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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Wednesday, June 28 Lacking support, vote on healthcare delayed but our phone calls must not be delayed!

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Senator Rubio (202 224-3041 or 904 354-4300)

Senator Nelson (202 224-5274 or 904 346-4500)

 

 

 

 

 

Call your congressmen. Tell them to stand with the brave men and women in the U.S. Senate who have spoken out against the catastrophic impact the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the healthcare bill now before the Senate, will have on Americans, especially children, the elderly and the disabled.

Your script: Hi, my name is [NAME], and I am a constituent from [CITY, ZIP CODE. If leaving a voice mail, give your complete address].
I’m calling to express my strong opposition to the Better Care Reconciliation Act now before the Senate.
This is [NAME] and I’m a constituent in [ZIP].
[IMPORTANT] Describe how the BCRA (which left the House as the American Health Care Act or AHCA) would personally impact you, your friends or family.

[Sen. Bill Nelson] Thank you for standing against Trumpcare, which gives the rich a tax break and disadvantages children, women, the elderly and those with disabilities, and at worst is a potential death sentence for the most vulnerable Americans. Stall Senate business to prevent its passage. Use the Vote-A-Rama to stop the bill if necessary.

[Sen. Marco Rubio] The bill before the Senate, the Better Care Reconciliation Act, is a tax cut for the rich that fails to protect the American people including the poor, children, the elderly, the disabled and people with pre-existing conditions. Any plan that benefits the wealthy while leaving sick or vulnerable people without insurance is wrong for the American people.

Facing revolt on healthcare bill, Senate Republicans delay vote
U.S. Senate Republican leaders postponed a vote on a healthcare overhaul on Tuesday after resistance from members of their own party, and President Donald…
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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION-Thursday, June 22nd, 2017🔥 We need a healthcare plan with a heart. ❤️

 

When a Joseph Stalin quote accurately reflects the idea behind a policy (even a subconscious one), there might be a problem.
Americans of every stripe — neighbors and friends, old and new, from all over Jacksonville and nearby communities — came together for a die-in highlighting the very real human cost of Congressman Rutherford’s vote in favor of Trumpcare.

Call your Senators and demand that they stop Trumpcare and protect the Affordable Care Act-Obamacare. #ProtectOurCare

☎️Call Senator Rubio (202-224-3041) or (904-354-4300) and
Senator Nelson (202-234-5274) or (904-346-4500)

Some Republican senators voiced concern yesterday about the rush to consider the major legislation as their party’s leaders prepare to unveil it. Even they know this is WRONG!!!

The healthcare bill will be released to the Republican Senate Conference this morning and posted online. A vote could come as soon as next week. The ACA is in GRAVE DANGER and we must keep calling to express our opposition.

-Your Script:
Hi, my name is (NAME) and I am a constituent from (CITY, ZIP)
I am calling to express my concern about what is happening right now in the Senate.The bill would push millions of people off of their health care, taking away the financial security and peace of mind that comes with having insurance, and raise costs for everyone. All for the sake of a political “win.” that will make health care in America worse — and it’s up to the Senator to do something about it. The Senator must vote NO on this bill, I BEG him to move forward in a bipartisan way to improve the ACA.
Thank you for your hard work answering the phones.
(IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied)

Senate Healthcare Bill Expected to Cut Back Medicaid Expansion
A healthcare bill being unveiled by U.S. Senate Republicans on Thursday is expected to roll back the Obamacare expansion of the Medicaid healthcare program for the poor and reshape subsidies to…
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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION-Wednesday, June 21, 2017: We are not going away.

 

Americans of every stripe — neighbors and friends, old and new, from all over Jacksonville and nearby communities — came together for a die-in highlighting the very real human cost of Congressman Rutherford’s vote in favor of Trumpcare.

