End Government Shutdowns Even Republicans believe that government shutdowns should not be a hostage in budget negotiations. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) said, “[G]overnment shutdowns should be in budget negotiations what chemical weapons are to real warfare…. completely off limits.” There is a GOP-sponsored bill in the Senate to prevent future shutdowns: the End Government Shutdowns Act, S. 104. In the House, there is a bipartisan bill which would withhold pay from the president and lawmakers in any future shutdown - the Solidarity in Salary Act of 2019, introduced by Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), and Max Rose (D-NY). Action: 1. Contact your Senators and ask them to support S. 104, the End Government Shutdowns Act. If they are already a cosponsor, thank them. (Yes, even if they are Ted Cruz.) 2. Contact your MoC and ask them to support the Solidarity in Salary Act of 2019. If Rep. Golden, Crenshaw, or Rose is yours, tell them thank you. (There’s no info up on Congress.gov yet about this bill.)
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State of the Union Action: Contact Trump via the White House or Twitter to criticize, repudiate, excoriate, revile, and denounce his speech. www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ twitter.com/realDonaldTrump State of the Union The current state of the Union is that it has a despotic buffoon at the helm. For today's action, contact your Member of Congress, express your disapproval of the president, and ask them to resist the Trump agenda and to consider impeachment. http://www.house.gov/representativ…/find-your-representative INF Treaty The INF Treaty negotiated by Reagan has been key in curbing the nuclear arms race and in maintaining global security. As a smoke-and-mirrors tactic, designed to show that Trump is not in fact in the pocket of Putin, the Trump administration has put the kaibosh on the INF Treaty, thus giving Putin freedom to flout it himself. Folly. Action: 1. Contact your Member of Congress, stating your opposition to withdrawing from the INF Treaty. 2. Contact your Senator, ditto. 3. Contact the White House, ditto. 4. Call the State Department, choose option “4” and ask for the Comment Line. State your opposition to withdrawing from the INF Treaty. (202) 647-4000. |
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