Stop government intrusion into decisions families make with their doctors.

No on H.R. 36: Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act!

Minimal Script: I’m calling from [zip code] to urge Rep. [___] to vote NO on H.R. 36, which would make it a crime to perform or attempt to perform an abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

More script if you want it: Only 1.3% of US abortions occur after the 20th week and usually because of severe fetal anomalies or maternal health risks. This bill risks the lives of women and interferes with their Constitutionally guaranteed reproductive rights.

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

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

Not sure who your Rep. is?: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

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Non-negotiable Demands for Tax Reform.

Minimal Script: I am calling from [zip code] and am asking Sen./Rep. [___] to urge her/him/them to reject any tax overhaul that is not Revenue Neutral, that does not maintain the current levels of progressive taxation for individuals, that ends the Estate Tax, the Alternate Minimum Tax and that does not have scoring from the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Congressional Budget Office.

Senator Contacts:

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

Not your senator?: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

Representative Contacts:

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

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

Not your representative?: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More Info:

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No More Delay: Pass the Dream Act (S. 1615) Now!

Minimal Script: I’m calling Senator Feinstein to thank her for co-sponsoring the bipartisan 2017 DREAM Act (S.1615), and to ask her to urge the Judiciary Committee to push it through quickly so it can proceed to a vote on the Senate floor.

More script if you want it: The DREAM Act would override any effort by Trump to scrap DACA and its protections for young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children.

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

More Info:

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Silencers = More Deaths. “NO” on the Share Act (HR 3668) – 9/28

Minimal Script: I am calling from [zip code] to urge Rep. [___] to vote “NO” on the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhancement (SHARE) Act (HR 3668).

More script if you want it: This bill deregulates silencers and contains a host of other alarming provisions for weakening federal gun laws. Deregulating silencers is not about protecting sportsmen’s hearing; it’s about increasing profits for gun manufacturers and making us more unsafe.

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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5,147,878 kids in CA without health insurance?!? Extend CHIP!

Script: Hi, I’m calling from [___] and I’m asking Represenative [___] to extend the CHIP program.

More script if you want it: There are [see link below] children in our state that are enrolled in the CHIP program, and if the federal funding for this program isn’t renewed before September 30, their insurance is at risk.

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

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

Not your Rep.?: http://www.phoneyourrep.com

More Info and a listing of how many kids are affected by state: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/healthcare/news/2017/09/18/439136/congress-going-one-two-punch-taking-away-childrens-health-insurance/

Today’s Resistance post – “Between a rock and hard place” – Edition

(Call/write Actions at the bottom)

The GOP is caught between a rock and hard place and Senator Bill Cassidy wants a do-over.

“A new bill will be introduced tomorrow. (Today! Monday!) ‘Whatever the CBO score is will be superseded by another score'”.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/911958582811295744

This is the rock.

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If their phones are quiet…they’ll think they’re winning.

(Quote from https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/wp/2017/09/21/sorry-i-cant-go-to-your-thing-i-must-call-my-senator-to-plead-for-my-life/)

Jimmy Kimmel has responded to Sen. Bill Cassidy’s condescending rebuke that the comedian didn’t understand his bill…

Got a postcard? Say “Thanks” to Jimmy for taking time to do this here:

Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
El Capitan Entertainment Center
6840 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028

So much for the entertainment portion of our post…back to business.

We’ve tried to compile all the best ways to communicate with legislators that this is a really bad idea…If you know of a method we’ve missed, please send it in.

Step 1 – Put your own oxygen mask on first!

I’ve noted that I’m getting through easily on their lines! We must call our BLUE senators so they have big call tallies to show their RED state colleagues!

Minimal Script: Hi. I’m from [ZIP] calling to ask Senators [___] to oppose the Cassidy-Graham ACA repeal plan. Congress needs to improve the Affordable Care Act, not repeal it and leave millions of people without options. Thanks!

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

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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Vote YES on “Medicare for All”

With the bi-partisan healthcare group disbanded, GOP members are more motivated than ever to pass their horrible Cassidy/Graham bill.

Give your representatives the courage of your convictions! Call and ask them to do the right thing.

Script: I am calling Senator [__] to support the Bernie Sanders “Medicare for All” approach as the best solution for providing universal health care. (S. 1804)

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

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

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

More Info:

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OMG! – “NO!” on Allison Eid for Tenth Circuit Court. She’s on the calendar for Wednesday, so call today!

Our newest Supreme Court justice and dark-money darling, Neil Gorsuch, a fellow Coloradan, favors this judicial nominee. Is it something in the water?

Script: I’m calling to ask Sen. [___] to vote NO on the confirmation of Allison Eid of the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

Additional script if you want: She is a hard-right jurist who has worked to undermine campaign finance laws, funding for public schools, collective bargaining rights for teacher and unions trying to engage in the democratic process. Eid supported corporations’ long-term efforts to make it more difficult for consumers to hold businesses accountable would have allowed a private company to use eminent domain to build a petroleum pipeline. She celebrated cases striking down the ban on guns in school zones and invalidating parts of the Violence Against Women Act. If corporations were ACTUALLY people, she’d be great, but she not an appropriate choice for the rest of us.

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

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

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

More Info:

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Oppose Tax Cuts for the Rich and Corporations. No more blood from us stones…

Script: I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Sen. [___] to vote NO to any budget proposal that makes cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, public education and other services. Tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations at the expense of hard working families is unacceptable.

Additional Script if you want it: I specifically want Sen. [___] to vote against the following:
– any new tax cuts, deductions, or lowering of tax rates for the wealthy and corporations.
– any removals or reductions of tax deductions for the working and middle class.
– the continuation of tax loopholes for national and multi-national corporations, including tax havens and misleading subsidiaries.
– a repeal of the Estate Tax, Alternative Minimum Tax, and the ACA Tax on high-income earners, which affect only the very wealthy.

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

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

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

More info:
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