Category: Calls

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: April 4th, 2018
By Nancy Levine
CALL OR RESISTBOT: DEMAND SCOTT PRUITT RESIGN AS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR.
Scott Pruitt, the climate change-denying Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has repeatedly demonstrated that he cannot be trusted with management of the EPA or taxpayer dollars. In his first year at the EPA, Pruitt spent more than $163,000 in taxpayer dollars on first class and military travel and order…

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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION: TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2018
CALL or RESISTBOT: Demand the census count our LGBTQ+ population.
By Nancy Levine
The once-a-decade United States Census provides policymakers with essential information about the demographic makeup of our nation. Census counts inform everything from allocation of federal funding to states to enforcement of anti-discrimination laws like the Fair Housing Act. Additionally, public health and social science researchers use census data…

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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Monday, April 2, 2018
By Jean Sealey
OPPOSE NOMINATION OF DR. JACKSON TO LEAD VA
On March 28, Trump announced via Twitter that he was replacing the Secretary of Veteran’s affairs, Dr. David Shulkin, with White House physician Ronny Jackson. Shulkin’s firing was hardly unexpected given his recent travel expense scandal. What came as a surprise was the person chosen to replace him.
Dr. Jackson, a US Navy rear admiral and Iraq War veteran, has served as a …

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