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Rep. Kathy Manning, regarding a bill that would ensure the right to use contraceptives that the House passed in response to concerns that the attack on reproductive rights could go further than just the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. (Associated Press — July 21, 2022)
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Scott Jennings, a longtime Republican strategist, regarding the role that former Vice President Mike Pence may play in the future of the Republican party. Many praise Pence for his willingness to stand up to Trump when others refused to cross him. (Associated Press — July 20, 2022)
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Cook County, Ill., Treasurer Maria Pappas, regarding a report that proposes scrapping or modifying the state’s Scavenger Sale law in favor of tax-cutting and other programs that would help homeowners of color accumulate generational wealth. The study blames the deterioration of many neighborhoods of color and the Black exodus from Chicago on redlining, which the Scavenger Sale law was supposed to be a solution to but it didn’t work. (Associated Press — July 19, 2022)
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The National Rifle Association, in a tweet on July 18, following a shooting at a shopping mall in Greenwood, Ind., over the weekend in which a “good Samaritan” man shot and killed the gunman. The good Samaritan was lawfully carrying a firearm. (Reuters — July 18, 2022)