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(she/her) Epidemiologist, cancer research & public health by training, drug safety by vocation (causal inference, EHR, claims, PASS), multiple and varied interests all squeezed into one feed.
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Today 9 Democrats voted alongside Trump’s Republicans to censure the one man in the room who stood up for Americans during Trump’s SOTU address @algreen.house.gov

Representatives
Bera CA-6
Case HI-1
Costa CA-21
Gillen NY-4
Himes CT-4
Houlahan PA-6
Kaptur OH-9
Moskowitz FL-23
Suozzi NY-3
Flag of Vichy, France, whose politicians supported the Nazis in WW2
March 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
anygirl99.bsky.social
I can find the news myself, thanks. Points for posting on social media but you can stand up directly to Trump’s Republican destruction of our country so I want to hear what you’re going to DO.

Choices:
NO unanimous consent
Quorum calls every day, multiple times per day
Talk to @algreen.house.gov
Flag of Vichy, France, whose politicians collaborated with Nazis in WW2
March 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
anygirl99.bsky.social
“Using unanimous consent” - please check in with your aides so you understand the power of *rejecting* unanimous consent.

Don’t work *with* the Nazis, ‘kay? smh.
Poster of Senator Al Green holding his cane at Trump, before he was removed from the Joint Session, as seen from behind
March 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
anygirl99.bsky.social
Slava ukraini
Blue and yellow Ukrainian flag flying beneath able sky with a few scattered white clouds
February 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
anygirl99.bsky.social
Cape Breton is truly stunning
Cerulean blue sky peeking through streaky clouds above dark blue ocean with a land mass coming out from the right. In the foreground a green expanse of hilly land.
February 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Telehealth visits were always going to end unless coverage was extended. As part of the American Recovery Act President Biden extended it to March 31 2025. Unless the Republicans extend it again, telehealth coverage will end then.
What it is Telehealth includes certain medical or health services that you get from your doctor or other health care provider who's located somewhere else (in the U.S.) using audio and video communications technology (or audio-only services in some cases), like through your phone or a computer. Through March 31, 2025, you can get telehealth services at any location in the U.S., including your home. Starting April 1, 2025, you must be in an office or medical facility located in a rural area (in the U.S.) for most telehealth services. If you aren't in a rural health care setting, you can still get certain Medicare telehealth services on or after April 1, including: Monthly End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) visits for home dialysis Services for diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of symptoms of an acute stroke wherever you are, including in a mobile stroke unit Services for the diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a mental and/or behavioral health disorder (including a substance use disorder) in your home
February 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
anygirl99.bsky.social
There *are* things Democrats can do.

Apologies but I’ve lost the post that shared this originally (I’ll update if anyone can let me know)
• Budget Points of Order - Many legislative proposals (bills, amendments, and conference reports) are subject to a point of order under the Budget Act or budget resolution, most of which can only be waived by 60 votes. If budget points of order lie against a measure, any Senator may raise them, and a measure cannot be passed or disposed of unless the points of order that are raised are waived. (See http://budget.senate.gov/republican/pressarchive/PointsofOrder.pdf) • Amendment Process Amendment Tree Process and/or Filibuster by Amendment - until cloture is invoked, Senators may offer an unlimited number of amendments - germane or non-germane -- on any subject. This is the fullest expression of a "full, complete, and informed" debate on a measure. It has been necessary under past Democrat majorities to use the rules governing the amendment process aggressively to ensure that minority Senators get votes on their amendment as originally written (unchanged by the Majority Democrats.) Substitute Amendments - UC is routinely requested to treat substitute amendments as original text for purposes of further amendment, which makes it easier for the majority to offer 2nd degree amendments to gut ist degree amendments by the minority. The minority could protect their amendments by objecting to such UC's. Divisible Amendments - amendments are divisible upon demand by any Senator if they contain two or more parts that can stand independently of one another. This can be used to fight efforts to block the minority from offering all of their amendments, because a single amendment could be drafted, offered at a point when such an amendment is in order, and then divided into multiple component parts for separate consideration and votes. Demanding division of amendments can also be used to extend consideration of a measure. Amendments to strike and insert text cannot be divided. • Motions to Recommit Bills to Committee With or Without Instructions - A Senator may make a motion to reco… FOUNDATION FOR THE MINORITY PARTY'S RIGHTS IN THE SENATE (Fall 2009) The Senate rules are designed to give a minority of Senators the right to insist on a full, complete, and fully informed debate on all measures and issues coming before the Senate. This cornerstone of protection can only be abrogated if 60 or more Senators vote to take these rights away from the minority. I. RIGHTS AVAILABLE TO MINORITY BEFORE MEASURES ARE CONSIDERED ON FLOOR (These rights are normally waived by Unanimous Consent (UC) when time is short, but any Senator can object to the waiver.) • New Legislative Day - An adjournment of the Senate, as opposed to a recess, is required to trigger a new legislative day. A new legislative day starts with the morning hour, a 2-hour period with a number of required procedures. During part of the "morning hour" any Senator may make non-debatable motions to proceed to items on the Senate calendar. • One Day and Two Day Rules- The 1-day rule requires that measures must lie over one "legislative day" before they can be considered. All bills have to lie over one day, whether they were introduced by an individual Senator (Rule XIV) or reported by a committee (Rule XVII). The 2-day rule requires that IF a committee chooses to file a written report, that committee report MUST contain a CBO cost estimate, a regulatory impact statement, and detail what changes the measure makes to current law (or provide a statement why any of these cannot be done), and that report must be available at least 2 calendar days before a bill can be considered on the Senate floor. Senators may block a measure's consideration by raising a point of order if it does not meet one of these requirements. • "Hard" Quorum Calls -Senate operates on a presumptive quorum of 51 senators and quorum calls are routinely dispensed with by unanimous consent. If UC is not granted to dispose of a routine quorum call, then the roll must continue to be called. If a quorum is not present, the only motions…
February 3, 2025 at 2:26 AM
anygirl99.bsky.social
You can get an out of state card for your household for $85 (sign up online too). I realize this is expensive for many people, but if you can afford it we can help prevent the library, a source of factual information about our world, from going dry.
www.cityofsalem.net/community/li...
A screenshot of the Salem library card option with instructions highlighted on how to sign up for an out of state library card
January 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM