Category Archives: Action Alerts
Federal Action Alert – May 16, 2021
FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN on Middle East Peace: email to https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/ or leave a message on the comment line at (202) 456-1111. Re: Time to Take a Leadership Role in Middle East Peace. Proposed script/email: “I am a solid Democrat living in XXXX, Arizona. I am very concerned about the seemingly stalled Middle East peace process […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert – May 9, 2021
DC Statehood: S. 51 would make Washington DC a state. DC is primarily African American and has a greater population than three other states. S. 51 is co -sponsored by 44 senators BUT NOT OURS. Sample voice mail for either Senator: “My name is XXXX and I live in XXXXX. I was happy to vote […]
Continue readingArizona Legislative Alert 5/09/2021
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!! Here are some bills that support women that would have moved in the AZ Legislature IF we had voted in a Democratic Majority but have NEVER seen the light of day. Call our legislators and let them know that their days are numbered!! SCR1012 – Would have ratified the proposed Equal Rights […]
Continue readingLEGISLATIVE ALERT
Our legislators are clearly not representing all of us! Here’s some evidence: Arizonan’s support tougher gun control laws by an 8 to1 margin. Yet our legislators want to indemnify gun makers from any and all lawsuits. More than half of Arizonans support increasing unemployment benefits. Yet our legislators refuse to move a bill that would […]
Continue readingFEDERAL ACTION ALERT
For Senators Sinema and Kelly and Representative O’Halleran: Support and Co-Sponsor the “Remove the Stain Act” and Rescind Award of 20 Medals of Honor to those responsible for the Wounded Knee Massacre. On December 29, 1890, U.S. soldiers slaughtered hundreds of unarmed Lakota men, women, and children at Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge […]
Continue readingUrgent Redistricting Call To Action
The issue before the Independent Redistricting Commission right now is the choice of a mapping firm. Three firms have submitted proposals: HaystaqDNA LLC Taylor English Decisions LLC Timmons Group/NDC It is the opinion of the Arizona Democratic Party that HaystaqDNA is the best-qualified. Indivisible Arizona concurs. While our strike force has submitted well-reasoned and documented […]
Continue readingEARTH DAY LEGISLATIVE ALERTS
Seven Actions that You Can Take to Conserve Nature and Protect Human Health HR 803 – PAW+ – SUPPORT: Two decades in the making, the sweeping Protecting America’s Wilderness and Public Lands Act (PAW+), HR 803, a collection of eight public lands bills, that would protect more than 1,000 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers […]
Continue readingUrgently-Needed Federal Environmental Health Legislation for Northern Arizona
Passage of these bills would directly benefit our rural and tribal communities, workers, and their families: The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), due to expire in July 2022, provides compensation to individuals suffering from cancers and other diseases associated with radiation exposure who worked in uranium mining, milling, and ore transportation from 1942 to 1971, […]
Continue readingAction Alert: Voter Suppression
SB1485, the so-called PEVL Purge Bill, has passed the Senate and is headed to Governor Ducey’s desk for signature. Contact Ducey now to tell him to veto. While shutting down debate in the Senate, GOP Leader Rusty Bowers admitted that at bill impacting people of color to a greater degree than other voters is “racist […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert – April 18, 2021
For Senator Sinema: Oppose the TRUST ACT and Filibuster Reform. The Trust Act, just reintroduced by Mitt Romney, would create a fast track, closed door process, allowing a simple majority to make cuts to Social Security and Medicare all under the guise of solvency. Sen. Sinema was a co-sponsor in the last Congressional Session. Since […]
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