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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., flanked by Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., left, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, speak to reporters following Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Sen. Sinema announced on Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, that she has left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biden, Democrats frustrated by Kyrsten Sinema’s political curveball

By Seth McLaughlin and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., center, gestures during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, while working on a bipartisan infrastructure bill with, from left, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. Though elected as a Democrat, Sinema announced Friday, Dec. 9, that she has registered as an independent, but she does not plan to caucus with Republicans, ensuring Democrats will retain their narrow majority in the Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

What now?: Sinema’s defection from Dems sends shock waves through Hill

By Tom Howell Jr. and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing to examine social media's impact on homeland security, Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Schumer keeps dodging questions about backing Kyrsten Sinema against a primary challenger in 2024

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks before President Joe Biden signs the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Nov. 15, 2021. Sinema received a $1 million surge of campaign cash over the past year from private equity professionals, hedge funds and venture capitalists whose interests she has staunchly defended in Congress. That's according to an Associated Press review of campaign finance disclosures.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors

By Brian Slodysko - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks before signing two bills aimed at combating fraud in the COVID-19 small business relief programs Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Biden racks up badly needed victories ahead of critical midterm vote

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

The U. S Capitol, is seen on Friday, August 5, 2022 in Washington. Senate Democrats have agreed to eleventh-hour changes to their marquee economic legislation, they announced late Thursday, clearing the major impediment to pushing one of President Joe Biden’s paramount election-year priorities through the chamber in coming days. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Democrats’ big package: What remains in and what’s out?

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., is seen at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

GOP targeting Democrats’ energy taxes in climate spending bill

By Ramsey Touchberry and Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks about the economy during a meeting with CEOs in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington,July 28, 2022. Recent bipartisan action in Congress on matters ranging from producing computer chips to expanding NATO isn’t extending to the latest economic package from Democrats. For Biden, the Senate Democrats’ $739 billion package can help lower inflation, cut the budget deficit, address climate change and lower medical bills — a message that he’s trying to sell to the wider country amid intense Republican criticism. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Biden urges quick Senate vote after Sinema announces support for Manchin-Schumer deal

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on Feb. 1, 2022 in Washington. “This is a crisis, and in my estimation, because of a lack of planning from the administration, it’s about to get worse,” said Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona. Kelly and fellow Arizona Democratic Sen. Sinema met Wednesday, March 30, with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to press their case for the administration to better plan and coordinate a response. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via AP, File)

GOP escalates attacks against Dems’ climate, tax bill as both parties court Sen. Sinema

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for Shalanda Young, President Biden's nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 in Washington. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via AP)

Senate begins make-or-break week for Biden’s domestic, climate agendas as Manchin courts Sinema

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Oct. 19, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sinema dashed the hopes of fellow Democrats on Thursday by reasserting her opposition to blowing up the filibuster to pass President Biden's partisan rewrite of the nation's voting laws. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)

Far-left raising money, laying groundwork to oust Democrat Kyrsten Sinema from Senate

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmation hearing for Shalanda Young, President Biden's nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022 in Washington. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via AP)

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s approval rating underwater in Arizona, poll finds

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., listens during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2021, to examine the reliability, resiliency, and affordability of electric service in the United States amid the changing energy mix and extreme weather events. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Sen. Mark Kelly defends Sen. Kyrsten Sinema against Arizona Democratic Party censure

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., walks to the chamber after a Senate Democratic Caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. Sinema, a key holdout on President Joe Biden's social agenda, reached a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a plan to lower prescription drug costs for older people, capping out-of-pocket Medicare costs at $2,000 and reducing the price of insulin. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Arizona Democratic Party censures Sinema as party reels from string of defeats

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Former Clinton administration Secretary of Labor Robert Reich is shown in this undated file photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Clinton-era official says Dems should give Sinema ‘the backs of their hands’ over filibuster vote

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WVa., speaks to the media after senate democrats luncheon, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Biden is meeting privately with Senate Democrats at the Capitol, a visit intended to deliver a jolt to the party's long-stalled voting and elections legislation. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Two Senate Democrats join with GOP to hand Biden bipartisan defeat on remaking filibuster

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this image from Senate Television, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. President Joe Biden is set to meet privately with Senate Democrats at the Capitol, a visit intended to deliver a jolt to the party's long-stalled voting and elections legislation. Before he arrived Sinema blunted the bill's chances further, declaring she could not support a shortsighted rules change to get past a Republican blockade. (Senate Television via AP) ** FILE **

Liberal groups pledge to punish Sinema in next reelection bid for refusing to gut filibuster

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

House Financial Services Committee Chair Maxine Waters, D-Calif., leads a hearing to review the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's mission to focus priority on consumers on Capitol Hill in Washington, In this March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Rep. Maxine Waters: Sens. Sinema, Manchin don’t care about minorities

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks before President Joe Biden signs the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ** FILE **

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s political future on the rocks in Arizona, poll shows

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 19, 2021 file photo, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democratic Arizona Sen. Sinema faced more defections Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021, from the broad base of support she built to win her seat in 2018 when five members of her veterans advisory council resigned over her opposition to parts of President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan and refusal to ditch the Senate filibuster. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)

‘Thanks for ruining my wedding’: Kyrsten Sinema protesters disrupt nuptials

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