[ [link removed] ]MomsRising presents: 5Actions
Top #5Actions
of the Past Week
Friday, September 22, 2023

Unless Congress takes immediate action, when the clock strikes midnight on
October 1st the government will shutdown. Let’s be clear: House
Republicans have created this totally manufactured, preventable crisis
that will hurt our families, workers (especially military and government
workers), children, and our economy. Government shutdowns are a total
failure of governance and because Republicans in the House of
Representatives are choosing partisan antics and extremism over doing
their job, we are 8 days away from that failure.

All hope is not lost! Scroll down this email to find #5Actions you can
take right now to help avert disaster.

Here is what’s going on: While the Senate is working in a bipartisan
manner to pass a spending bill needed to fund everything from Head Start
for low-income students to paying our troops on the front lines [ [link removed] ], House
Republicans [1]continue to practice chaos politics. House Republicans have
put forth purely partisan spending bills that slash funding for programs
our families need to build a good life and that our economy needs to grow
–everything from nutrition assistance like WIC, to child care assistance,
to funding for the IRS to collect taxes from the rich and powerful. To
make matters worse every…single…bill…House Republicans have passed
includes harmful anti-abortion, anti-education, anti-LGBTQ+,
anti-environment language such as making abortion illegal nationally,
slashing climate crisis funding, and opening up discrimination against the
LGBTQ+ community. [ [link removed] ]

This isn’t just a political fight. At risk is losing the funding of
programs that grow the economy, raise incomes and cut costs for families,
including health care, child care, maternal and mental health, job
training, and environmental safety programs.

Not to mention if the House Republicans keep this up and fail to pass a
budget by the end of the month the U.S. government will shut down, leading
to far more suffering, chaos, and national negative economic
repercussions. Republicans themselves are even recognizing how ridiculous
this scenario is: Rep. Steve Womack, a Republican from Arkansas, said
“It’s an unmitigated disaster right now on the majority side. I’m fearful
of what this leads to.” [ [link removed] ] Yikes!

It gets worse (and this is why your voice is extra needed right now)!
Layered on top of this budget crisis is a looming child care cliff. Here’s
the situation: Despite a continued child care crisis; the COVID-era
funding that helped save families and child care workers during a critical
time expires at the end of the month-- and without continued investment,
child care providers, families, businesses, and our economy are headed
toward a giant cliff. [ [link removed] ]

All that said, now is the perfect time to use your voice to speak out! So
we’ve created a special #5Actions for you so you can take action during
this critical time and make sure programs like WIC, K-12 education, and
child care are funded, protected, and passed immediately and that poison
pills, like anti-immigrant policies, are kept out of the federal budget.

[2]FY24Budget

QUICK SIGNATURE: Tell Congress to fund kids and families in the FY24 Budget!

Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED -> [ [link removed] ]Sign Now

While the Senate is working in a bipartisan manner to pass a spending bill
needed to fund everything from Head Start for low-income students to
paying our troops on the front lines, House Republicans continue to
practice chaos politics. House Republicans have put forth purely partisan
spending bills that slash funding for programs our families need to build
a good life and that our economy needs to grow–everything from nutrition
assistance like WIC, to child care assistance to funding for the IRS to
collect taxes from the rich and powerful.

We need our elected leaders to pass a budget that lifts our families and
children and we need them to do it immediately!

[ [link removed] ]SIGN OUR LETTER now! Let your elected leaders know that you are paying
attention and you expect them to pass a budget that reflects the
priorities of America’s families, not just big businesses and the mega
wealthy.


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Call your Senators and tell them to protect WIC!

Unless Congress takes action in the coming weeks to fully fund WIC, the
vital program will be facing a massive emergency resulting in wait lists
or cuts to the program for pregnant women, infants, toddlers, and
postpartum moms. We need to speak out now!!

You can use our special call-in line to quickly call your Senators and
tell them to fully fund WIC. It’s super easy—once you put in your info
you’ll receive a phone call linking you directly to your Senator’s office.
We even provide you with talking points–easy right!?

[ [link removed] ]Call your U.S. Senators today and tell them to “protect women and
children by fully funding WIC”.

