Monday, February 11, 2019

Monday 2/11 Call to Action

It's Monday.  Amy Klobuchar is running for president.

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/amy-klobuchar-2020-democratic-nomination-kickoff/

One thing you can do to help her make a splash is to make a small donation.

"Grass-roots giving is seen as so important in 2020 that the Democratic National Committee has included it as part of its presidential debate qualification rules."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/us/politics/2020-democrats-campaign-funding.html

"The collapse of the talks over hammering out a border security package and paying for a barrier leave lawmakers in the same place they’ve been for months. Among the issues Democratic negotiators are focused on is Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests of undocumented immigrants already in the U.S., not just crossing the border. They also insist they want a cap on detention beds to force ICE to prioritize which undocumented immigrants it targets within the U.S., and they say that without it, the agency will increase deportation raids in local communities without valid reason."

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/10/government-shutdown-talks-hit-snag-1160924

Here is some information (Thanks Indivisible Minnesota Legislative Action) on restoring voting rights to felons.

Call to Action X2 - Restoration of Voting Rights
2/11/2019

HF40 and companion bill SF856 would allow those convicted of a felony to vote after they were released from prison. We know that the House is very supportive of restoring the vote, however, the Senate is not. C2A #1 is a notice of an upcoming hearing for HF 40 that will likely pass out of the committee, but the real important C2A is #2, putting pressure on the Senate to get this bill a hearing!

C2A #1: Show your support by attending the hearing for HF40 on Wednesday the 13th in the Subcommittee on Elections at 9:45am. If you can’t make the hearing, go ahead and call the Chair to express your support (or your rep. if they are on the committee).

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 Walz https://mn.gov/governor/

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