Tag: Action Item

Protect us from Predatory Banks: Oppose Forced Arbitration

Minimal Script: I’m calling to ask Senator [Feinstein/ Harris] to vote NO on SJR 47.
More script if you want it: This rule blocks the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Arbitration Rule from protecting customers of banks and other financial institutions from forced arbitration, and would prevent them from participating in Class Action lawsuits.

CALL Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430

AND Senator Harris: DC (202) 224-3553, LA (213) 894-5000, SAC (916) 448-2787, Fresno (559) 497-5109, SF (415) 355-9041, SD (619) 239-3884

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Protect Working People’s Savings: Oppose Trump’s efforts to do away with the “Fiduciary Rule”

Script: I am contacting Secretary Acosta to demand that the Department of Labor preserve the Fiduciary Rule. Banks and other financial institutions advising individuals should be required to put their clients’ financial interests above their own.

Contact Secretary Acosta: executivesecretariat@dol.gov/ 1-202- 693-6000

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Trump kicks a hornet’s nest…

“The former CEO of that exchange, Counihan, told Politico that the cessation of ads and outreach “will clearly have a material impact” on the volume of sign-ups on the (ACA) marketplace.”(cnbc)

Action #1

OK, everyone. Sign up for this!

We need to use the power of Indivisible to protect health care for our neighbors, our friends and ourselves.

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Daylight cleans up a lot of things. Release the Steel Dossier Testimony.

Minimal Script: I am calling Senator Feinstein to vote YES on making public the 9+ hours of Senate Judiciary Committee testimony on the Steele dossier by Glenn Simpson of Fusion GPS.

More script info if you want it: “The dossier is at the center of the investigation into Russia’s hacking of our election. We have a right to know its sourcing and credibility.”

Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430
https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me

Not in California? Is your Senator on the Judiciary Senate Committee? Continue reading “Daylight cleans up a lot of things. Release the Steel Dossier Testimony.” →

Let the Special Counsel do his job!

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Call #1 – NO to Ron’s amendment

Minimal script: I’m from [zip code] and I’m calling Rep. [Brownley, Carbajal] to ask them to condemn Rep. Ron Desantis’ amendment to limit the time or scope of the special counsel Robert Mueller’s  investigation.

Additional script if you want more: If De Santos is truly worried about “wasting taxpayer money”, then let him address Trump’s outrageous vacation expenditures first.

More Info:
Republican floats measure to kill Mueller probe afte 6 months (politico)
“Interactive Timeline: Everything We Know About Russia and President Trump” – http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-russia-timeline/

Call #2 – YES to H.R.3654

Minimal script: I’m from [zip code] and I’m calling Rep. [Brownley, Carbajal] to ask them to co-sponsor and vote YES on H.R.3654 – the Special Cousel Independence Protection Act

More info:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/hr3654

Rep. Contacts:

Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779

Rep. Salud Carbajal: (CA-24): DC (202) 225-3601, SB (805) 730-1710 SLO (805) 546-8348

Other Rep Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

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The FCC comment period on Net Neutrality ends today – 8/30. You know what to do!

The FCC comment period regarding net neutrality closes today, August 30th, 11:59 EST. Let’s brush up on the ins and outs of net neutrality.  Then let’s head over to the FCC to let them know why net neutrality is essential (click on “+ express” to submit a comment)

More Info:
FCC comments period on net neutrality ends today (verve)
Today is your last chance to comment on the proposal to kill net neutrality (tech crunch)
How to leave a comment for the FCC about Net Neutrality (quartz)

 

 

Oppose the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB Act)

Script: I’m calling Senator [Feinstein/ Harris] to vote NO on H.R. 998 which focuses on the costs associated with a regulation as opposed to the benefits to the public—including worker health and safety, consumer protection, and environmental protection.

Senator Feinstein: DC (202) 224-3841, LA (310) 914-7300, SF (415) 393-0707, SD (619) 231-9712, Fresno (559) 485-7430
AND
Senator Harris: DC (202) 224-3553, LA (213) 894-5000, SAC (916) 448-2787, Fresno (559) 497-5109, SF (415) 355-9041, SD (619) 239-3884

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AL, AR, ID, KS, LA, NE, SC, TN, TX, WV… WTH is wrong with you?

If far-right Republicans get their way, over one million immigrants who came to this country as children could be deported, children who grew up here and who’ve been busy contributing to America using the education that’s already been invested in them.

Texas Attorney General Paxton and others are pressuring President Trump to end the immigration protections of DACA and TPS that millions rely on the live, work, and study here.

The majority of Americans don’t want to see young immigrants deported. Not only is it gratuitously cruel to innocent people, but it will cost our country $460 billion over the next 10 years. That’s a lot of golf vacations with Secret Service overtime for our President!

Please speak out for our immigrant youth. If you have relatives or friends in the objecting states, please ask them to call their legislators too.

 Ask your Senators to co-sponsor the bipartisan Durbin-Graham “DREAM Act” (S. 1615)
if they haven’t already. Check here. For Californians, use this script. You can call or email thanks.

Script: I’m calling/emailing to thank Senator (Feinstein/Harris) for co-sponsoring the bipartisan Durbin-Graham “DREAM Act” (S. 1615) to create a legislative fix to the predicament of these young Americans, and take their future out of Trump’s hands.

Monuments from the Jim Crow Era Must Go: Remove Statues Celebrating the Confederacy from the Capitol Building – Fri. 8/25

If you haven’t seen this video, it is the most powerful lesson we’ve ever seen about why these statues must go. Please share it with anyone who remains in confusion and/or denial about this issue. Like the Germans after WWII have already done, it’s time that we Americans learn to deal honestly with the truth of our history.

Minimal Script: I’m calling {Sen.[2 calls] (&) Rep [1 call]} to insist that statues honoring the Confederacy be removed from the National Capitol to the Smithsonian or some other appropriate repository. Continue reading “Monuments from the Jim Crow Era Must Go: Remove Statues Celebrating the Confederacy from the Capitol Building – Fri. 8/25” →

Fight to Make CA a Sanctuary State: Stop Trump’s Deportation Machine!

Minimal Script: Hi, I’m calling to ask {State Sen.[1 call] (&) Assembly [1 call]} to ask that she/he/they support SB 54, the California Values Act.

(Additional if you want to: CA should no longer comply with any “hold” requests to detain immigrants for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement or permit state and local agencies to use their facilities for immigration enforcement.)

State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson: SAC (916) 651-4019, SB (805) 965-0862, OX (805)988-1940

State Assemblymember Monique Limón: (CA-37): SAC (916) 319-2037, SB (805) 564-1649, VTA (805) 641-3700

Other Rep Contacts: http://www.phoneyourrep.com 

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