Dear Friend,
If you are anything like me, you are working overtime right now and there
is no way there are enough hours in the day to get everything
accomplished. Right now, like a lot of MomsRising members, I am
setting kids up for a virtual back-to-school, trying to safely run my
errands (where is my mask? hand sanitizer?), trying to work a full work
day, and, honestly? Spending a lot of time worrying about, well,
everything.
Between the unpaid work of caregiving (and teaching!!) at home and our
paid work, moms have no choice but to work overtime during COVID. That’s
why it makes me FURIOUS that the U.S. Senate Republicans and Trump
Administration can’t even do the basics of their job—pass a COVID-relief
package! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? They need to get to work.
***Join me in making a high-impact phone call to your Senators to tell
them to do their job!
-->Text DoYourJob to 747464 <-- and we’ll connect you directly to your
District of Columbia U.S. Senator’s office. When their staff picks up, say “Get
back to the negotiating table and pass a robust COVID-relief package that
protects all our families, including unemployment benefits, childcare, and
paid leave.”
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We’re hearing that right now the only thing our U.S. Senators are paying
attention to are phone calls. So we need to flood the phone lines up on
Capitol Hill. Get your friends and family to help —after you make your
call, [ [link removed] ]post our call-in graphic to Facebook and [ [link removed] ]Twitter so all your
friends can take action as well!
Here’s what’s going on: Despite the House of Representatives passing the
HEROES Act over three months ago [1] and two weeks ago passing the Child
Care is Essential Act [2], everything has come to a screeching halt under
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s leadership. It’s been four weeks
since the federal eviction moratorium expired and three weeks since the
$600/week boost in unemployment benefits have expired. Yet, still the
Trump Administration offers nothing but unworkable and insufficient
solutions [3] and the President’s own representatives have all but walked
away from the negotiating table…in fact, it’s rumored that White House
Chief of Staff Mark Meadows might even be on vacation this week. [ tel: ] I
could only dream of such a luxury!
Enough is enough! Parents are juggling ALL OF THE THINGS. We are
struggling to put food on the table, care for our children, pay the bills,
and for those of us lucky enough to have a job right now—considering that
8.57 million women are still unemployed—work. [ [link removed] ]
The U.S. Senate has ONE JOB right now and that’s to help our families so
we can help our economy.
We have been told that the highest impact action we can take right now is
making phone calls to our U.S. Senators. We want to make sure the phones
ring off the hook today, so join me in calling your Senators and telling
them to #DoYourJob!
You can use our hotline. Just text DoYourJob to 747464 and we’ll connect
you directly to your U.S. Senator’s office. (If you call back a second
time, you’ll get your other Senator).
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Our families are hurting and the clock is ticking. We need Congress to
pass a robust, comprehensive COVID-relief package immediately. So after
you call your U.S. Senators, forward this email to your friends and family
and [5]click to share on Facebook and [ [link removed] ]Twitter.
Thank you so much for taking this quick and high-impact action!
-Ruth and the entire MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder team
P.S. Thank you so much for calling your Senators. We also really want to
hear from you how you and your family are doing during the pandemic. Can
you [ [link removed] ]share your COVID story with us?
[1] [ [link removed] ]H.R. 600 HEROES Act.
[2] [ [link removed] ]“Progress! Today’s U.S. House Votes Will Help Child Care Programs
Stay Open or Re-Open, Support Working Families, and Aid Our Recovery—If
the U.S. Senates Does Same.” MomsRising, July 29, 2020.
[3] [ [link removed] ]“We Are Not Fooled: Moms Won’t Give President Trump Credit for
Using Half-Measures to Address a Crisis His Administration and His Senate
Allies Created.” MomsRising. August 8, 2020.
[4] [ [link removed] ]“No stimulus deal anytime soon.” Politico, August 11, 2020.
[5] [ [link removed] ]“Monthly number of unemployed women in the United Sates from July
2019 to July 2020.” Statista, August 10, 2020.
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