Call to Action: December 19, 2018

15 Days Until The House Turns BLUE! 


WE NEED A CONGRESS THAT CAN GOVERN


America deserves a Congress that can govern. Instead we have Trump and his GOP, mired in investigations, ballooning the deficit, and placing us on the brink of a shutdown. We deserve better. January 3, 2019, we progressives will have our chance to show we can govern.

For now, call every day until the spending bill passes; ask Congress to:

  1. Provide ZERO dollars for the wall and no increase for border patrol or ICE agents.
  2. Pass the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act and the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in the spending bill.
  3. Investigate the human rights abuses and the sabotage of our healthcare in the new Congress.


To Make Your Calls!

Thank You!


**ACTION ONE: CALL OUR SENATORS**

SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR SENATORS WYDEN AND MERKLEY:

“My name is [Name]. I am a constituent living in [town/city], ZIP code [number]. We need a Congress that can govern. I ask that the Senator to do three things: 1) go on record and do all he can to make sure zero dollars go to funding the wall and that no additional money goes to border patrol/ICE agents;  2) lobby Senate Leadership and do all he can to add the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act (S.2644) and Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act to the must-pass spending bill; and 3) do what he can in the next Congress to end human rights abuses at the border and safeguard our healthcare. Thank you.”

SENATOR RON WYDEN 

Portland: (503) 326-7525, DC: (202) 224-5244
Salem: (503) 589-4555, Eugene: (541) 431-0229
Medford: (541) 858-5122, Bend: (541) 330-9142
La Grande: (541) 960-7691
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/

 

SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY

Portland: (503) 326-3386, DC: (202) 224-3753
Salem: (503) 362-8102, Eugene: (541) 465-6750
Medford: (541) 608-9102, Bend: (541) 318-1298
Pendleton: (541) 278-1129
https://www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/


**ACTION TWO: CALL COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN**

SAMPLE SCRIPT:

“My name is [Name]. I am a constituent living in [town/city], ZIP code [number]. We need a Congress that can govern. I ask that Greg Walden stop selling us out and do four things: 1) go on record and do all he can to make sure that zero dollars go to funding the wall and that no additional money goes to border patrol/ICE agents; 2) lobby House Leadership and do all he can to add Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act (identical bills H.R. 5505 and H.R. 5476) and Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women’s Act H.R. 6545 to the must-pass spending bill; and 3) call for hearings on what is going on at the border in the next Congress. 4) truly, honestly take action to protect our healthcare in the next Congress. Thank you.”

COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN

DC (202) 225-6730, Medford: (541) 776-4646,
Bend (541) 389-4408, La Grande (541) 624-2400
https://walden.house.gov/contact-greg/email-me


SOURCES:

Girl who died at the border did not receive medical care for 90 minutes

I just left the tent city at Tornillo. It is a child prison camp

Cruelty is the point

Trump is helping the Saudis starve Yemen

Your tax dollars help starve children

The Violence Against Women Act could expire soon.  Here’s what’s at stake

The need to protect Mueller is becoming more urgent with every Russia revelation 

The latest Obamacare ruling is part of a larger conservative attack on democracy