***NATIONAL CALL TO ACTION***

In light of the mass shooting in Boulder, CO, yesterday, we are adding a call to action about common sense gun regulation to our planned script about the Senate filibuster. We will be following up tomorrow and Thursday with CTAs for state and county officials on this issue. Enough is Enough! 


Our Rights Supercede the Minority GOP’s Ability to Obstruct!


“The  real operation [of the filibuster] is to embarrass the administration, to destroy the energy of the government, and to substitute the pleasure, caprice, or artifices of an insignificant, turbulent, or corrupt junto, to the regular deliberations and decisions of a respectable majority.” (Alexander Hamilton)

“It is a contradiction to say we must protect minority rights in the Senate while refusing to protect minority rights in society.” (Senator Raphael Warnock)

The Senate rules committee meets tomorrow to establish rules for voting on the For The People Act. We need the Senate to pass S1 and other legislation that benefits us all. Tomorrow’s rules committee decision may determine how these bills are handled.

The filibuster is an archaic Senate rule — created to appease slave-owners, resuscitated to oppose Civil Rights legislation, and abused by today’s Republicans to derail legislation that doesn’t benefit them. It allows senators representing only 30% of the population to stop any and all bills from becoming law.

We are grateful that our Oregon Senators support eliminating the filibuster. We stand with all those who want to protect us from the minority demand that a super majority be required to pass legislation in the Senate — rather than a more democratic simple majority.

Call Your Members of Congress!

Eliminate or Reform the Senate Filibuster!


**ACTION ONE: CALL OUR U.S. SENATORS**

SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR SENATORS MERKLEY AND WYDEN:

“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. 

For MERKLEY:

I thank the Senator for his leadership in stopping the abuse of the filibuster. I look forward to him using his position on the rules committee to ensure S1 and other pro-democracy legislation can be passed by a simple majority.

I am also calling to express my outrage that Congress has not acted to remove from civilian hands military grade weapons like the one used to kill ten people during the mass shooting in Boulder, CO, yesterday. Enough is enough — ban assault rifles NOW! 

SEN. WYDEN: Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

I thank the Senator for his position on the filibuster. I look forward to his continued advocacy for S1 and all other legislation to be passed by a simple majority.

I am also calling to express my outrage that Congress has not acted to remove from civilian hands military grade weapons like the one used to kill ten people during the mass shooting in Boulder, CO, yesterday. Enough is enough — ban assault rifles NOW! 

Thank you.”

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/

 

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/

 


**ACTION TWO: CALL REP CLIFF BENTZ**

SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR BENTZ:

“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. 

I am horrified by the GOP’s anti-democracy stance and by Cliff Bentz’s vote against preventing cuts to Medicare triggered by ARP. I hope he will reconsider that protecting his constituents’ freedom to vote, be paid a living wage for their work, and keep themselves and their families safe during a pandemic is more important than party loyalty.

I am also calling to express my outrage that Congress has not acted to remove from civilian hands military grade weapons like the one used to kill ten people during the mass shooting in Boulder, CO, yesterday. Enough is enough — ban assault rifles NOW! 

Thank you.”

ORD2 Extremist Cliff Bentz

Medford: 541-776-4646
DC : 202-225-6730
Twitter: @cliffbentz

Email: Apparently, Bentz refuses direct emails.

 

 


**ACTION THREE: BE AN ACTIVIST**