The Trump administration has started on the path towards drilling for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the United States’ most pristine and environmentally sensitive areas. Starting today, the Bureau of Land Management, will begin environmental impact analysis of the area. The plan is to start drilling as early as next year!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/trump-just-took-the-firs…/…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/trump-just-took-the-firs…/…
As a country, we need to decide what’s more important to us. Are the fossil fuels available in this area worth jeopardizing one of the last undisturbed wild areas on the planet? It the Trump administration is allowed to move forward, this area will never be the same.
Learn a little more about the history of ANWR in this video here. https://www.usatoday.com/…/trump-administration-…/533176002/
This article from National Geographic argues that this area might not hold as much crude oil as the Trump administration claims. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/…/arctic-wildlife-refu…/
Today, you can help by calling your members of Congress and demanding that they protect ANWR for future generation.
The Bureau of Land Management is holding a comment period. Be sure to add your voice to the list. https://www.blm.gov/…/plans-in-dev…/alaska/coastal-plain-eis
The Bureau of Land Management is holding a comment period. Be sure to add your voice to the list. https://www.blm.gov/…/plans-in-dev…/alaska/coastal-plain-eis
2. SNAP under Attack
SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is under attack by the House GOP. Last week, House Republicans introduced a plan as part of the 2018 Farm Bill that would expand work requirements for those receiving food assistance. Recipients between the ages of 18-59 would be required to work part-time or enroll in 20 hours of workforce training, a move the Congressional Budget Office said would cut SNAP participation by at least one million people and cost an extra $1 billion per year.
SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is under attack by the House GOP. Last week, House Republicans introduced a plan as part of the 2018 Farm Bill that would expand work requirements for those receiving food assistance. Recipients between the ages of 18-59 would be required to work part-time or enroll in 20 hours of workforce training, a move the Congressional Budget Office said would cut SNAP participation by at least one million people and cost an extra $1 billion per year.
While workforce training seems like a good idea, experts argue that it would cost a lot more money, about $10,000 per year per participant, to actually make a difference. The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities estimated that it would cost $15 billion per year to fully fund a national employment program.
It appears that this is just another GOP tactic to villainize the poor. I do not understand denying hungry people access to healthy food.
It appears that this is just another GOP tactic to villainize the poor. I do not understand denying hungry people access to healthy food.
The House Committee on Agriculture just voted to move this bill to the House floor. Two Minnesota congressmen, Collin Peterson and Rick Nolan, are on the House Committee on Agriculture. https://agriculture.house.gov/about/committee_members.htm
Why not call them and ask why this is even in the Farm Bill. Call your own member of Congress as well.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/the-republican-plan-to-t…/…
Why not call them and ask why this is even in the Farm Bill. Call your own member of Congress as well.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/…/the-republican-plan-to-t…/…
But wait, there’s more.
Second Congressional District’s Representative Jason Lewis is co-sponsoring a bill, HR 2996 (https://www.congress.gov/bi…/115th-congress/house-bill/2996…), that would amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and increase work requirements for those receiving food assistance. It’s the same thing in a different bill.
I think Rep. Lewis deserves a call today so he can explain why he is penalizing his constituents for being poor and hungry.
http://mn02congresswatch.org/h-r-2996-supplemental-nutriti…/
Second Congressional District’s Representative Jason Lewis is co-sponsoring a bill, HR 2996 (https://www.congress.gov/bi…/115th-congress/house-bill/2996…), that would amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 and increase work requirements for those receiving food assistance. It’s the same thing in a different bill.
I think Rep. Lewis deserves a call today so he can explain why he is penalizing his constituents for being poor and hungry.
http://mn02congresswatch.org/h-r-2996-supplemental-nutriti…/
3. Babies on The Floor
On Wednesday, Senate passed a rule that would allow senators to be on the chamber floor with children under the age of one. This decision arrives just in time for Senator Tammy Duckworth, who gave birth to a girl a few weeks ago and is the first senator to give birth while serving in the Senate. This is a step forward in the right direction for honoring the importance of families. Like Senator Roy Blunt said, “Being a parent is a difficult job, and the Senate rules shouldn’t make it any harder.”
Since we have stepped off in the right direction, let’s keep going by asking Senate to allow breastfeeding on the floor.
http://paidleave.us/…/let-senators-breastfeed-on-the-senate…
On Wednesday, Senate passed a rule that would allow senators to be on the chamber floor with children under the age of one. This decision arrives just in time for Senator Tammy Duckworth, who gave birth to a girl a few weeks ago and is the first senator to give birth while serving in the Senate. This is a step forward in the right direction for honoring the importance of families. Like Senator Roy Blunt said, “Being a parent is a difficult job, and the Senate rules shouldn’t make it any harder.”
Since we have stepped off in the right direction, let’s keep going by asking Senate to allow breastfeeding on the floor.
http://paidleave.us/…/let-senators-breastfeed-on-the-senate…
Sites to Check:
If Trump fires Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, please be ready to take to the streets in protest.
https://act.moveon.org/…/mueller-firing-rapid-respo…/search/
If Trump fires Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, please be ready to take to the streets in protest.
https://act.moveon.org/…/mueller-firing-rapid-respo…/search/
CD2Action https://cd2action.com/, @CD2action
League of Women Voters MN https://lwvmn.org/
Dates to Remember
April 20th #NationalSchoolWalkout
Find an event in your area http://act.indivisible.org/event/national-school-walkout/
April 20th #NationalSchoolWalkout
Find an event in your area http://act.indivisible.org/event/national-school-walkout/
Klobuchar-202-224-3244
Smith (202) 224-5641
House of Representative switchboard: (202) 224-3121
MN Legislators: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/legislators
Resistbot: https://resistbot.io/
Governor Dayton- https://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/
Smith (202) 224-5641
House of Representative switchboard: (202) 224-3121
MN Legislators: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/legislators
Resistbot: https://resistbot.io/
Governor Dayton- https://mn.gov/governor/contact-us/
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