Tomorrow, the House will vote on a coronavirus response bill the Senate passed yesterday that leaves the vast majority of Americans without much needed relief.

Former Harry Reid aide Adam Jentleson commented: "Dems are saving their biggest asks for the next round. Republicans said, OK great, really looking forward to the next round - but first let’s just take care of a quick piece of housekeeping, which is to give us the thing we need most. Then we’ll be sure to listen to your demands."

The bill does not secure our elections. There's no support for front line workers. Nothing to keep workers on payrolls or give Americans recurring payments. No suspension of rent or mortgage payments. No student debt relief or expansion of Social Security benefits during the crisis.

We keep being told to wait for the real solutions. We elected a Democratic House -- we need to use it and stop letting Mitch McConnell control the terms of the debate.

Please join the PCCC, Indivisible, the Women's March, and 20 other groups calling on House Democrats to oppose any bill in the next round that does not prioritize the People’s Agenda. We must keep people on payrolls, provide real financial relief for all Americans, protect public health, and enact a vote-by-mail requirement in November's election. Sign here.

Our country is facing an unprecedented crisis. Our communities need Congress — and the Democrats we’ve empowered to control the House — to fight for the People’s Agenda.

That means that the next coronavirus response bill must:

1. Keep people on payrolls: Stop mass layoffs and preserve employment relationships for all businesses, including small businesses. Ensure federal dollars go to workers and small businesses, not enriching CEOs and Wall Street.
2. Provide financial relief: Expand aid for the most vulnerable, including direct cash assistance, increased food aid, debt relief, and eviction protections.
3. Protect public health: Full health coverage for all coronavirus care and protections for all frontline workers.
4. Defend elections: Enact a vote-by-mail requirement for 2020 federal elections while maintaining access to in-person voting for those who do not have access to mail voting.

And, Democrats must ensure the next package provides relief to every person in this country, regardless of tax or immigration status, age, or disability.

On this push, we're proud to team up with Indivisible, Social Security Works, United We Dream, Ultraviolet, Friends of the Earth, Working Families Party, Women’s March, Demand Progress, Bend the Arc, Center for Popular Democracy, Mijente, Demos, Color Of Change, Black to the Future Action Fund, People’s Action, NextGen America, Democracy for America, Community Change Action, Justice Democrats, and Jobs with Justice.

Add your name: We call on every member of the Democratic caucus to pledge to vote NO on any coronavirus response bill that does not focus on the People’s Agenda.

Thanks for being a bold progressive.

--The PCCC team

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