Ellie Sennett
@EllieMSennett
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Covering US-SWANA. Check out my "View From DC" newsletter https://t.co/Ktmf0KjzNn Prev. @NewsHour @AJEnglish. Sometimes amateur music critic.
Washington, DC
Joined August 2010
Sec Rubio downsizes #USAID to a small fraction of its workforce- all but a shutdown of global aid agency
Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
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Congress ramping up support for Trump’s maximum pressure Iran promise:
A nuclear-armed Iran is a threat to Israel and the world. We must keep all options on the table to address this crisis. Proud to work with Senators Graham, Fetterman, and Britt, as well as Rep. Moskowitz, to send a clear message to Iran about the consequences of their actions.
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Trump-BiBi appear to throw cold water on the US president’s own off the cuff upheaval of US-#Palestine-#Israel policy. More on the Israeli PM’s day on the Hill ahead of his imminent meeting with @SpeakerJohnson 👇🏻w/ @JihanAbdalla
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in the US Congress for meeting with Majority Leader John Thune, amid confusion over President Trump’s #Gaza “takeover” pitch
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Atul Gawande, #USAID's former assistant administrator for global health: “You cannot dismantle a plane and fire the crew in mid-flight, but that's what an oligarch with unchecked power is doing to life-saving foreign assistance programs" Read more:
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Congressman Gregory Meeks, top Democrats on @HouseForeign on illegal #USAID shutdown: “Without soft power, there is only hard power, and we know that only brings war and more suffering.
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There is a clear frustration among the #USAID protestors even with the Congressional Dems speaking in support of them, many being drowned out with chants of “What’s your plan!” Dems are in the minority on Capitol Hill with difficult odds of pushing back against Republicans
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@ChrisVanHollen Senator @SenTimKaine is seeking to answer to the concern of the Republican majority in Washington outlining a Democratic “coordinated strategy” in the courts, state legislatures, and rallying for more Dem turnout in down ballot elections
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RT @peterbakernyt: Total USAID annual spending to provide food, medicine, shelter and other services to impoverished countries around the w…
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RT @ChadPergram: Senate Intel Cmte votes 9-8 to advance Gabbard DNI nomination to the floor. Party line vote
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