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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
May 31, 2023 at 12:31 AM

Polluters will take the planet down with them

we’re hurtling toward climate disaster   Team, A recently released report took a deep dive into which states are most at risk due to climate change. Rhode Island — our Ocean State — was on that high-risk list. As long as the fossil fuel industry can keep pouring money into the denial machine an…
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  Whitehouse HQ · [email protected]
May 28, 2023 at 10:16 PM

It’s pretty simple

This work is only possible because of your support.   Team, It’s pretty simple: the highest court in the land shouldn't have the lowest ethical standards. Senator Whitehouse is working hard to clean up the mess at the Supreme Court and require the Justices to follow a code of ethics, disclose mo…
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  Team Whitehouse · [email protected]
May 25, 2023 at 10:45 PM

Preventing a ‘7-2 conservative majority’ on the Supreme Court

Can you chip in to keep Senator Whitehouse in the Senate next year?   Team, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his campaign for president this week — complete with a clear signal to the billionaires who fund the Republican Party that he is determined to push the Supreme Court even harder to…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
May 19, 2023 at 5:44 PM

The wealthiest few don’t pay their fair share

Add your name to level the playing field   Team, For far too long, the ultra-wealthy in America have been able to skirt around paying Social Security and Medicare taxes on most of their income. When the country’s richest individuals and corporations aren’t required to do their part and pay a fa…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
May 16, 2023 at 3:24 PM

Re: The GOP’s Default on America plan

the proof is in the pages.   I’ve got a quick update for you, team. A few days ago, I wrote to you about the GOP’s Default on America plan and how their proposal claims to care about debt and deficits while it actually bends over backwards to serve the fossil fuel industry. We’ve got proof. 275 …
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
May 14, 2023 at 5:41 PM

On a roll

We confirmed Biden’s 126th federal judge   Team, Last week, the Senate confirmed President Biden’s 126th federal judge for a lifetime appointment. Confirming qualified judges of integrity is an important step toward repairing the damage done during the Trump years when nominees for lifetime appo…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
May 13, 2023 at 6:11 PM

A dark and tangled web

Leonard Leo’s secret payments to the spouse of a Supreme Court justice   Team, Far-right judicial activist Leonard Leo’s secret payments to the spouse of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas have been exposed by the Washington Post: "The arrangement reveals that Leo, a longtime Federalist Soc…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
May 8, 2023 at 10:51 PM

GOP is playing chicken with our economy AND our climate

Their Default on America plan is not going to happen   Team, With the nation heading toward the brink of default, House Republicans are putting Americans’ jobs at risk to focus on serving the fossil fuel industry. Republicans in Congress suddenly claim to care about debt and deficits again. But …
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
May 6, 2023 at 5:16 PM

Justice Roberts didn't show.

  Team, This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the dire need for Supreme Court ethics reform. I serve on the Committee and I’ve long led the effort to restore public trust in the highest court in the country by enacting an enforceable code of ethics. Here’s why: In recent w…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
May 1, 2023 at 10:41 PM

2024

Can you help us fight back against the GOP’s wave of dark money?   Team, As the 2024 election gets closer, it’s worth looking at the Senate map. Democrats are defending seats in red states, and Republicans are positioned in safe seats across the board. That means we need to defend every single D…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
April 29, 2023 at 7:58 PM

The special interest scheme to capture the Supreme Court

Here’s what you should know:   Team, Last week, I gave my 21st speech on the Senate Floor to expose the special interest scheme to capture the Supreme Court. I’ve been at this fight a long time, and we’ve got momentum now. In my speech, I talked about the ingredients that make up the cocktail of…
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  Team Whitehouse · [email protected]
April 28, 2023 at 6:18 PM

MAGA Republicans’ Earth Day plans

Their anti-climate wish list is dead on arrival   Team, Last week, MAGA Republicans marked Earth Day... by trying to gut climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act for their fossil fuel donors. Senator Whitehouse in the Environment and Public Works Committee developed provisions of the b…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
April 25, 2023 at 4:52 PM

Let’s recap.

