STOP 20-WEEK ABORTION BAN

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Friday, January 26, 2018
OPPOSE A FEDERAL 20-WEEK ABORTION BAN – VOTE 1/29
The Senate will vote on S. 2311, the Senate version of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, on Monday, January 29th.

Update (10/4/17): The House passed H.R. 36 on October 3rd. Senator Lindsey Graham’s office has reported he will introduce the legislation to the Senate on Thursday, October 5th.

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The Senate will take a procedural vote on the measure next week.
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REMOVE STEPHEN MILLER FROM WHITE HOUSE

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Thursday, January 25, 2018
CALL FOR THE RESIGNATION OF ANTI-IMMIGRANT ADVISOR STEPHEN MILLER
Controversial adviser to President Trump Stephen Miller is at the center of the current debate about immigration policy that led to a 3-day government shutdown and President Trump’s infamous sh*thole comments. Although the White House defends Miller, he is increasingly being viewed as taking on an outsize role in shaping immigration policy and making (and breaki

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The shutdown has made the President look like an empty suit, one who can sit at a conference table in a TV studio — or the Cabinet room — but who…
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PROTECT DREAMERS

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Wednesday, January 24, 2018
#DACA relief
The Call – #ProtectDreamers
Despite an overwhelming majority of Americans wanting DACA recipients to stay in the US, Congressional Republicans were hijacked by the anti-immigrant extremists in their base.

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Republicans aligned with Trump are unlikely to go for any bill that does not offer a major boost in border wall funding.
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DEMAND DREAM ACT

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Tuesday, January 23, 2018
DEMAND CONGRESS PASS THE DREAM ACT

After a 3-day government shutdown, the Senate has agreed on a path forward for a legislative fix for DACA recipients. The Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, has promised to work to pass a bill by early February. The new CR ends on February 8th.

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It’s not really a cave if you’re just continuing the fight.
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Women’s March One-Year Anniversary Rally

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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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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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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Congressional efforts to secure election systems from cyberattacks are picking up steam with lawmakers under pressure to prevent hacks in the 2018 midterms.
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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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Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) says he would “absolutely” call Trump a racist.
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