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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 10h

A 60-year-old couple in Virginia with an income between $63,450 and $105,750 could see their monthly premiums increase by as much as $1,076 per month if Republicans don’t come to the table to negotiate a deal to reopen the government AND fix their health care mess.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 11h

No parent should have to live in the fear that if their child becomes seriously hurt or sick, they won't be able to afford treatment. But millions of people are now in limbo, as the GOP health care mess will cause premiums to double. I'm fighting to fix that.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 13h

My bipartisan bill with Senator Todd Young to repeal the 1991 and 2002 AUMFs against Iraq passed the Senate! Leaving these AUMFs on the books runs the risk of potential misuse by any president. I’ll keep working to ensure this important provision remains in the final defense bill.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 1d

My statement with @markwarner.bsky.social on the Trump Administration’s malicious prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James:

"A few weeks ago, Trump forced Erik Siebert, a highly-qualified prosecutor with a sterling reputation, to resign as interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia because he refused to bring trumped-up charges against James. Then, Trump installed to lead the Eastern District his personal lawyer Lindsey Halligan—a Florida insurance lawyer who is not licensed to practice law in Virginia and had prosecuted exactly zero cases in her life. By putting someone so unqualified in charge of one of the most important law enforcement offices in the country, Trump has made clear that he doesn’t care about keeping Virginians safe, only about weaponizing the justice system to punish his political opponents..."

"...To prosecutors across America: the integrity of our justice system depends on your courage to resist political interference. History will remember those who stood firm in defense of the rule of law, and those who allowed themselves to be complicit in corrupt, politically-motivated prosecutions."

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 1d

Virginians are already struggling with job losses and higher costs caused by the Trump Administration. Now Republican leadership wants their marketplace premiums to go up by more than double? We can’t let that happen.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 1d

Three rural clinics in Virginia are closing their doors because of Trump and the GOP’s Medicaid cuts—and more closures will come if we don’t restore this funding ASAP. My Republican colleagues must come to the negotiating table to save Medicaid and reopen the government.

Axios headline reading: Shutdown and Medicaid cuts deal one-two punch to Virginia hospitals.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 1d

You can't have a strong economy if Americans are buried under ridiculously high health care costs. It's time to clean up Republicans' health care mess and prevent Virginians' marketplace premiums from going through the roof.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 1d

This National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I will keep working to ensure survivors have the support they need and know they are not alone.

If you or someone you know needs help, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 1d

No one has ever contacted my office because they want to pay MORE for health care. Hardworking people overwhelmingly want access to affordable health care. I’m doing everything I can to push for a path forward to keep premiums from skyrocketing and fund the government.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 2d

My statement after Senate Republicans blocked my legislation with @schiff.senate.gov to stop the continued use of U.S. Armed Forces in the southern Caribbean Sea without specific authorization by Congress:

Blue background with the following text: "Americans want fewer wars—not more—and our Constitution clearly grants Congress alone the power to declare one. Yet President Trump has repeatedly launched illegal military strikes in the Caribbean, and has refused to provide Congress with basic information about who was killed, why the strikes were necessary, and why a standard interdiction operation wasn’t conducted. Should this lawless Administration drag our servicemembers into an escalating conflict without a specific authorization by Congress, every American will be able to tell from today’s vote if their senators tried to stop it, or rolled over."

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 2d

My statement after Senate Republicans blocked my legislation with @heinrich.senate.gov to undo a key plank of Trump’s corrupt, cost-raising, job-killing energy agenda:

White background with the following statement: "For the second time, Senate Republicans blocked our legislation that would have repealed President Trump’s bogus energy emergency. Because Republicans refuse to stand up to Trump, Americans will continue to see energy prices go up, clean energy projects across the country canceled, and good-paying manufacturing jobs lost. When will my Republican colleagues choose the side of the American people and vote for policies that help working families, not just Trump’s donors and billionaires?"

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 2d

Unexpected sickness or injury is hard enough. But now, people are terrified that if something goes wrong, they won't be able to afford care because premiums are set to surge next year. I'm doing all I can to keep health care costs down.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 2d

Virginians want good jobs and lower energy costs. That’s why @heinrich.senate.gov and I are forcing a vote TODAY to challenge Trump’s corrupt, cost-raising, job-killing energy agenda.

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Sen. Adam Schiff @schiff.senate.gov · 2d

Today, Senator Kaine and I will force the Senate to vote on the administration’s decision to blow up ships in the Caribbean.

If a president can unilaterally put people or groups on a list and kill them, there is no meaningful limit to his use of force.

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 3d

The government is shut down because Trump and the Republicans are hellbent on taking health care away from you.

And they won’t even come to the table to talk to us about it.

This is not about politics. It's about people.

Let’s break it down:

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 2d

Trump used military force to strike 4 ships in the Caribbean, killing 21 people, and has not provided sound legal justification for doing so to Congress. I’m forcing a vote with Senator Adam Schiff on whether the U.S. should put our troops in harm’s way to conduct these strikes.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 2d

We haven’t had a shutdown since the last time Trump was president—which was also the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Once again, Trump can’t lead, and the American people suffer as a result.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 2d

There are plenty of things Republicans and I disagree on, but that’s why I believe in bipartisan negotiations, so we can reach a compromise. That’s how we’ve funded the government every year I’ve been in the Senate. Dems are ready to roll up our sleeves and find a solution.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 3d

It’s day seven of the government shutdown. For an entire week now, Republicans have refused to reach a bipartisan agreement to fund our government and protect health care for American citizens. They’re failing their own constituents.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 3d

I started my morning with @markwarner.bsky.social and Virginians from across the Commonwealth in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Together, we recognized Virginia's incredible Latino communities and their significant contributions to our arts, economy, schools, government, and more.

Senators Warner and Kaine pose with an event attendee for a photo.

Senators Warner and Kaine pose with another event attendee for a photo.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 3d

In 2019, I worked with Republicans to secure passage of legislation to guarantee all federal employees back pay during any shutdown. Trump signed it. Now, his bureaucrat, Russ Vought, is trying to go back on this promise.

Federal employees get back pay. That’s the law.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 3d

Americans are united in wanting lower prices. We have an opportunity to help make that happen RIGHT NOW by passing a bill to reopen the government and prevent marketplace premiums from exploding.

thehill.com/business/553...

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 3d

I was proud to work across the aisle in 2019 to pass legislation that President Trump himself signed to guarantee backpay to federal workers in the event of a shutdown. If OMB chooses thuggish intimidation tactics over following the law, it better prepare to face the American people in court.

Axios @axios.com · 3d

SCOOP: Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.

Scoop: White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to backpay

A move to deny backpay to up to 750,000 furloughed workers would dramatically escalate Trump's pressure on Democrats to end the shutdown.

www.axios.com

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 3d

A deal has got to be a deal. If Republicans want my vote to reopen the government, I need an assurance from the White House that they won't turn around and rip up a bipartisan spending agreement after it's signed into law.

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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 3d

My statement on the two-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack:

"Two years ago, Hamas committed a horrific terrorist attack, murdering nearly 1,200 Israelis and taking 251 hostages. My thoughts are with the families who lost loved ones that day and the innocent Israeli and Palestinian civilians who have suffered enormously in the brutal conflict that followed. It’s long past time for this war to end. I hope the negotiations on the proposal that President Trump announced lead to an agreement between Israel and Hamas to release the remaining hostages and find a path forward to peace."

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