Category: Sheldon Whitehouse

Democrats Could Withhold Funds to Compel Supreme Court to Adopt Ethics Rules

May 4, 2023
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Senate Democrats want the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt stricter guidelines for disclosing their income sources and potential conflicts of interest, and at least 14 Democratic senators see withholding funds from the court as a way to get their demands. In a March 31 letter (pdf) to Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.),…

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Democrats Urge Meta to Extend 2-Year Ban on Trump

December 15, 2022
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A group of Democrat lawmakers is urging Meta to extend its ban on former President Donald Trump’s Facebook account beyond Jan. 7, when the media giant is set to make a decision on whether to reinstate him after issuing a two-year suspension in 2021. “That suspension is set to expire in just 24 days–despite the…

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Senators Ponder $1.4 Billion Wildlife Recovery Bill

December 11, 2021
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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee heard expert testimony Dec. 8 on the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (RAWA), a bipartisan wildlife protection bill that would be funded by fines and other money collected from environmental or natural resource-related violations. RAWA revises the 1937 Pittman-Robertson Act, which gave the tax money collected on firearms and…

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Sen. Whitehouse Defends Membership at Beach Club Accused of Only Accepting White Members

June 22, 2021
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in a recent interview apologized for an alleged “whites only” policy at a beach club that he and his wife have reportedly been members of for decades. Bailey’s Beach Club, also known as the Spouting Rock Beach Association, was accused by Rhode Island website GoLocalProv of only accepting white people as members….

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