Thursday 11/16
1. HR 1 The tax bill
Not only does this bill knock 13 million people off of health insurance, increase premiums for those that will still have health insurance, create massive tax hikes for grad students, and increase taxes for the middle class, but it also repeals a break for teachers who spend their own money on classroom essentials. Republican Senator Susan Collins created this credit back in 2002, for $250, as a way of recognizing teachers for their investment in their students, even though their salaries are often modest. It is estimated that on average a teacher will spend $600 a year of their own money on supplies such as pencils, paper, crayons, books, etc. Republican lawmakers would argue that this bill will help teachers.
“Clearly this is helping real people,” Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Minn., said last week, refuting Democratic charges that teachers would be hurt by the legislation. “It’s helping teachers. It’s helping students. It’s helping struggling families that are living paycheck to paycheck.”
GIve me a break.
2. Judicial nominee, Brett Talley
Thanks, D.H. for this post.
Tell Senators to Vote No on Brett Talley
Suggested Calling script or Email.
Brett Talley is only the third person ever that the American Bar Association has unanimously rated "not qualified." He has never tried a case, he omitted his wife's position as the chief of staff for the White House council on his Senate questionnaire, and has hyper-partisan beliefs that make him unfit for a lifetime appointment as a federal judge. I urge you to vote no on confirming Brett Talley!
Background Information on Brett Talley:
The bar for Trump’s judicial nominees is so low it might as well be on the floor. Last week Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee approved Brett Talley, a Trump nominee who has only three years of experience practicing law, has never tried a case, and who was rated unanimously “not qualified” for a federal judgeship by the American Bar Association – their lowest rating.
Talley also omitted that his wife is the chief of staff for the White House counsel and who was recently questioned in the Mueller investigation when asked about potential conflicts of interest.
And Talley is also remarkably partisan for a judicial nominee. On his blog, Talley pledged support for the NRA and mocked gun control after the Sandy Hook massacre… he has retweeted Alex Jones’ conspiracy theory site Infowars (which infamously claimed that Sandy Hook was a hoax), and called for Hillary Clinton to be “locked up” (while referring to her as Hillary “Rotten” Clinton).
In case you want to read about how Trump continues to nominate white men for judicial nominations.
3. Roy Moore
As of last night the Alabama Republican Party is continuing to back Moore, and Moore stays in the race. As much as I detest Moore, I’m relieved that they have yet to publicly put Jeff Sessions into that race. That is not to say that voters couldn’t write in Sessions name on the ballot, but for now, the democrats need to continue to push to flip that seat. From what Ryan posted on Monday, you can phone bank or write postcards.
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