Author: Ila Rae

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Call or Resistbot: Paul Ryan must remove Nunes as Chair of the House Intel Committee #REMOVENUNES

On Saturday, the Democratic response to the Nunes memo was finally released and it showed the Nunes memo attacking the DOJ and the FBI for the political stunt it was.

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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Call or Resistbot: SUPPORT EXPANDED BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR GUN PURCHASES
In light of recent mass shootings in Florida, Las Vegas, Texas, and other cities across the country, it is clearer than ever that our approach to gun policy and gun violence must change. One such necessary change is to close background check loopholes. Currently, background checks are mandatory for commercial gun sales but not for purchases made through priv…

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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION Monday, February 26, 2018
Call or Resistbot: OPPOSE OVERRIDING RESTRICTIONS ON CONCEALED CARRY
Update (2/22/18): The House has passed HR 38 in early December of 2017. It now awaits consideration in the Senate.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and his fellow Republicans have proposed the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017, a pair of bills introduced to the House and the Senate. These bills would require that citizens who are allowed to carry concealed weapons …

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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Friday, February 23, 2018
CALL or RESISTBOT: SAFEGUARD OUR ELECTIONS WITH MANDATED ONLINE POLITICAL AD DISCLOSURE
Last fall, we learned that Russian operatives spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on political ads across Facebook, Twitter and Google to influence the outcome of the 2016 US elections. Because online political advertising is not currently covered by political ad disclosure regulations (unlike television, print, and radio advertising), th…

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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Wednesday, February 21, 2018
CALL or RESISTBOT: DEMAND ACTION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE

The United States has more guns per capita than any other peer nation; Americans constitute about 4% of the world’s population but own 42% of all civilian firearms. On average, there is a mass shooting almost every day of the year in the United States, and the nation has far higher rates of gun homicides than any other developed nation. Firearm suicides in the US are also dismally common, with suicides actually comprising the majority of gun-related deaths. However, thanks to continued lobbying by the National Rifle Association (NRA), Congress has repeatedly failed to take meaningful action and curb gun violence.

Gun violence prevention experts have recommended a number of policy approaches to reduce gun violence:

• Congress can close legal loopholes that allow people to buy guns without background checks from private sellers, websites, or gun shows. A move that over 80% of gun owners support.
• Congress can institute universal background checks for both gun and ammo purchasers and require gun licenses, all measures supported by the vast majority of Americans.
• Congress can appropriate funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to research gun violence and effective interventions to prevent it. The CDC is currently prohibited by law from conducting any research that could theoretically “advocate or promote gun control” thanks to a partisan budget provision passed each year since 1996 called the “Dickey Rider.”
• Congress can adequately fund community-based interventions such as the nearly 20-year-old Ceasefire program, an underfunded effort that has helped to reduce gun violence in cities through education and public health crisis strategies.

America’s disproportionately high rates of gun-related deaths are both tragic and shameful. Congress can save lives by passing common-sense legislation to reduce gun violence.

RESISTBOT:

Text the word “resist” to 504-09. Follow the prompts to send your Members of Congress a fax. It’s easy. You enter your zip code and you are directed to your representatives.

FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE:
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

NEFL MoC NUMBERS:
Rep. Ted Yoho
DC:202-225-5744
Orange Park: 904-276-9626
Rep. John Rutherford
DC 202-225-2501
Jacksonville 904-831-5205
Rep. Ron DeSantis
DC 202-225-2706
Palm Coast 386-302-0471
Rep. Al Lawson
DC 202-225-0123
Jacksonville: 904-354-1652
Sen Marco Rubio
DC 202-224-3041
JAX – 904-354-4300
Sen Bill Nelson
DC – 202-224-5274
JAX – 904-346-4500

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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Tuesday, February 20, 2018
CALL or RESISTBOT: #ProtectDreamers DON’T LET THE SENATE LEAVE DREAMERS IN LIMBO

Once again, the Trump administration and Republicans have neglected DREAMers, failing to pass any legislation that would provide protections to DACA recipients. In September, Trump rescinded DACA, threatening over 800,000 undocumented young people with deportation. The declaration gave Congress until March 5th, 2018 to pass a legislative fix or equ…

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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Monday, February 19, 2018
CALL or RESISTBOT: #ProtectOurVote
Demand Congress provide funds to states to upgrade voting systems

Russia hacked into state voter systems in the 2016 election, successfully penetrating several of the systems in the 21 states they attempted to hack….

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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: Friday, February 16, 2018
CALL or RESISTBOT: OPPOSE TRUMP’S BUDGET CUTS TO OUR SOCIAL SAFETY NET

Trump’s budget plan for the 2019 Fiscal Year contains the same provisions that the White House was so widely criticized for last year: large, sweeping cuts to social safety net programs which would devastate millions of people, especially children, seniors, low-income people, and people with disabilities.
The plan calls for major cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, …

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