From Politico: Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday signaled he would be open to the Senate ending its practice of imposing a 60-vote threshold for most legislation, a positional shift from the Democratic presidential nominee who spent more than 35 years as a senator. In comments to journalists Monday that were reported by The…
Category: ChrisCoons
DE-Sen: Top Biden Ally Sen. Chris Coons (D) Is Willing To Kill The Filibuster To Pass Biden's Agenda
This is huge: x Wow, Delaware’s Chris Coons is a moderate Democrat who has long been resistant to getting rid of the filibuster, which Dems will absolutely need to do if they hope to pass any major policies under a Biden presidency https://t.co/Qgnzyludez— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) June 23, 2020 From the Politico piece: Facing a…
DE-Sen: Sen. Chris Coons (D) Puts Pressure On The Senate To Pass The Justice In Policing Act
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Chris Coons’ (D. DE) re-election campaign: People across our nation are hurting. After the brutal killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis (adding to the long list of other Black Americans who have been unjustly murdered), millions of Americans have united in protest. They are taking to…
IA-Sen: Sen. Chris Coons (D. DE) Helps Theresa Greenfield (D) End Moscow Mitch's Reign Of Terror
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D. DE) in support of Theresa Greenfield’s campaign: Theresa Greenfield (D. IA) In the past few months, we've seen that Democrats have a real shot at flipping the Senate. One of the most important races will be in Iowa, where Democrat Theresa Greenfield is gaining momentum. The…
DE, IL, MI, MN, NH & NJ-Sen: Giffords PAC Endorses These Incumbents For Re-Election
Received this e-mail today from Giffords PAC: We are excited to rollout more endorsements this morning of some real Senate champions! Chris Coons, Dick Durbin, Gary Peters, Tina Smith, Jeanne Shaheen and Cory Booker are all fearless allies on the frontlines of the gun safety movement. These senators are gun safety champions who have been…
AK-Sen: Sen. Chris Coons (D. DE) Helps Dr. Al Gross (I) Take Down Moscow Mitch's Loyal Foot Soldier
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D. DE) in support of Dr. Al Gross’ (I. AK) U.S. Senate campaign: Sen. Chris Coons (D. DE) Dr. Al Gross is not only a commercial fisherman, an orthopedic surgeon, and lifelong Alaskan, but he was also a classmate of mine during college. I've known Al for a long time. That's…
Sen. Flake: If FBI finds Kavanaugh lied to committee, nomination is over
Hint: He did. From CNN: Sens. Jeff Flake and Chris Coons said in an interview that aired Sunday that if the FBI investigation into sexual assault and misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh finds that the judge lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his testimony on Thursday, his nomination likely would not…
Warner, Heitkamp, Manchin, King: Rex Tillerson's enablers from the left
Earlier this afternoon, the Senate voted to confirm Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State. Plenty has been written here about what a loathsome choice Tillerson is for the position, and I’m sure we’ll see that play out in the coming weeks and months. But for now, the problem is in the vote to confirm him,…
