Friend,

A sobering new study says it all: One in three California households
cannot afford a decent standard of living.(1) Rather than work with the
Biden administration and Democrats to control costs and put money back in
the pockets of working families, House of Speaker Kevin McCarthy is
pushing the government toward a shutdown.(2)

Speaker McCarthy is enormously well positioned to help the people of his
state. But instead, he is leading a wasteful impeachment inquiry into
Biden and fostering Republican infighting over the budget. McCarthy may be
Speaker of the House, but he is first a congressman from California, and
it’s time Californians reminded him who he works for.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to write a letter to Speaker McCarthy asking him to do his
job!

McCarthy holds one of the most powerful positions in the nation, and he
represents a state that is literally the fourth largest economy in the
world.(3) In Bakersfield, in McCarthy's district, families spent $850 more
on each kid's food, school supplies, and clothes this year than they did
in 2022 -- money that hadn't shown up in their paychecks to compensate.(4)

But McCarthy is allowing himself and Congress to be dragged around by the
Freedom Caucus and the likes of Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert, who
represent only a tiny fraction of the nation.

California families are paying $13,000 a year in child care and $10,000 a
year in food, while wages stagnate. (5,6) We still have no national paid
family leave, no minimum standard of health care, no real safety net.

Yet, McCarthy’s main focus is impeaching Joe Biden?!

It’s time for McCarthy to refocus. We want him to hear from you, the
Californians that he is supposed to be speaking for. We’ve provided a
sample letter to send, but you’re free to edit as you see fit. Perhaps you
have a story to share of how corporate abuses have hurt your family’s
finances, or how the rogue Supreme Court is threatening your wellbeing.

[ [link removed] ]Send McCarthy a letter today!

Thank you for joining the fight.

–Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Isidra, Jen, and Lindsay (and the rest
of the Courage team)

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Courage California (formerly Courage Campaign) makes sure our democracy works for ALL of us by fighting corruption in California politics. We believe the solution lies in exposing and solving systemic problems through strategic organizing, enhancing coordination between progressive organizations, and mobilizing civic engagement from our communities, particularly voters of color, young voters, and self-identified progressives.

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