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Kaine, McClellan promise action on affordability concerns

"They heard, once again, how healthcare and food stamp cuts, and tariff- and war-fueled inflation, squeeze Virginians’ finances — but Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Rep. Jennifer McClellan, D-4th, told nonprofit and city officials that change is coming.

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'I'm trying to gather intel on the theory that we're going to have at least one Democratic chamber starting in the next Congress,' Kaine told the roundtable.

'We might have two, so ... we're not just going to be, you know, saying, "No," or, "Please don't vote that way,"' as Democrats have had to be saying to the Republican leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives, Kaine said."