Category Archives: Action Alerts
Action Alert: Demand “Regular Order” on Healthcare Bill
While DC and the world were distracted by James Comey this week, Republicans in the Senate pushed ahead with their closed-door drafting of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act. On Friday, Senator Claire McCaskill reacted during a heated exchange with Senator Hatch in the Senate Finance Committee. We’re asking you to join Senator McCaskill […]
Continue readingSave Our Schools
Dear Fellow Democrat, Last session the legislature passed SB1431(the voucher bill) despite being opposed by all legislative Democrats and thousands of voters. This measure will take funding from our classrooms and give it to private schools. A group of statewide, grassroots parents and teachers formed Save Our Schools Arizona to circulate a referendum to put this measure […]
Continue readingContact Senators re Wall Street Regulation
One more thing Republicans are trying to sneak under the radar: Repeal of regulations of big banks and Wall Street. The House passed a bill today (while we’re watching commentary on Comey’s testimony). Now it goes to the Senate. Contact Senator McCain and Senator Flake and tell them “NO” to repealing regulations imposed under D0dd-Frank […]
Continue readingTake Action: Trump’s Budget Cuts to Social Security
Trump’s just-released budget proposal includes $1.7 trillion in cuts to critical programs, including Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Medicaid. Workers and small businesses pay for SSDI through regular payroll taxes, and they have done so for decades pursuant to our nation’s social contract to provide critical financial support for disabled workers and their families. SSDI […]
Continue readingCall, Email, Fax: Trump Must Go
Trump is a danger to the country. He has shown that he has no understanding of important aspects of his job and he is reckless with classified information. Even conservative columnists are calling him a “child” whose brain works like “six fireflies beeping randomly in a jar,” and who should be removed by the exercise […]
Continue readingTrump/Russia Special Prosecutor
To have a special prosecutor, Congress must act. Today, John McCain had a Facebook Townhall during which he said, “only after public outcry was a 9/11 select committee established”. People think he may have ben signaling that we need to keep up the pressure. Thus, every day from now until a Special Prosecutor is appointed, […]
Continue readingUrgent Action: Arizona Riot Bill is Back
When is a rally a riot? Whenever your opponents want it to be!! Senate Bill 1142 was killed earlier this year, but has been resurrected and is making its way through the House. It has already been passed by the Senate. This bill would make “riot” a part of the organized crime statute and would […]
Continue readingSupport Schumer’s Demand for Classified Briefing
This morning, Minority Senate Leader Chuck Schumer called for the Department of Justice to appoint a special prosecutor and called for an immediate closed-door briefing of all Senators by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rob Rosenstein (who recommended Comey’s firing). WAPO This morning we learned that in the days immediately before FBI Director […]
Continue readingDemand Special Prosecutor To Investigate Comey Firing
All of the allegations that Trump and his Department of Justice made today against Comey are old news and thus reek of a cover-up. Join Senator Chuck Schumer in demanding that an independent Special Prosecutor investigate the reasons for Comey’s firing and the Russian interference in the 2016 Election. Call, send faxes, and send emails […]
Continue readingNo Vote on Healthcare Bill Without CBO Scoring
Yet another new amendment to TrumpCare would allow $8 billion more to cover people with pre-existing conditions. No one knows if that’s enough. The bill still allows states to cut essential benefits that are now required under all insurance policies, thus hurting patients who need those benefits by either eliminating them or increasing their costs. […]
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