Ethics problem after ethics problem   Team, FIRST: A scathing report from ProPublica revealed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received gifts and accommodations – including a single trip worth over $500,000 – from a multi-billionaire Republican mega-donor. The travel wasn’t disclosed. THEN:…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
April 19, 2023 at 7:40 PM

A quick request

and why it matters.   Team, It’s been a busy few weeks with the news of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ ethics scandals – his vacations on yachts and private jets and the sale of his properties to the same Republican billionaire mega-donor who picked up the tab for his trips – all undiscl…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
April 16, 2023 at 9:08 PM

Another Justice Thomas ethics bombshell

an undisclosed real estate deal…   Team, Republican mega-donor Harlan Crow bought a string of properties in Georgia owned by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his family, according to a new report from ProPublica – the second exposé in just two weeks shining a light on alleged misconduct…
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  Team Whitehouse · [email protected]
April 14, 2023 at 4:21 PM

BREAKING: NYT calls for passage of Senator Whitehouse’s SCERT Act

Let’s get it done.   "The Highest Court Has the Government’s Lowest Ethical Standards" - The New York Times CONTRIBUTE “A better solution is a bill introduced by Senator Whitehouse, chairman of the Senate Judiciary courts subcommittee, which would require the court to adopt a code of conduct…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
April 13, 2023 at 3:51 PM

Re: Justice Clarence Thomas

and the problem with officials accepting $500k gifts from billionaires   Team, Just a couple weeks ago and after much urging from me, the federal judiciary announced that it was taking a step to improve ethics standards for Supreme Court justices by tightening up what qualifies as “personal hos…
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  Bob Casey · [email protected]
April 10, 2023 at 6:46 PM

I’m making it official today

I want you to be the first to know.   Hi folks, I want you to be the first to know: I’m running for re-election. It’s an honor to represent my fellow Pennsylvanians in the Senate, and it is their trust that drives me to get up every day and fight for Pennsylvania’s working families and communiti…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
April 7, 2023 at 6:51 PM

We demand accountability at the Supreme Court

With allegations of misconduct mounting, we need real reform now.   Team, Luxury yacht excursions with billionaires. Frequent use of a private jet. Decadent vacations at exclusive playgrounds for the wealthy from Indonesia to the Adirondacks. You might think this sounds like a description from “…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
April 4, 2023 at 4:58 PM

The key to delivering for the American people

We have to expand our Senate majority next year Team, When Democrats passed the American Rescue Plan, we set the nation on the road to recovery from the pandemic and helped families and small businesses return to normal life. But before we take a closer look at how the ARP has helped Rhode I…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
March 31, 2023 at 3:35 PM

We’re counting on this grassroots movement

Can you help us show the GOP we have what it takes? I won’t take up much of your time, team. Tonight at midnight is the first end-of-quarter deadline of my 2024 election cycle. After this grassroots movement doubled down and fought back against an avalanche of dark money last November to hold o…
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  Team Whitehouse · [email protected]
March 30, 2023 at 4:20 PM

“Senate’s new budget boss is also a climate hawk”

Here’s what Politico had to say about Senator Whitehouse “Senate’s new budget boss is also a climate hawk” - Politico, 3/26/23 CONTRIBUTE Team, The fossil fuel industry is constantly working to block action to solve climate change, despite the dangers warming temperatures pose to our planet and…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
March 28, 2023 at 3:11 PM

SCOTUS gave the gun lobby just what it wanted

Following the Bruen decision… “Turmoil in courts on gun laws in wake of justices’ ruling” - The Associated Press Team, The Supreme Court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen struck down a key gun safety law last year. The American people are paying the pric…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
March 26, 2023 at 8:10 PM

The United Nations is sounding the alarm

We’re headed towards climate catastrophe   Team, A new report by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is sounding the alarm: Earth is likely going to cross a critical threshold for global warming within the next decade. If we don’t make an immediate and aggressive shif…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
March 20, 2023 at 4:36 PM

The turning point on climate

and what we can do to change the fate of our planet   Team, I was in the Senate when the Supreme Court made the disastrous decision in Citizens United, opening up the floodgates for unlimited, untraceable special interest money in politics. Before, there was bipartisan work on climate. Overnigh…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
March 18, 2023 at 7:11 PM

