trotting out" "left-wing" ideas in the 2020 campaign.

Senate GOP killed 30 bills to help #vets.

🔵 FIRE GOP Senators who put party above people. #VoteBlue

americanindependent.com/mitch-mcconnel…
🔴BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #16

3 #ElectionSecurity Bills:

2 required #FBI notification of foreign interference

1 provided increased #election funding & banned voting machines to be connected to the internet.
1 senator can block a vote. @MarshaBlackburn blocked 3 #ElectionSecurity bills no doubt at GOP caucus's request. She accused #democrats of playing politics by (I kid you not) passing bills "knowing that GOP lawmakers would block them." thehill.com/homenews/house…
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #17

#Suicide Prevention Support
COAST Research Act
FIGHT #Veterans #Suicide Act
Securing #DHS Firearms Act
#FirstResponder Access to Technology Act
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #18

Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act
Bipartisan #BackgroundChecks Act
Put Trafficking Victims 1st Act (dems+189 Rs)
DHS Assessment of Terrorist Use of Virtual Currencies Act (dems+191 Rs)
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #19

Financial Technology Protection Act
NATO Support Act (dems+149 Rs)
Anti-Hacking State Dept Act (dems+170 Rs)
Fed Employee Antidiscrimination Act (dems+193 Rs)
#Republicans spent the last 2 years approving federal judges & justices for lifetime appointments. They explicitly looked for young conservatives & passed many the ABA said weren't qualified.

And they killed 400 bills, most bipartisan.

🔵 #VoteBlue
nytimes.com/2019/08/03/us/…
🔴 BIPARTISAN Bills PASSED by the House but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #18

Russian-Venezuelan Threat Mitigation Act
Put Trafficking Victims 1st Act
Homeland Security
#Rats! My #rural #Maine internet ate a tweet AGAIN.

Happens a lot. You know what would've helped? If Senate #Republicans (#SusanCollins) hadn't killed the House's bipartisan #broadband access bill.

🔵 FLIP THE SENATE. #VoteBlue
🔴 MORE bipartisan bills passed by the House in the past 2 years but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #20

Energy Dept's #Veterans Health Initiative (#dems+25 Rs)
#Vet Center Eligibility Expansion
DHS Intelligence Rotational Assignment
CBRN Intelligence & Info Sharing
🔴 MORE bipartisan bills passed by the House in the past 2 years but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #21

Housing Choice Voucher Mobility (dems+168 Rs)
Social Media Use in Clearance Investigations (dems+168 Rs)**
Protecting & Securing FL's Coastline (dems+22 Rs)

** same ones?
🔴 MORE bipartisan bills passed by the House in the past 2 years but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #22

Championing American Business Thru Diplomacy
--dems + 177 Rs
#VA Website Accessibility
#Veteran Entrepreneurship Training Act
--dems + 196 Rs
Corporate Transparency Act
🔴 WHAT? EVEN MORE bipartisan bills passed by the House in the past 2 years but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #23

#Arctic Cultural & Coastal Plain Protection
Local Water Protection Act (Ds + 117 Rs)
Ocean Acidification Innovation Act (Ds + 168 Rs)
#LBGTQ Equality Act (Ds + 8 Rs)
🔴 She's STILL typing? HOW many bipartisan House bills passed in the last 2 years did Senate #Republicans KILL? (400) #24

Service-Disabled #Veterans Act
Fallen Warrior Battlefield Memorial
SCORE for #SmallBusiness Act
Innovation for Law Enforcement Act
#McConnell controls what has the chance to become a law in this country because Senate #Republicans keep electing him as the Majority Leader.

#Vote McConnell out of power. #VoteBlue salon.com/2019/03/11/its…
🔴 BIPARTISAN bills passed by the House in the past 2 years but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #25

Animal Rescue Act
Expanding Investment in #SmallBusiness (Ds+189 Rs)
Counterterrorism Advisory Board (Ds+186 Rs)
Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism
Housing Financial Literacy Act
🔴BIPARTISAN bills passed by the House in the past 2 years but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #26

Intelligence Authorization Act (Ds+171 Rs)
#ClimateChange (Ds+3 Rs)
Save the #Internet Act
Treaty #Fishing Access (Ds+171 Rs)
#VA Design-Build Enhancement
Unifying DHS Intelligence
🔴 BIPARTISAN bills passed by the House in the past 2 years but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #27

Little Shell Tribe of #Chippewa Restoration (Ds+173 Rs)
Expanding Contract Opportunities for #SmallBusinesses (Ds+188 Rs)
Border Patrol Medical Screening Act
🔴 BIPARTISAN bills passed by the House in the past 2 years but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #28

#Veteran's Access to #ChildCare (Ds + 178 Rs)
Civilian Workforce Pay Raise (Ds+29 Rs)
Trusted Traveler Act

🔵 Flip the Senate. #VoteBlue
🔴 Bills passed by the House in the past 2 years but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #29

with #Democratic Votes Only:

Protect the GI Bill (#vets)
#Veterans' Care Quality Transparency Act
FIRST State & Local Law Enforcement Act
#SmallBusiness Advocacy Act
🔴 Bills passed by the House in the past 2 years but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #30

with #Democratic Votes Only:

#Pacific #Earthquake Preparedness Act
Carbon Monoxide Alarms Act
Cybersecurity Vulnerability Act
#HomelandSecurity Improvement Act
🔴 Bills passed by the House in the past 2 years but KILLED by Senate #Republicans #31

with #Democratic Votes Only:

#Rural Housing Act
Nat'l #Landslide Prevention Act
Domestic & Inter'l Terrorism DATA Act
For the People Election Reform Act
Consumers 1st Act

🔵 #VoteBlue
🔴 Senate #Republicans hand over power to a man who "blocked election security bills meant to protect the 2020 elections from Russian interference."

🔵 #VoteBlue npr.org/2019/07/30/746…
Here's my primary source for the list of bills passed by the House that Senate #Republicans are letting expire. It's hyperlinked so you can see how many votes bills got in the House: dailykos.com/stories/2019/1…

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