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Time of India
13 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Fiercest Senate Clash Between Democrats As Klobuchar Slams Booker's Protest
/ Jul 30, 2025, 08:37AM IST Tensions exploded on the Senate floor in one of the most dramatic Democratic showdowns. Senator Amy Klobuchar forcefully condemned Senator Cory Booker's protest tactics, accusing him of undermining national unity during a high-stakes debate. With pointed words and unwavering tone, Klobuchar sparked a fiery confrontation. Booker fired back with a blistering, impassioned response, defending his stance and challenging Klobuchar's leadership in a rare, public intra-party clash.
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Klobuchar says rural radio stations would go under due to GOP cuts
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said on Wednesday that rural radio stations in her home state could go out of business due to a rescissions package moving through Congress seeking to cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). 'My hope is that we find some way to get through this, and so we don't see a bunch of rural stations going under, which is what will happen and it won't be the big city ones, it will be the rural ones,' Klobuchar told The Hill's Alex Bolton at the Hill Nation Summit. The bill, which the House passed in June, includes around $8 billion in cuts for the United States Agency for International Development and another $1 billion cut to CPB. Some GOP senators, including Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine), have expressed concerns about the proposed cuts to public broadcasting. Klobuchar, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, discussed the roles radio and television stations play in Minnesota's rural communities. 'These rural stations are often the lifeblood of these communities when it comes to emergency alerts,' Klobuchar said, pointing to the station's coverage of air quality and wildfires in neighboring Canada. 'These are things that, they sound small, but they are what bring communities together,' she said. Klobuchar said on Wednesday that she has been contacted by former Republican state legislators in Minnesota who live in rural areas and sit on the boards of local TV stations. 'We know there's going to be some changes to the bill, so it's going to go back to the House. So I was disappointed in the vote last night. I think we should be asserting our power,' the Minnesota Democrat said. Senate Republicans argue that they have enough votes to pass the package, which would be another victory for President Trump, who signed his 'big, beautiful' reconciliation package into law on July 4. Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, struck a side agreement with Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) to repurpose Interior Department money to aid around 28 radio stations in 14 states that broadcast on tribal lands. Minutes before Klobuchar spoke on Wednesday, Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) said that CPB, the nonprofit that helps to fund PBS and NPR, was 'an inappropriate use of taxpayer dollars.' 'I don't think that's the role of the federal government,' said the Texas Republican. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
16-07-2025
- Business
- The Hill
AI, Musk, & Trump's Plan to Make Canada The 51st State: Sen. Klobuchar (D-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said on Wednesday that rural radio stations in her home state could go out of business due to a rescissions package moving through Congress seeking to cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). 'My hope is that we find some way to get through this, and so we don't see a bunch of rural stations going under, which is what will happen and it won't be the big city ones, it will be the rural ones,' Klobuchar told The Hill's Alex Bolton at the Hill Nation Summit.
The Hill
16-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Klobuchar says rural stations would go under due to GOP cuts
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said on Wednesday that rural radio stations in her home state could go out of business due to a recession package moving through Congress seeking to cut funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). 'My hope is that we find some way to get through this, and so we don't see a bunch of rural stations going under, which is what will happen and it won't be the big city ones, it will be the rural ones,' Klobuchar told The Hill's Alex Bolton at the Hill Nation Summit. The bill, which the House passed in June, includes around $8 billion in cuts for the United States Agency for International Development and another $1 billion cut to CPB. Some GOP senators, including Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Susan Collins (Maine), have expressed concerns over the proposed cuts to public broadcasting. Klobuchar, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, discussed the roles radio and television stations play in Minnesota's rural communities. 'These rural stations are often the lifeblood of these communities when it comes to emergency alerts,' Klobuchar said, pointing to the station's coverage of air quality and wildfires in neighboring Canada. 'These are things that, they sound small, but they are what bring communities together,' she said. Klobuchar said on Wednesday that she has been contacted by former Republican state legislators in Minnesota, who live in rural areas and sit on the boards of local TV stations. 'We know there's going to be some changes to the bill, so it's going to go back to the House. So I was disappointed in the vote last night. I think we should be asserting our power,' the Minnesota Democrat said. Senate Republicans argue that they have enough votes to pass the package, which would be another victory for President Trump, who signed his 'big, beautiful' reconciliation package into law on July 4. Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, struck a side agreement with Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) to repurpose Interior Department money to aid around 28 radio stations in 14 states that broadcast on tribal lands. Minutes before Klobuchar spoke on Wednesday, Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) said that CPB, the nonprofit that funds PBS and NPR, was 'an inappropriate use of taxpayer dollars.' 'I don't think that's the role of the federal government,' said the Texas Republican.
The Hill
07-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Klobuchar ‘very disappointed' in Murkowski over ‘big, beautiful bill' support
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is criticizing Sen. Lisa Murkowski for the Alaska Republican's decisive vote to advance the GOP's 'big, beautiful bill' last week. 'I was very disappointed, putting it mildly,' Klobuchar told MSNBC host Jen Psaki. Klobuchar also attacked a provision in the bill that will delay federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for states with high payment error rates, which includes Alaska. 'They wanted to get rid of waste, fraud, and abuse? They're actually encouraging it,' she said. 'If I'm a governor in a state, I'm like, 'get my error rate up,' because it could save me a billion dollars a year on a state budget.' Murkowski extracted several concessions from GOP leadership over an agonizing and overnight Senate session last week, many of them specific to her state. It took several attempts to design a change to SNAP funding that would blunt the impact to Alaska, at least temporarily. An earlier provision that carved out exemptions for Alaska and Hawaii as 'noncontiguous' states came under fire from Democrats, including Klobuchar, and was ultimately axed by the Senate parliamentarian. GOP leaders instead settled on the use of error rates in order to comply with the Senate's rules around budget reconciliation. Still, after voting to advance the bill, Murkowski signaled that she was still not wholly satisfied, calling on the House to improve it. However, in the face of potential defections from their side over the size of the national debt and insistence from the White House that it should pass, House Republicans elected to ram the bill through un-amended. Klobuchar and Murkowski have worked together on occasion, introducing legislation to combat fetal alcohol disorders and regulate AI-generated content in political ads. The Alaska senator is known for her independent streak and has broken with her party on key votes such as the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, which she opposed. Klobuchar said people will lose Medicaid coverage as a result of the legislation. 'I think the people that are going to be really upset are the people who are going to be thrown off their health care,' Klobuchar said, citing an estimate from the Congressional Budget Office that 17 million Americans could lose their health insurance over ten years.
