Tag: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

ProPublica Article Left Out Fact Justice Was Cleared of Ethics Violations: Clarence Thomas Defender

June 11, 2023
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A friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says a highly publicized media report that accused the justice of violating ethical norms contained “old news” and failed to disclose that Thomas was cleared of accusations of wrongdoing “more than a decade ago.” Left-wing criticism of Thomas and the Supreme Court as an institution has escalated…

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ProPublica Article Left Out Fact Justice Was Cleared of Ethics Violations: Clarence Thomas’s Defender

June 11, 2023
JudiciaryJustice Clarence ThomasProPublicaSen. Sheldon WhitehouseSupreme CourtSupreme Court Justice Clarence ThomasUSUS News
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A friend of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says a highly publicized media report that accused the justice of violating ethical norms contained “old news” and failed to disclose that Thomas was cleared of accusations of wrongdoing “more than a decade ago.” Left-wing criticism of Thomas and the Supreme Court as an institution has escalated…

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Senators Urge China to Curb Flow of Chemicals Used in Fentanyl Production

May 5, 2023
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On Thursday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) urged Beijing to curb the flow of precursor chemicals into Mexico, which are used by drug cartels to produce fentanyl. “China is not doing enough to halt the stream of chemicals that Mexican drug cartels use to produce fentanyl, the destructive drug that has…

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Democrats, Republicans Battle Over Supreme Court Ethics Questions in Senate Hearing

May 2, 2023
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Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee traded accusations on Tuesday as they debated whether to impose new ethical requirements on the U.S. Supreme Court. The debate centered around whether the court should be required to provide more detailed financial disclosures or implement stricter guidelines for when a justice must recuse themselves from hearing a case….

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Schiff, Whitehouse Decry Meta Decision to Reinstate Trump

January 30, 2023
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Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Jan. 30 sent a letter to Meta urging the tech giant to reverse its decision to reinstate President Donald Trump to Facebook. Trump was initially removed from Meta’s social media platforms Facebook and Instagram in January 2021 following the Capitol breach. At the time, Meta…

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Every Senate Dem but Sinema Backing Bill to Compromise First Amendment Freedom of Speech

July 21, 2022
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is the only one of the Senate’s 48 Democrats whose name does not appear as a co-sponsor of the “Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2021,” also known as the DISCLOSE Act. First introduced in its current version in February 2021 by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.),…

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Every Senate Dem but Sinema Backs Bill to Compromise First Amendment Freedom of Speech

July 21, 2022
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is the only one of the Senate’s 48 Democrats whose name doesn’t appear as a co-sponsor of the “Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2021,” also known as the DISCLOSE Act. First introduced in its current version in February 2021 by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the…

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