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END GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN NOW

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Monday, January 22, 2018

URGE CONGRESS TO END THE SHUTDOWN, FUND CHIP, PASS DACA

Donald Trump and the Republicans rejected multiple attempts at compromise from Senate Democrats and allowed the Federal government to shut down at midnight on the one year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration. Rather than considering proposals that would protect thousands of Dreamers from the immediate risk of deportation, fund essential services such as the Children’…

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Shutdown heads into day two with divides deepening
The government shutdown went into a second day Sunday with recriminations deepening between the parties and with no sign of progress towards ending the impasse.
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PROTECT CLEAN POWER PLAN

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Friday, January 19, 2018

YOUR CALL or RESISTBOT: Ask your MoC to protect the Clean Power Plan

PROTECT THE CLEAN POWER PLAN…

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2017 Was One of the Hottest Years on Record. And That Was Without El Niño.
Researchers reported Thursday that 2017 average global temperatures are just below the record set in 2016. The result was surprising because there was no…
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SECURE OUR ELECTIONS

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Wednesday, January 17, 2018

YOUR CALL or RESISTBOT: SUPPORT AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION ON ELECTION CYBERSECURITY

In late September of 2017, the Department of Homeland Security notified 21 states that their voting systems had been targets of Russian hackers during the 2016 election. While not every state’s system was breached, the brazen nature and scale of the onslaught serve as a warning that unless we learn to combat this type of cyber attack, Russia a…

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Pressure builds to improve election cybersecurity
Congressional efforts to secure election systems from cyberattacks are picking up steam with lawmakers under pressure to prevent hacks in the 2018 midterms.
THEHILL.COM
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CENSURE RACISM

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Tuesday, January 16, 2018

DEMAND CONGRESS FORMALLY CENSURE TRUMP FOR HIS RACIST COMMENTS

As the nation celebrates the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) and Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) will be introducing an unprecedented second censure resolution of Donald Trump. This time it will be for his racist comments in the Oval Office regarding American immigration policy.

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House Dem: Trump censure resolution meant to put Congress on record opposing racism
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) says he would “absolutely” call Trump a racist.
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PROTECT MEDICAID RECIPIENTS

Federal Daily Action – Monday, January 15, 2018

Your Call: OPPOSE WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDICAID BENEFICIARIES

On January 11, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released new policy guidance that allows states to impose work requirements on working-age, non-pregnant, unemployed adults in order to receive Medicaid coverage. States must specify how they will help Medicaid beneficiaries find work by connecting them to services like job training. However, CMS pro…

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Medicaid recipients to get work requirements
Rewriting the rules on health care for the poor, the Trump administration said Thursday it will allow states to require “able-bodied” Medicaid recipients to work, a hotly debated first in the program’s half-century history. Seema Verma, head…
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NO DREAM/NO DEAL

Federal Daily Action – Friday, January 12, 2018

The Call or RESISTBOT– #ProtectDreamers #NoDreamNoDeal

Trump showed his true self in responding to senators presenting a bipartisan immigration/DACA bill on Thursday by asking why the US would want people from “shithole countries” like “Africa” and Haiti, while suggesting more immigrants from Norway.

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URGENT: PROTECT INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION

Federal Daily Action – Thursday, January 11, 2018

The Call or RESISTBOT- #ProtectMueller #TrumpRussia

President Trump continues to smear the Department of Justice and the FBI, and calls Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation a witch hunt.

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Trump: Republicans should ‘take control’ of Russia investigation
President Trump on Wednesday called on Republicans to “take control” of the investigation into whether his campaign colluded with Russia and labeled the…
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FIGHT FOR NET NEUTRALITY

Federal Daily Action – Wednesday, January 10, 2018

The Call or RESISTBOT – #SaveNetNeutrality

Despite overwhelming public sentiment against it, the FCC adopted a rule rolling back net neutrality in December.

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Senate bill to preserve net neutrality wins first GOP backer
A Senate bill that would stop the Federal Communications Commission’s effort to repeal net neutrality just won its first Republican backer on Tuesday, with…
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NO DREAM, NO DEAL

Federal Daily Action – Tuesday, January 9, 2018

The Call or RESISTBOT–#NoDreamNoDeal & #DreamActNow

Right now, Dreamers are fighting for their lives. In September, Donald Trump eliminated the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provided relief from deportation to approximately 800,000 Dreamers. These immigrant youth were brought to the U.S. as young children and are as American as anyone else, except on paper. Nearly a thousand Dreamers lose their …

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Top Democrats send mixed signals on Dreamers, budget deal
The two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress sent mixed signals on Monday about chances for cutting a deal with Republicans to save the “Dreamer”…
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