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FBI investigating after border patrol agent shot dead in Vermont near Canadian border
FBI is investigating the fatal shooting of ... In a joint statement, Vermont’s Sen Bernie Sanders, Sen Peter Welch and Rep. Becca Balint sent condolences to the agent’s family and said Border ...
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Rep. Becca Balint calls Republicans “mean motherf**kers” for their campaign against trans kids
In college, U.S. Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT) was nicknamed the Admiral by her women’s crew team for her formidable skills motivating the rowers. At just five feet tall and south of 100 pounds ...
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VT's first LGBTQ Congressional representative Becca Balint is staying true to her calling
Becca Balint is the first woman and first openly LGBTQ person to represent Vermont in the U.S. House of Representatives. Balint was inspired to run for office after years of teaching and ...
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Newsmaker Interview: Rep. Becca Balint
BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont Congresswoman Becca Balint is among lawmakers in Congress raising concerns about Elon Musk’s “hostile” cost-cutting efforts in Washington. The Democrat says ...
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Vermont state senator whose grandfather died in Holocaust wins congressional primary
Becca Balint is president pro tempore of Vermont’s senate. Her grandfather was killed during a forced march from the Mauthausen concentration camp in 1945. (JTA) — A state senator who says the ...
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Rep. Balint to skip Trump speech
WASHINGTON (WCAX) - Vermont Rep. Becca Balint said she will not attend Tuesday night’s address to a joint session of Congress. President Donald Trump will stand before a joint session of ...
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Balint Says She Will Skip Trump's Address to Congress
Instead, U.S. Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) said she will take part in an online effort with other lawmakers to fact-check the president in real time. “I watched as the President swore an oath to ...
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Multiple Democrats skipping Trump speech, planning alternate event
The press release from Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) states that the Vermont House member, Sens. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Vt.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii ...
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US border patrol agent killed in shooting near Canadian border in Vermont, FBI says
The FBI said in its statement that there was ... Peter Welch and Rep. Becca Balint, both Democrats, said the agents "deserve our full support." "We look forward to working with the agency to ...
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Congresswoman Becca Balint honored as one of USA TODAY's Women of the Year
U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, Vermont's first LGBTQ member of Congress, is honored as one of USA TODAY's Women of the Year.
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VT's first LGBTQ Congressional representative Becca Balint is staying true to her calling
U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, 56, of Brattleboro has always known her calling: to serve the public as an elected official. “I always joke that I was my first-grade class president, my eighth-grade ...