☎️Call Senator Rubio (202-224-3041) or (904-354-4300) and remind him that you aren’t going away.
Your Script:
Hi, my name is (NAME) and I am a constituent from (CITY, ZIP)
I am calling to express my opposition to the way that the healthcare bill is being handled. Even members of the GOP are frustrated with the Senate Republican leaders’ efforts to draft the healthcare overhaul measure largely behind closed doors and without the input of his fellow lawmakers.
This is the United States and we are not living under a dictatorship. I am entirely in the right to ask my democratically-elected leader to be transparent on this issue. This is the very job that Senator Rubio raised money for, ran all those ads for and now he needs to do his job. I am not going away.
Thank you for your hard work answering the phones.
(IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure that your call is tallied)
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☎️Call Senator Nelson (202-224-5274) or (904-346-4500)
Your Script:
Hi, my name is (NAME) and I am a constituent from (CITY, ZIP)
I am calling today to thank Senator Nelson for speaking up and for asking for transparency on the healthcare bill.
This is the United States and we are not living under a dictatorship. I urge the Senator to speak up for a bipartisan fix to our healthcare system.
Thank you for your hard work answering the phones.
(IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure that your call is tallied)

McConnell: Healthcare bill to be revealed Thursday
Overnight Healthcare: Senate bill coming Thursday | GOP senators criticize party’s process | Dems struggle to slow ObamaCare vote | Insurers get June subsidies
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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION-Tuesday, June 20, 2017 Senate Major Leader, Mitch McConnell: Vote on secret ObamaCare repeal bill expected next week.

woman makes a phone call despite her fears
☎️Call Senator Rubio (202-224-3041) or (904-354-4300)
Your Script:
Hi, my name is (NAME) and I am a constituent from (CITY, ZIP).
I am calling to express my opposition to the method of how the AHCA is being negotiated. Senator Rubio promised on Face the Nation that all Senators would have time to weigh in on this bill and that it was going to take days and weeks to work through the Senate. We are now being told that the vote will be held next week, even though the other Senators nor the public have not yet seen the text of the bill. I am asking that the Senator make sure that we have ample time to weigh in on this bill.
Thank you for your hard work answering the phones.
(IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is being tallied)
☎️Call Senator Nelson (202-224-5274) or (904-346-4500)
Your Script:
Hi, my name is (NAME) and I am a constituent from (CITY, ZIP)
I am calling today to thank the Senator for holding the floor and for demanding that the GOP hold hearings so the public can weigh in on the AHCA.
Thank you for your hard work answering the phones.
(IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is being tallied)

The Hill

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BREAKING: Senate Republicans say they are moving forward with vote next week on their bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare despite not making the bill public or even showing it to their Democratic colleagues.

Senate GOP leader: Vote on secret ObamaCare repeal bill expected next week
Democrats are planning to shut down the Senate to protest the bill being drafted behind closed doors.
THEHILL.COM
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Federal Daily Action – June 16 (Unified Message Day)

Federal Daily Action – June 16 (Unified Message Day)
Please “comment” done. Let’s see how many we get.

Your Call: Please leave this exact message.

Dear Senator Rubio (or your senator),
MARCO RUBIO DC : 202 224 3041
Jacksonville: (904) 354-4300

My name is _________. I am a constituent of ______(zip).

In the name of decency and what is right for all Americans, please stop the madness of pushing this healthcare bill through the Senate. Our country simply cannot bear the weight of this partisan insanity. Take your time, create a bill that protects all of our people. You’ll get the support you need if you do this.

We are patriots. We love our country. It’s imperative that our people see our elected officials acting with honor.

Thank you for listening.

After shooting at GOP baseball practice, investigators probe trail of political anger left by attacker
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise remained in critical condition as colleagues planned to move ahead with the traditional baseball game in a show of political unity.
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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Thursday, June 15 Your Call: Stop Senate Business Until Trumpcare Gets a Hearing Call now!

Call now:
MARCO RUBIO DC : 202 224 3041
Jacksonville: (904) 354-4300
BILL NELSON: DC: 202-224-5274
Jacksonville: 904-346-4500

