Dear Friend,
1/3 of families with children are struggling to put food on the table
during COVID, yet President Trump and Republican U.S. Senators are
stalling, failing to take action, and ignoring the plight of our families
and economy. [ tel:1888-907-9957 ] Let’s raise our voices, make some calls, and be sure they
hear us loud and clear!
The clock is ticking. We have only about a week to go for the U.S.
Congress to pass a long overdue COVID-relief package. Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell and his Republican colleagues in the Senate who are
holding things up need to feel the pressure and stop standing in the way
of real relief!
***Join me in making a high-impact phone call to your U.S. Senators to
tell them to do their job!
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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 immigrants, and includes
unemployment benefits, childcare, and paid leave.”
Despite the fact that the House of Representatives has passed both the
HEROES Act, which provides over $1 trillion in comprehensive COVID-relief
funding, and the Child Care is Essential Act, which provides $50 billion
to save our child care system, both bills have sat on Republican Senate
Majority Leader McConnell’s desk as he has proposed weak bill, after weak
bill that have failed instead. [1,2] What our families need desperately is
a robust COVID-relief bill that lifts up all families and our economy.
What are we dealing with? Unemployment, parents and students struggling
with virtual learning, some teachers dealing with inadequate protections
during in-person learning, childcare centers being closed, our front line
workers still without the adequate funding they need to fight this virus;
as well as our state governments experiencing massive budget shortfalls
impacting job training, healthcare, education and nutrition programs and a
lot more. Needless to say, we are stressed! We need help! We need help
specifically from our national leaders.
***Call your U.S. Senators right now! Text DoYourJob to 747464 and we’ll
connect you directly to your elected leaders in Washington, D.C. (After
you call one Senator, you can call back and get the other).
It’s been nine weeks since the federal eviction moratorium expired and
eight weeks since the $600/week boost in unemployment benefits has
expired. And Senate Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell just sits
there blaming anyone but his own party for not providing the relief our
families need. Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democrat Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer have been willing to negotiate for months, but their
colleagues across the aisle have stone walled them—all at the detriment of
our families. [ [link removed] ]
Enough is enough! Congress will leave for the election at the end of
September and we need them to pass a robust COVID-relief package that
lifts up our families and our economy before they leave town.
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 [3]RT us on Twitter.
Thank you so much for taking this quick and high-impact action!
-Elyssa, Hanna, Donna, Kristin, and the entire MomsRising Team
[1] [ [link removed] ]"‘Children Are Going Hungry’: Why Schools Are Struggling to Feed
Students.” NPR, September 8, 2020.
[2][ [link removed] ]H.R.600 HEROES Act.
[3] [ [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.
[4] [ [link removed] ]“Congressional leaders insist coronavirus relief deal is needed but
point fingers on inactions.” Washington Post, September 11, 2020.
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