We need 3 more donors from xxxxxx

to reach our March fundraising goal   Team, I’m proud to be the right-wing dark money apparatus’ biggest antagonist. Whether I’m calling out the creepy fossil fuel actors peddling climate denial or exposing the huge special interest spending surrounding the Supreme Court, I’m leading the charge.…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
March 16, 2023 at 7:06 PM

Right-wing actors are getting rich while stacking the Court

We have to clean up this mess   Team, In case you missed it, Politico recently exposed how a network of shady right-wing activists stacked the Supreme Court with far-right justices during the Trump administration and made themselves rich in the process. “Leo’s own personal wealth appeared to …
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  Team Whitehouse · [email protected]
March 10, 2023 at 3:16 PM

Did you see Sheldon in The New York Times?

ICYMI… “Sen. Whitehouse Flags Climate Costs” - The New York Times Team, For well over a decade, Senator Whitehouse has led the fight to protect our planet from the cataclysmic effects of climate change — warning of the environmental effects and economic risks to Americans, and the dark-money p…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
March 7, 2023 at 11:10 PM

The woke screen is a smoke screen

Republicans are only working for the rich Team, Republicans want you to believe that an epidemic of ‘wokeism’ has infiltrated America. Republicans want tax cuts for the rich and big corporations. They don’t want the IRS looking into their super-rich campaign donors. Some want to put Social Se…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
March 4, 2023 at 6:39 PM

So-called “personal hospitality”

A little sunlight is needed at SCOTUS Team, Let’s take a look at so-called “personal hospitality” at the Supreme Court.  You’re a Supreme Court justice and you’re thinking that you’d like to take a vacation. So, you arrange for someone to contact the owner of your favorite resort. That resort…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
February 28, 2023 at 3:37 PM

This grassroots movement relies on you.

So I’m personally asking for your support I’ll keep this quick, team. Our end-of-month fundraising deadline is tonight at midnight, and we need your help to reach our goal. One of the things I’m most proud of about this campaign is that it’s truly a grassroots movement. My work in the Senate…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
February 27, 2023 at 10:40 PM

ICYMI: Ethics reforms are overdue at SCOTUS

My Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal and Transparency Act…   Team, The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board just penned an important piece: “All judges must adhere to ethical standards. Yes, even Supreme Court justices.” First of all, it’s kind of stunning that this editorial even needs to be writte…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
February 25, 2023 at 3:05 PM

The climate crisis is an economic crisis

Let’s talk about the economic risks of climate upheaval Team, Five years ago, I sent my Senate colleagues a binder that compiled some of the most compelling economic warnings associated with climate change. A couple weeks ago, I sent an updated version – it was three times as big. The warnin…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
February 23, 2023 at 4:53 PM

Fox News and the Big Lie

an honest courtroom is a beautiful thing…   Fox News deliberately pushed false claims of a stolen election, all while knowing the truth. CONTRIBUTE Did you see the news, team? A new court filing exposed that while Fox News’s primetime hosts busily sold false conspiracy theories about a stol…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
February 22, 2023 at 5:11 PM

Let me explain.

Getting dark money out of politics can be done Team, I talk a lot about the disease of dark money afflicting the Supreme Court and how we can cure it – and I’d like to take a moment to explain why I think this issue is so important to our nation. Ever since the Citizens United decision in 2010,…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
February 18, 2023 at 12:45 AM

Changing the trajectory of the climate crisis

by putting a spotlight on massive costs of inaction   “Relentless rain, record heat: study finds climate crisis worsened extreme weather” - The Guardian   Team, If you’ve been alarmed by the severe weather events happening around the country recently, you’re not alone. California has been ex…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
February 16, 2023 at 6:50 PM

100 judges.

