| − | '''Kyrsten Lea Sinema''' (born July 12, 1976) is a [[Democrat]] senator from the state of [[Arizona]] and a former member of the U.S. [[House of Representatives]]. She is the first openly [[bisexual]] member of Congress. She has taken [[conservative populism|conservative populist]] stances on multiple important issues, including opposing a [[Leftist]] attempt to override state voting rules through a [[Dem]] proposal to bypass the [[Senate]] [[filibuster]],<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/13/kyrsten-sinema-democrats-filibuster-voting-rights</ref> and voting against a Leftist provision to include a federal [[minimum wage]] hike to $15/hr within a [[COVID-19]] [[stimulus package|relief package]] in 2021<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/video-sen-kyrsten-sinemas-dramatic-thumbs-down-vote-against-15-minimum-wage-2021-3</ref> using a dramatic "thumbs-down"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNo_U7PTGzk</ref> to imitate [[John McCain]]'s vote in 2017 against repealing and replacing [[Obamacare]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWeayFHsH90</ref> She received praise from some conservatives,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wv30m75U18</ref> but predictable leftist outrage.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/leftists-outraged-democrat-senator-kyrsten-sinemas-enthusiastic-thumbs-vote-15-minimum-wage-hike-video/</ref> She very narrowly defeated her opponent in the general congressional election (AZ 9th district) in November 2012 (on which she later won reelection),<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona%27s_9th_Congressional_District_elections,_2012 Arizona's 9th Congressional District elections, 2012]</ref> and when she won her seat in the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2018.<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona,_2018 United States Senate election in Arizona, 2018]</ref> | + | '''Kyrsten Lea Sinema''' (born July 12, 1976) is a [[Democrat]] senator from the state of [[Arizona]] and a former member of the U.S. [[House of Representatives]]. She has taken [[conservative populism|conservative populist]] stances on multiple important issues, including opposing a [[Leftist]] attempt to override state voting rules through a [[Dem]] proposal to bypass the [[Senate]] [[filibuster]],<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/13/kyrsten-sinema-democrats-filibuster-voting-rights</ref> and voting against a Leftist provision to include a federal [[minimum wage]] hike to $15/hr within a [[COVID-19]] [[stimulus package|relief package]] in 2021<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/video-sen-kyrsten-sinemas-dramatic-thumbs-down-vote-against-15-minimum-wage-2021-3</ref> using a dramatic "thumbs-down"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNo_U7PTGzk</ref> to imitate [[John McCain]]'s vote in 2017 against repealing and replacing [[Obamacare]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWeayFHsH90</ref> She received praise from some conservatives,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wv30m75U18</ref> but predictable leftist outrage.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/03/leftists-outraged-democrat-senator-kyrsten-sinemas-enthusiastic-thumbs-vote-15-minimum-wage-hike-video/</ref> She very narrowly defeated her opponent in the general congressional election (AZ 9th district) in November 2012 (on which she later won reelection),<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona%27s_9th_Congressional_District_elections,_2012 Arizona's 9th Congressional District elections, 2012]</ref> and when she won her seat in the [[U.S. Senate]] in 2018.<ref>[https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Arizona,_2018 United States Senate election in Arizona, 2018]</ref> |
| | Since 2021, Sinema along with [[Joe Manchin]], have been best known for being the two Democrat [[senator]]s who have voted to keep the [[U.S. Senate]]'s [[filibuster]] intact despite several threats from their own party.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/06/democrat-kyrsten-sinema-defends-the-filibuster-again-as-pressure-mounts/</ref> | | Since 2021, Sinema along with [[Joe Manchin]], have been best known for being the two Democrat [[senator]]s who have voted to keep the [[U.S. Senate]]'s [[filibuster]] intact despite several threats from their own party.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/04/06/democrat-kyrsten-sinema-defends-the-filibuster-again-as-pressure-mounts/</ref> |