Monday 9/24
I can't keep up with the news this weekend, so please pardon me if I miss anything. It looks like I'm going to spend some time on the phone this weekend. I'll try to put them in order of most to least actionable...
1. Graham-Cassidy TrumpCare ain't sunk yet. If you have a Republican representative, I'd say start calling them: if this thing does pass the Senate, there's going to be a very small window for the House to also pass it.
If you can, make some calls to left-wing voters. I've been trying to do this during the day when I get a few minutes, because you can connect them directly to their senators' office, but I think the lines are open from 9am to 9pm.
https://www.trumpcareten.org/calls-to-kill-trumpcare
2. Puerto Rico has been devastated. From the Indivisible Guide: Ask "your members of Congress to support immediate federal aid to Puerto Rico and Nydia Velazquez's request for a waiver of the Jones Act. The Jones Act requires any supplies/resources to Puerto Rico to arrive by U.S. flag ships. It makes it much more expensive to transport supplies and other resources to Puerto Rico. A waiver would add flexibility to recovery efforts."
https://hispanicfederation.org/donate
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-maria/weakened-dam-looms-as-latest-threat-to-puerto-rico-after-hurricane-idUSKCN1BZ0AY?il=0
3. There are a couple bills to call about. Thanks to a local Indivisible member for providing this information.
Some members of the House Ways and Means Committee have significant concerns about two bills this week. H. R. 2824 and a connected bill, H. R. 2792. See excerpts of the dissenting view for both committee reports below.
Press release from the Committee on Ways and Means, September 14, 2017:
“The Ways and Means Committee yesterday approved two pieces of legislation to extend funding for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) program – a program that has earned bipartisan support because it uses evidence-based solutions to help low-income children and families escape the cycle of poverty and climb the economic ladder:
- The Increasing Opportunity and Success for Children and Parents through Evidence-Based Home Visiting Act (H.R. 2824), sponsored by Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Adrian Smith (R-NE), which reauthorizes the MIECHV program, and
- The Control Unlawful Fugitive Felons Act (H.R. 2792), sponsored by Reps. Kristi Noem (R-SD) and Sam Johnson (R-TX), which offsets the costs of reauthorizing the MIECHV program by prohibiting individuals with outstanding arrest warrants for a felony or parole violation from receiving monthly Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments.”
4. There's a new Muslim ban. It came out just now, so I haven't absorbed a lot of information yet. There is a protest 10/10.
https://www.nomuslimbanever.com/
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/24/trump-travel-ban-iran-korea-syria-243078
5. Trump criticized football players for kneeling during the national anthem. I'm not a football fan, but football players have been kneeling through the national anthem to protest oppression of black and people of color. I'm not sure what the action item here is, other than "don't do nothing." Perhaps some of you will have better ideas in the comments.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/24/sports/nfl-trump-anthem-protests.html
6. If I missed something, I'm sorry. Let me know in the comments -- there's just so much.
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Out and About
Saturday, 9/23 10-12
Focus To Action Workshop: Reaching the Unreached
Burnhaven Library
1101 County Road 42 W, Burnsville, Minnesota 55306
Sunday, 9/24 4-7 pm
CD4 DFL Politics with a Pint
BlackStack Brewing
755 Prior Ave N, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55104
https://www.dfl.org/cd4/pints/
Thursday, 9/28 6:30- 8:30 pm
MN-02 Candidate Forum with Jake Cassidy & Jeff Erdmann
Burnhaven Library
1101 County Road 42 W, Burnsville, Minnesota 55306
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