This is why control of the Senate matters Team, The Senate made history this week. We confirmed our 100th Biden judge. Of those 100, 76 are women. Forty are women of color. It’s been so gratifying to help move these nominations out of the Judiciary Committee. There’s no comparison between th…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
February 14, 2023 at 11:09 PM

How my bill would fix what’s broken at the Supreme Court

There’s an ethics crisis at SCOTUS… Team, It’s clear that there’s a major ethics problem at the Supreme Court. Americans know there’s a problem – and they are losing trust in the Court. The justices are surrounded by much of the same kind of special interest influence that has infiltrated the …
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
February 8, 2023 at 5:03 PM

Let’s finish the job

After a historic 2 years, more progress on the way Team, In a moment I’m going to ask you to chip in to my campaign – but first I’d like to talk about President Biden’s State of the Union address, where we’ve been, and where we’re going as a country. It’s been a historic two years under Presid…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
February 3, 2023 at 3:16 PM

I recently traveled to Ukraine

...to meet President Zelenskyy and other leaders Team, I recently traveled to Ukraine to meet President Zelenskyy and other leaders. You fly over to Poland and travel to a train station for a secure overnight train that takes you into Kiev for early morning arrival. No visitors are allowed to r…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
February 1, 2023 at 12:16 AM

How your support helps the fight against climate change

Can you chip in today? Team, Last week, we asked you to share what you think the biggest issues facing our country are as we shape the agenda for the new Congress. Your top concern? Climate change. America can be a global leader in the fight against climate change. While the Inflation Reductio…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
January 28, 2023 at 3:35 PM

I’m personally asking for your support

Here’s the reality… Team, I rely entirely on the grassroots support of folks like you. We’re up against dark money funders who stand ready to drop huge amounts of cash to attack the people standing up for working Americans, so every dollar you donate to this campaign matters. Our first end-of…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
January 27, 2023 at 8:39 PM

Hitting the ground running

We have work to do Team, We’re barely into 2023, but we’re already hard at work preparing to get big things done in the new year – and I wanted to take a moment to share my priorities with you. We have a responsibility to ensure that our spending and our investment as a country reflects our valu…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
January 26, 2023 at 4:16 PM

I want to hear what’s on your mind

Can you take our short survey? Team, As the new legislative session kicks into high gear, I wanted to take a moment to check in with you. I’ve talked a lot about my priorities in the Senate recently – among them, pushing for legislation to protect our planet from the disastrous effects of clima…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
January 22, 2023 at 10:26 PM

50 years ago today

The Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade secured the right to reproductive health care across the U.S. Team, Fifty years ago today, the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Roe v. Wade secured a woman’s right to reproductive health care across the United States. Generations of women were gu…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
January 18, 2023 at 6:21 PM

What’s happening in California

Climate change will cause more extreme weather. Have you seen what’s happening in California, team? The state has experienced a conveyor belt of record-setting storms in recent weeks. Lives have been tragically lost. Landslides were unleashed. Roads were swamped and trees toppled. Climate chang…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
January 15, 2023 at 11:41 PM

I have a request:

I want to tell you what your support means for my work Team, I’m asking you to contribute $5 ahead of our mid-month deadline tonight – and I want to tell you what your support means for my work. First, President Biden recently signed my bipartisan Law Enforcement De-escalation Training Act int…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
January 13, 2023 at 4:16 PM

Dark money’s role in climate change

We’re running out of time to save our planet Team, If you’ve ever wondered why Congress seems incapable of tackling the root causes of the climate crisis, a big part of the answer is dark money. The fossil fuel industry funded a decades-long public relations campaign to try to convince people no…
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
January 11, 2023 at 5:31 PM

Gearing up

We’re ready to get more big things done. Team, We’re barely into the new year, and – while House Republicans have been sowing chaos and fighting amongst themselves – Senate Democrats are ready to get things done. As we prepare for the new legislative session starting, I wanted to share a little …
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  Sheldon Whitehouse · [email protected]
January 6, 2023 at 1:01 AM

MAGA Meltdown

But Democrats continue to deliver Team, I’m sure you’ve seen what’s been taking place in the House this week. There’s a MAGA meltdown happening. Republicans have taken control of the chamber, but they can’t remotely agree on who should be elected Speaker of the House – and they’ve voted 11 times…
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