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Murphy: Republicans Are Abandoning Their Constitutional Responsibilities to Help Trump Break the Law - Sen. Chris Murphy [View all]
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on Wednesday spoke on the U.S. Senate floor to condemn the nominations process rule change being pushed by Senate Republicans, allowing the Senate to batch an unlimited number of nominees into a single vote.
Murphy warned the rule change abandons the chamber’s constitutional oversight responsibility, emboldening Trump to appoint corrupt loyalists, and slammed Senate Republicans’ repeated willingness to surrender their constitutional powers to enable Trump’s lawless agenda. - 09/11/2025.
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