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Where Is Today’s Margaret Chase Smith?

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Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) left a shameful and indelible mark on American history with his lies, vitriol, baseless attacks on innocent Americans, and “Red Scare” tactics that cast a dark shadow over the 1950s. But there’s another Senator from that era who deserves to be remembered for her stand against McCarthy: Senator Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME). […]

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70 Civil Rights and Pro-Democracy Groups – Including D21 – Join In Opposition To Preemptive Recess Appointments

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Seventy national civil rights and pro-democracy organizations, including Democracy 21, sent a joint letter to Senators on December 4, urging them to uphold the Senate’s critical constitutional responsibility to advise and consent on presidential nominations to the executive and judicial branches. The letter comes as President-elect Donald Trump is urging incoming Republican Senate leadership to […]

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