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Rep. Jamie Raskin

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Rep. Jamie Raskin

@RepRaskin

Proudly serving Maryland's beautiful Eighth Congressional District and leading @HouseJudiciary Committee Democrats in Congress.

Maryland's 8th District

Joined December 2016

Rep. Jamie Raskin
@RepRaskin
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Neither is Christian white nationalism. Here’s what is: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” And: “no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
Jun 26
Dan Patrick: "Separation of Church and state is not in the Constitution"
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Rep. Jamie Raskin
@RepRaskin
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We hold the power of the purse and a Congressional appropriation is a federal law. Thus the president must take care to faithfully execute all budget appropriations. Trump has violated the Constitution by shutting down USAID and now withholding $19 billion in congressionally
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Rep. Jamie Raskin
@RepRaskin
Jun 26
To close out Pride Month, this week’s Local Hero is Valeria Carranza who leads advocacy efforts at MomsRising. Val is an accomplished Montgomery County public servant, a renowned national public policy expert and a shining force in the LGBTQIA+ community. Thank you, Val, for
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Rep. Jamie Raskin
@RepRaskin
Jun 26
1. Speaker Johnson, you’re obsessing about losing the House but don’t seem to realize it’s because you have no program for the country other than illegal disastrous tariffs, illegal disastrous war and humiliating invertebrate submission to your unraveling cult master. 2. You’re
Acyn
@Acyn
Jun 26
Johnson: If we were to lose the midterms, heaven forbid, these Democrats, y'all impeachment's not even the big concern. They will turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body, and they'll go after the president's family, the The cabinet, his donors and friends,
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Rep. Jamie Raskin
@RepRaskin
Jun 26
On the anniversary of Obergefell v. Hodges, we celebrate the landmark decision legalizing marriage equality nationwide. As the Trump Administration continues its sweeping MAGA attacks on LGBTQIA+ Americans, we recommit to defending freedom, dignity and equal protection for all.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin
@RepRaskin
Jun 26
When President Trump illegally demolished the White House’s East Wing, he dumped the resulting 35,000 cubic yards of toxic debris on the East Potomac National Park. The administration knew it was dangerous to our people and our environment, but did it anyway. Now, we’re demanding
Dems demand Interior relocate polluted East Wing dirt
From eenews.net
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Rep. Jamie Raskin
@RepRaskin
Jun 26
While Carbon-King Trump tries to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after his $140 billion illegal war-catastrophe and tries to drain the Strait of Warm-Ooze (formerly known as the Reflecting Pool), climate change rages out of control everywhere. Record scorching heat in Europe this
Europe Heat Wave Latest News: After France’s Hottest Day Ever, U.K. Approaches June Record
From nytimes.com
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Rep. Jamie Raskin reposted
House Judiciary Dems
@HouseJudiciary
Jun 25
The Court’s decision to strip TPS from hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian families who fled war, natural disasters, and humanitarian catastrophe is another grave moral and constitutional failure of the MAGA court. We don’t send our neighbors back into chaos and violence
The Associated Press
@AP
Jun 25
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to end legal protections for migrants fleeing violence and natural disaster in Haiti and Syria. apnews.com/article/immigr…
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Rep. Jamie Raskin reposted
House Judiciary Dems
@HouseJudiciary
Jun 25
🚨BREAKING: RM @RepRaskin to file a discharge petition to force a House vote on his legislation to block Trump’s $1.8 billion slush fund and end the Super Pardon for the Trump family and their businesses.
Ranking Member Raskin to File Discharge Petition to Block Trump’s $1.8 Billion Slush Fund, Prevent...
From democrats-judiciary.house.gov
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Rep. Jamie Raskin
@RepRaskin
Jun 25
It was an honor to welcome former Washington Governor @JayInslee, MD-08’s own @CCAN and climate leaders to Washington where they delivered a petition demanding no immunity for Big Oil and its long-running coverup of the scientific evidence for climate change. I’m with them all
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Rep. Jamie Raskin
@RepRaskin
Jun 25
Public health research at world-class institutions like the @NIH is an important public good. @RepDelBene, @RepLoriTrahan and I are leading 122 of our colleagues to oppose the Trump Administration’s efforts to give partisan political appointees final say over health research
Raskin moves to stop ‘disastrous’ threat against medical research
From thebanner.com
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Rep. Jamie Raskin
@RepRaskin
Jun 24
My friend @RepLaMonica is set to make yet another court appearance today as the Trump Administration tries to send her to prison for doing her job. @HouseDemocrats stand strong with her as she defends our right as Members of Congress to conduct oversight of ICE facilities. Donald
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Rep. Jamie Raskin
@RepRaskin
Jun 23
Exciting news: Today I voted to pass a bipartisan housing bill to make it easier to build housing, simpler for our neighbors to buy a house and harder for the private equity firms to stockpile single-family homes. This is a promising step towards making housing more affordable
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