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"There is something profoundly wrong in our political system when a handful of billionaires, through super PACs that spend millions of dollars, try to defeat progressive candidates for Congress," said Sanders.

The bill stands virtually no chance of passing in the Senate, but campaigners said a vote would "show young people why we need to turn out to expand [Democrats'] majority in the Senate."

"Efforts to try to change the civil service aren't just Trump," warned one public policy expert, "and if Republicans take control of Congress following the midterms, this may very well go from idea to specific action."

"At a time when reproductive rights are under attack, Julie Rikelman is an exceptional nominee for this moment," said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. "She will be a welcome addition to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals."

"Make no mistake; these profits mark a large transfer of wealth from working- and middle-class people to wealthy oil executives and shareholders," said Jordan Schreiber of Accountable.US.

"It is a complete shame that the Senate's Inflation Reduction Act does not include inflation-fighting funding for child care."

Ocean researcher David Diaz said such ocean heatwaves were "the equivalent of underwater wildfires, with fauna and flora dying just as if they had been burned."

"Permitting new fossil fuel projects will further entrench us in a fossil fuel economy for decades to come," more than 350 environmental and social justice groups wrote in a new letter.

"A trip to Taiwan by the most powerful member of Congress undermines that long-standing U.S. policy and increases the risk of another war."

"Powerful interest groups out there don't want this legislation to succeed, so they're pouring dark money into efforts to stop it," said one Democratic senator.