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    Jan 31

    BREAKING: By allowing Trump to use a broadcast of the State of the Union for campaign fundraising purposes, appears to have violated House rules. We just filed a complaint with the House Ethics Committee and the Office of Congressional Ethics:

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    16 hours ago

    Remember when Trump promised to close the revolving door of lobbyists and D.C. bureaucrats? Today, reported that Andrew Wheeler, a coal lobbyist, hosted fundraisers for Republican senators evaluating his nomination to the .

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    12 hours ago

    By limiting advertising for junk-food aimed at children, is doing right by humanity and public health! 🎉

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  4. 12 hours ago

    At last year’s , Trump vowed to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment—a move that'd turn churches into Dark Money groups. In advance of tomorrow’s breakfast, we & partners called on legislators to keep churches from becoming tools of partisan politics:

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    Feb 4

    Don’t lose sight of this: the is continuing its plot to usher in 2.0 with a measure that would turn churches into Dark Money super PACs.

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  6. 13 hours ago

    . is deliberately hiding a report that shows its new “tip pooling” rule will allow restaurant owners to cheat employees out of billions of dollars in hard-earned tips. We & 50 partners just sent a letter to DOL demanding it release the data & withdraw the proposed rule:

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    15 hours ago

    Newly released trade data shows that the U.S. trade deficit has grown during the first year of the Trump administration despite the president's campaign pledges to reduce the deficit in his first year.

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    16 hours ago

    🔴 LIVE from ! February 7, 2018 is National Day of Action for a Dream Act Now! Let's fight to protect the lives of young immigrants facing deportation. Congress needs to act NOW! ☎️ CALL CONGRESS NOW: 478-488-8059

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  9. 16 hours ago

    Remember when Trump promised to close the revolving door of lobbyists and D.C. bureaucrats? Today, reported that Andrew Wheeler, a coal lobbyist, hosted fundraisers for Republican senators evaluating his nomination to the .

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    Feb 5

    Equifax’s tissue-thin security allowed hackers to steal personal data from more than 140 million Americans, yet Mulvaney appears intent on protecting the company instead of consumers.

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    Feb 5

    This is an absolute outrage: Mulvaney has reportedly dropped the 's investigation into the Equifax data breach.

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  12. Retweeted
    Feb 6

    Equifax put approximately 145 million U.S. consumers’ personal data at risk when they were hacked. The Trump Administration is now stalling an investigation into what happened.

    Exclusive: U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice - sources
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  13. Feb 6

    Senators are on the floor speaking out on the need to and end the partisan smear campaign distracting from the critical questions surrounding the investigation. WATCH LIVE:

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    Feb 6

    In English v. Trump, ten consumer groups -- including and -- just filed this amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit in support of an independent CFPB:

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    Feb 5

    On Jan. 11, 2017, Trump's attorney announced that Trump would “voluntarily donate all profits from foreign gov't payments made to his hotel to the ... so the American people will profit." To date, no donation has been made. We just called on the Trump Org to pay up:

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  16. Retweeted
    Feb 5

    Read our full letter here:

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    Feb 5

    Trump’s White House has pushed for the release of information when it suits his political needs, but seems to think Trump himself is above openness rules and standards, even when he’s promised disclosure himself.

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    Feb 5

    It's also well past time for the American people to learn which foreign governments are doing business with the Trump Organization and how much the family empire has earned from foreign government patrons during the period of Trump’s presidency.

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    Feb 6

    BREAKING: We and partners just filed an amicus brief in the D.C. Circuit in support of an independent . With Mick Mulvaney trying to sabotage the agency and make it responsive to financial predators rather than their victims, its independence is more important than ever.

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    Feb 6

    There is no place in Congress for discrimination and harassment. We support the House’s legislation and urge the Senate to swiftly pass its own bill of strong, commonsense protections for survivors.

    Change is coming to the U.S. House today: Lawmakers voting to add House Rule to explicitly prohibit lawmakers from having sexual relationships with staffers. Makes it an Ethics violation to do so. Part of broader effort to change culture of Capitol Hill following movement
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  21. Feb 6

    Worth noting: this legislation includes a provision that would weaken the Office of Congressional Ethics. It's unfortunate that this good and necessary measure is being used to undercut the office’s role in the ethics process.

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