While the Russia-Trump scandal has rocked the nation, Mitch McConnell and an all-male panel of 13 Republican Senators have been working in secret on a healthcare bill. Nobody knows what this bill looks like or how it differs from the House’s American Health Care Act, which would cause an estimated 23 million people to lose their health insurance by 2026. The GOP wants to keep it that way.
McConnell and Republican Senators intend to submit their secret healthcare bill to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) without any committee hearings, discussions, bipartisan debate, or public comments. They will keep the bill’s contents secret until the CBO finishes scoring the legislation. This means they would only release the bill publicly two to three days before the final vote, which they plan to hold on or before June 30th (by contrast, Senate Democrats held over 30 Senate Finance Committee meetings to draft the Affordable Care Act and included their Republican colleagues in these meetings). This strategy by the GOP is undermining our democratic process and we must not stand for it.
We CAN do something about this: demand Democratic Senators grind Senate business to a halt by withholding consent until Trumpcare gets a hearing, and urge Republican Senators to push their colleagues to draft their healthcare replacement openly and publicly. The American public deserves to know what is in the healthcare legislation, and the egregious behavior by the GOP must be stopped.
Your script:
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from Ponte Vedra Beach.
IF DEMOCRAT: I’m calling today because I’m furious by the Republican’s plan to write and pass the American Health Care Act in secret, with no Senate hearings or public debate. I’m demanding that [SEN NAME] withhold consent and shut down Senate business until a public hearing is scheduled.
IF REPUBLICAN: I’m calling today because I’m furious at the Republican’s plan to write and pass the American Health Care Act in secret, with no Senate hearing or public debate. I’m demanding that [SEN NAME] urge their colleagues to hold hearings on this bill and stop bypassing our democratic process.
[OPTIONAL: Share a personal story of why the ACA is so important to you, your family, and / or your community]
Thank you for your hard work answering the phones.
[IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied]

Nationwide Blitz Launched To Derail Trumpcare In Senate
Eight healthcare groups including the American Medical Association, AARP and the American Heart Association are launching a series of events to call out flaws in the…
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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Wednesday, June 14 Your Call: Strongly oppose the Secret ACHA that is being pushed through the Senate

Call now!
MARCO RUBIO DC : 202 224 3041
Jacksonville: (904) 354-4300

Back in November, the word in D.C. was that the Affordable Care Act was a goner. Smart Washington politicos thought Trump might have a repeal bill ready to sign on his first day on the job. The House had voted to repeal it dozens of times. Obama had to veto it once. But Trump is still waiting. Even after the House’s vote, Affordable Care Act is still the law of the land. The legislative fight continues, and it only gets harder for Trump now. Because of you.

It’s hard to overstate how cruel this bill is. Simply put, Republicans got TrumpCare passed in the House today by making it more extreme. They had to convince the uber-conservatives in the Freedom Caucus to vote for it, so they had to make it even crueler. The original failed TrumpCare bill last month stripped healthcare from 23 million Americans. But that wasn’t enough for them. The new bill builds on that by:

Gutting protections for pre-existing conditions
Eliminating services for special needs kids in schools
Letting insurers effectively charge women more than men
In short, TrumpCare is a moral monstrosity.

The House is a majoritarian institution—the party in power sets the rules and decides what gets a vote and when the vote happens. Trump’s lackeys are pulling the puppet strings, so everybody assumed they’d jam through TrumpCare and that’d be that.

Your Script:
My name is ______________ . I am a constituent from________ (zip code).

I strongly urge you to oppose the secret ACHA. This bill would take away health care from millions of Americans, cut the Medicaid program, increase premiums and allow states to get rid of protections for people with pre-existing conditions. All that to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the wealthy. This is unacceptable to me.

[I/my family member] [am/is] at risk of losing [my/his/her] insurance. [I/ my family member] [have/has] a pre-existing condition that before the ACA could be used by insurance companies to discriminate against [me/them]. [My/their] health depends on Senator Rubio voting against the American Health Care Act.

The Senate is about to ram through Trumpcare. This is not a drill; it’s an emergency
Republicans are secretly pushing a bill that no one has read.
LATIMES.COM
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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Tuesday, June 13 Tell Senator Rubio: No Medicaid

MARCO RUBIO DC : 202 224 3041
Jacksonville: (904) 354-4300
BILL NELSON: DC: 202-224-5274
Jacksonville: 904-346-4500

The Call –#SaveMedicaid #NoCapsNoCuts

Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and health-related services for people with low income in the United States. It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the state and federal governments and managed by the states, with each state currently having broad leeway to determine who is eligible for its implementation of the program. The AHCA, if passed, will cut more than $800 billion from Medicaid over the next decade. “Per capita caps” will devastate Medicaid-funded services that people with disabilities need to live, work and participate in their communities. Medicaid provides specialized healthcare services like nursing, personal care and therapies to children and adults with disabilities, seniors, and the working poor.

Your Actions

Call both your senators and tell them to oppose any and all cuts to Medicaid.

