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.”

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, post our call-in graphic to Facebook and 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. [4] 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. [5]

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).

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 click to share on Facebook and Twitter.

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 share your COVID story with us?

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