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Children need Care, not Cliffs. Sign Now!

Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED ->
[ [link removed] ]Sign Now

Right now, Congress is pushing us closer and closer to a fiscal cliff with
cuts that would cause millions of families to lose access to child care.

The dual forces of an already-crumbling child care system from chronic
underfunding and a global pandemic have thrust child care further into a
state of crisis. Congress took the bold and necessary steps to invest
critical funds to stabilize the child care market which saved our system
from total collapse during the height of the pandemic. But those funds
expire this month - and without continued investment, child care
providers, families, and our economy are headed toward a giant cliff.

All told, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) stabilization dollars that
saved the child care sector from collapse are expiring with projections
that 3.2 million children could lose their child care as a result.

But help is on the way! The Child Care Stabilization Act was introduced
today to provide at least $16 billion per year in emergency child care
dollars to address this, while laying the groundwork for the sustained and
transformative funding needed to ensure high-quality, affordable child
care is accessible for all families.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: Families and children need care, NOT cliffs! It’s time
to pass the Child Care Stabilization Act!


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No cuts to schools

Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED ->
[ [link removed] ]Sign Now

A bill in the Republican-led U.S. House Appropriations Committee would cut
federal funding for Title I schools by 80%. This bill would reduce
education funding more deeply and drastically than ever before. Title I
schools are critical to reducing poverty and reducing achievement gaps.
Schools in which children from low-income families make up at least 40% of
enrollment are eligible to use Title I funds to operate schoolwide
programs that serve all children in the school in order to raise the
achievement of the lowest-achieving students.

A decision like this would devastate our students and schools – at the
same time that schools are facing harmful book bans, censorship, harm, and
toxic political calls for inaccurate curriculum.

This funding helps fill in gaps for schools that have been historically
underfunded for generations—schools in predominantly Black, brown, and
rural areas. In fact, 53% of students nationwide benefit from the enhanced
support and smaller class sizes Title I provides.

* After you take action, please join our fun initiative to make a
handwritten thank you note to a teacher! Once you sign, we'll share the
details on how you can participate and by writing and delivering a note,
and posting a picture of your thank you note on social media with
#ThankYouTeachers.

[ [link removed] ]SIGN NOW to tell Congress NOT to make devastating education cuts.


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SIGN ON! Help Protect Immigrants and Stop Attacks in Budget Talks!

Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED ->
[ [link removed] ]Sign Now

While talks continue to reach an agreement in the U.S. Congress to pass a
spending bill by the end of the year, extremist members of Congress are
taking advantage of this moment to include dangerous immigration items.

Right now, immigrants are under attack at the border and across the
nation. The inclusion of HR2 in the spending bill would put countless
families in danger, detain and deport immigrant children, jail and deport
any immigrant that overstayed a visa, continue building Trump's border
wall, and mandate E-verify which would cripple employers and our economy!

Moms especially know how important our immigrant community members are in
keeping our families and kids healthy. Immigrants make up 17% of the
nation's healthcare workers, 18% of childcare workers, 38% of home health
aides and 12% of the education workforce – caregivers in every sense of
the word!

There are real ways to help and protect immigrants right now! First, we
cannot allow the inclusion of HR2 in the FY 2024 spending bill. Next,
Congress can support legislation that protects immigrant families,
improves access to healthcare, and supports pathways to citizenship.

[ [link removed] ]SIGN ON NOW! Let’s protect immigrants from dangerous amendments in the
FY24 spending bill and instead pass legislation that lifts up immigrant
families!



P.S.– This content is also on the [ [link removed] ]MomsRising blog!

References:

[1] [ [link removed] ]“Senate puts House Republicans in a jam over government funding
bill.” NBC News. September 7, 2023. 

[2] [ [link removed] ]The New York Times. “House GOP Uses Spending Bills To Pick Policy
Spending Fight.” June 23, 2023. 

[3] [ [link removed] ]“House GOP tensions in shutdown drama boil over.” The Hill.
September 18, 2023. 

[ [link removed] ][4] “Millions to be affected as emergency child care funding runs
out.” Scripps News. September 17, 2023.


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