Talking Points

This is [NAME] and I’m a constituent in [ZIP].
I’m calling to urge [Sen____] to oppose the fast-tracked ACHA and any and all cuts to Medicaid.
I want the Senator to promise to vote against any bill that converts Medicaid into a per capita cap, including the potential ACA repeal bill.
Share your personal story – Cutting Medicaid will have a devastating impact on everyone [me/ my family member/ my friends].

Opinion | The Senate’s three tools on health care: Sabotage, speed and secrecy
The Senate majority leader could have tried to create an effective, bipartisan overhaul of Obamacare. He chose a different approach.
WASHINGTONPOST.COM
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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Monday, June 12 Your Call – DEMAND FULL TRANSPARENCY ON THE SENATE AHCA BILL

 

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FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Monday, June 12

Your Call – DEMAND FULL TRANSPARENCY ON THE SENATE AHCA BILL

or Rubio and Senator Nelson and let them know you are opposed to the American Health Care Act that is being fast-tracked by Mitch McConnell in the Senate.
MARCO RUBIO DC : 202 224 3041
Jacksonville: (904) 354-4300
BILL NELSON: DC: 202-224-5274
Jacksonville: 904-346-4500 (Nelson is opposed, but call to let him know we have his back!)

The Affordable Care Act, and the healthcare of millions of Americans, is under a massive and urgent threat by Republicans. On Wednesday, June 7th, Speaker Mitch McConnell used “Rule 14” to successfully fast-track the AHCA, the House healthcare bill that passed last month designed to deprive 23 million people of healthcare in order to provide tax breaks to corporations and the rich. Rule 14 will allow the bill to go straight to a Senate floor vote without any requirement for committee debate or discussion.

Currently, the Senate plan is being developed in secret and is expected to be submitted to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) around June 13th, without the release of any details of the submitted healthcare plan to the public or even Senate Democrats. While the CBO score will be released to the public two weeks later during the week of June 26th, McConnell is expected to immediately call for a vote on the bill on the Senate floor (to reach his publicly stated goal of passing the bill before the July 4th recess), giving Senate Democrats and constituents *hours* to learn of and digest a new healthcare plan that will affect one-sixth of the national economy and their own personal well-being.

Healthcare policy affects every single American, and it is unacceptable that this plan has not been transparent and available for sufficient Senate debate and public review. If we do not put pressure on now for full transparency on the contents of this healthcare plan, we may not get any visibility how it will potentially alter our lives until hours before the Senate’s final vote on the floor.

Your script:
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from Ponte Vedra Beach.

IF CALLING REPUBLICAN: I’m calling today because I’m appalled by the Republican attempts to pass the AHCA without any transparency what so ever. I ask that Senator Bill Nelson demand the immediate release of the plan’s details to the public and hold a hearing to thoroughly discuss a healthcare plan that affects one-sixth of our economy and the health and lives of millions of Americans.

IF CALLING DEMOCRAT: I’m calling today because I’m appalled by the Republican attempts to pass the AHCA without any transparency what so ever. I ask that Senator Bill Nelson boycott all Senate committee hearings until one is scheduled to discuss and amend the healthcare plan.

[OPTIONAL: Share a personal story of why the ACA is so important to you, your family, and / or your community]

Thank you for your hard work answering the phones. [IF LEAVING A VOICEMAIL: please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied]

Republicans betray their gray-haired base with Trumpcare
Ever since Donald Trump’s shocking victory on Election Day, press, pundits, and pollsters have engaged in a furious debate about which voters propelled him to the…
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55 calls!

55 calls!

Have you gotten that letter from Rubio or Rutherford that makes your blood boil?  Is it as discouraging to you as it is to me?  It seems that all our carefully worded messages, reasonable  and empathetic, have fallen on deaf ears.  Is your first thought, I’m going to write him back and tell him how wrong he is?  Then do you think, why bother!  That’s what that letter is meant to do.  It is meant to make you give up.  It’s a strategy

Here’s the deal.  We have a strategy also. Our real strategy is not reason, it is power.  Unfortunately, our power has to come from numbers not from reason.  Our opposition only understands the power of numbers.  The more calls we make the more power we demonstrate.  Instead of giving up, let that letter motivate you.  Ask a friend to join you in doing the Daily Actions that your local Indivisible groups are publishing.  Don’t worry about being reasoned, just state opposed or support and find another friend to make that same call.