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Arizona Activists Launch Campaign on Crowdpac Targeting Senator Kyrsten Sinema with the Threat of a Primary Challenge

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Wednesday, September 29, 2021
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, two dozen Arizona leaders and activists launched a conditional campaign on Crowdpac targeted at Senator Kyrsten Sinema.

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  • WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, two dozen Arizona leaders and activists launched a conditional campaign on Crowdpac targeted at Senator Kyrsten Sinema.
  • The campaign, Either Sinema Votes to End the Filibuster OR We Fund a Primary Challenger, aims to collect 1,000 pledges totaling $100,000 By October 6.
  • In its first few hours, the campaign has collected nearly 200 pledges totaling $10,000.
  • "Senator Sinema has proven time and time again with her actions and votes that she is out of touch with the people she's supposed to represent.

FGA Poll Shows Arizonans want the U.S. Senate to keep the filibuster

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Thursday, April 15, 2021
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The delay can also give senators an opportunity to offer suggestions to improve the legislation.

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  • The delay can also give senators an opportunity to offer suggestions to improve the legislation.
  • "For the Senate to remain the world\'s greatest deliberative body, Arizonans know that the filibuster must be maintained and the minority party must have a voice.
  • "\nThe Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) is a nonprofit, multistate think tank that specializes in health care, welfare, and work reform.
  • To learn more, visit TheFGA.org.\nKristen Eichamer, The Foundation for Government Accountability, 239-300-9081, [email protected]\n'

New FGA Poll Shows West Virginians Clearly Support the Role of the Filibuster in the U.S. Senate

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021
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b'NAPLES, Fla., April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A recent poll conducted by the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) found that there is bipartisan support in West Virginia for the use of the filibuster during U.S. Senate floor debate.

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  • b'NAPLES, Fla., April 13, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- A recent poll conducted by the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) found that there is bipartisan support in West Virginia for the use of the filibuster during U.S. Senate floor debate.
  • There was a 20-point margin between those who support keeping the filibuster (52 percent) and those who would like to do away with it (32 percent).
  • "West Virginians understand that protecting the filibuster keeps it that way, and prevents any one party from forcing legislation past the otherjust as our founders intended.
  • "\nThe Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) is a nonprofit, multistate think tank that specializes in health care, welfare, and work reform.

ERA Supporters Adopt a Strategic Pivot; It's Their Final Push to Make the Amendment a Reality

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Friday, April 16, 2021
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"We\'re focusing first on the six Republican women senators who have not announced support."

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  • "We\'re focusing first on the six Republican women senators who have not announced support."
  • Assuming that all 50 Democratic senators are ready to vote in support of the resolution, ERA backers still need at least 10 Republican votes to shut down any possible filibusters.
  • "\nThe seven-year time limit was set in an accompanying joint resolution Congress adopted in 1972 when it sent the amendment to the states for ratification.
  • Congressional adoption of the 2021 joint resolution will complete the task of adding the ERA to the U.S. Constitution, ERA supporters believe.

Family Research Council Applauds Senate Cloture Vote to Advance Kavanaugh Nomination

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Friday, October 5, 2018
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted for cloture on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh:

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  • WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --Family Research Council President Tony Perkins released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted for cloture on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh:
    "We applaud the U.S. Senate for putting an end to further delaying tactics and proceeding to a final vote on Judge Kavanaugh's nomination.
  • "Long before the president even made his Supreme Court pick, both sides knew about a battle that would follow.
  • But no one knew the depths to which the Left would stoop, including jettisoning the principle that people are innocent until proven guilty.
  • It's about 60 million -- all victims of the type of assault that liberal Democrats are desperate to protect: Abortion.

Family Research Council Praises U.S. Senate for Confirming Mike Pompeo as Sec. of State

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Thursday, April 26, 2018
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WASHINGTON, April 26, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Today the Senate voted to invoke cloture on the nomination of current CIA Director Mike Pompeo to become the new Secretary of State.

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  • WASHINGTON, April 26, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Today the Senate voted to invoke cloture on the nomination of current CIA Director Mike Pompeo to become the new Secretary of State.
  • Pompeo was confirmed to become Secretary of State shortly thereafter.
  • Family Research Council yesterday delivered 33,656 petitions to the U.S. Senate urging senators to reject Sen. Cory Booker's efforts to impose a religious test on the nominee.
  • Mike Pompeo understands this and will make it happen as Secretary of State.