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While pending court action, supported by Democratic state Attorney Generals, would require the payments to be made, decisions may not be made in time for insurers to make plans for 2018. Several bipartisan proposals have been made in the House and in the Senate to ensure the cost reduction payments are made and the exchanges are stabilized.

The president’s spiteful threats to sabotage the ACA exchanges would, if carried out, cause enormous harm to the American people in the form of huge premium increases, inability to obtain insurance and inability to afford needed medical treatment. Congress must act to ensure the Trump administration stabilizes the exchanges rather than withholding funds to sabotage them.

Your Action
Call your three members of Congress and tell them to support urgent bipartisan action to stabilize the ACA exchanges and stop the administration from sabotaging them.

Sen. MARCO RUBIO DC : 202 224 3041
Jacksonville: (904) 354-4300

Sen. BILL NELSON: DC: 202-224-5274
Jacksonville: 904-346-4500

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
Jax: (904) 354-1652

Talking Points
• This is [NAME] and I’m a constituent in [ZIP].

• [IMPORTANT] Describe how the sabotage of the ACA exchanges would personally impact you, your friends or family.

• The President has threatened to sabotage the ACA exchanges by withholding cost sharing reduction payments and taking other destabilizing actions.

• Congress has an obligation to protect the American people until a comprehensive bipartisan healthcare plan can be formulated.

• I urge [Sen/Rep_____] to support prompt bipartisan action to stabilize the ACA exchanges.

While this bill is likely just a political stunt that will never make it out of committee, its consequences could still be deadly. There is an established correlation between passage of bigoted policies like this one and increased rates of suicide in the transgender community. Hate-based law making fuels anti-trans attitudes at the highest levels of our government and sends a message to trans people that their rights and their lives are unimportant. Transgender people face significant discrimination and violence because of their gender identity, with over a quarter of trans people reporting being fired because of bias and half reporting harassment at work. Trans people of color also face even higher rates of discrimination than white transgender people.

Eroding transgender people’s rights at a federal level would endanger both their financial and psychological well-being. This latest assault on transgender people is despicable and unacceptable. We must make it abundantly clear that Americans will not tolerate these blatant attacks on transgender people’s civil rights.

YOUR ACTION TODAY: 2 Calls-Your Representative AND the House Judiciary Committee Chair

Here’s how to find your local reps http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/…/Repre…/myrepresentative.aspx

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
Jax: (904) 354-1652

YOUR SCRIPT:
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from _________.

I am calling to express my strongest opposition to HR 2796, the Civil Rights Uniformity Act, a bigoted attack on transgender people. I ask that [REP NAME] vocally denounce HR 2796 as an unacceptable assault on transgender people’s rights.

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House Judiciary Committee
202-225-3951

YOUR SCRIPT #2
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from ________..

[IF COMMITTEE]: I’d like to pass along a message for the Chairman and committee members. I ask that the committee not take any action on HR 2796, the Civil Rights Uniformity Act. This bill is an unacceptable, bigoted attack on transgender people and their rights.

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This new affirmative action project falls in line with other actions taken by Jeff Sessions and the DoJ that attack civil rights and equal opportunity for minority American populations. The continuing systemic racial discrimination and oppression in our society often makes it harder for young people of color to obtain the same educational resources as their white counterparts. Affirmative action admissions programs allow students from these disadvantaged backgrounds more balanced access to higher education. The Supreme Court has also ruled that a diverse student body has its own educational benefits, allowing universities to use race as an admission factor.

While many white students have criticized and waged lawsuits against affirmative action, claiming unfair rejections in favor of “less qualified” students, the statistics simply don’t line up. In fact, white women are the primary beneficiaries of affirmative action policies. University ‘legacy’ policies also grant admission to students from predominantly white families, regardless of their performance level. A glaring example of this practice is Jared Kushner’s acceptance into Harvard to the surprise of many of his teachers who thought he was not qualified. (His father also donated $2.5M to the school.)

YOUR ACTION: Call the Department of Justice
202-353-1555

(Why you’re calling this office:
This organization is driving legislation related to the issue.)

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

I’m calling to express my serious disapproval of the Department’s plans to investigate and sue universities because of their affirmative action admissions policy. This is clearly another attempt by this Department to deny equal opportunity to minority Americans in order to perpetuate white privilege, and I demand this project be shut down immediately.

Thank you for your time and attention.

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