Dear Friend,
I’ll get straight to the point: We’re about to go off a COVID cliff. And
we need your help. In just three week, unless Congress acts, many of the
pandemic relief policies that have been lifelines for our families (like
expanded unemployment benefits, emergency paid family leave and earned
sick days, and eviction protections) will all expire on December 31st.
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This is happening as COVID cases are soaring and as we learn that nearly
twenty six million adults reported they didn’t have enough food to eat in
the past week, including more than one in six adults with children. [ tel:18887549091 ]
→ NOW is the time for Congress to take action and we need YOU to help turn
up the volume on what our families are going through and the type of COVID
relief we need!
***Make a high-impact phone call to your U.S. Senators NOW! Text RELIEFNOW
to 747464 or call [1]1-888-754-9091 and we will connect you directly to
your U.S. Senator’s office. (If you call back a second time, we’ll connect
you with your other U.S. Senator’s office).
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Congress has no time to waste. Our families, like Ceanna’s are hurting:
“I am a Mom of two kids, ages 5 and 8. I lost my job in April and have
been on unemployment ever since. My husband works in health care, luckily,
but even he was laid off when the pandemic started. The only way we
survived was from the stimulus money and extra unemployment funds. He now
has taken 2 full time jobs to support us and works 6 days a week, 12 hour
days. I would be looking for work but since our children need to do school
from home now, we really don't have that option. I would love to rely on
our families, but our parents are all in their 70's and with my husband
working in health care it just isn't safe to expose them. This pandemic
has affected every aspect of our lives.”
***Make a high-impact phone call to your U.S. Senators NOW! Text RELIEFNOW
to 747464 or call [ tel:18887549091 ]1-888-754-9091 and we will connect you directly to
your Senator’s office. (If you call back a second time, we’ll connect you
with your other Senator’s office).
Calling your U.S. Senator now is super important because negotiations have
started on an end-of-the year COVID-relief package. [3] Our families have
been waiting months for more funding for programs that will support our
families, hospitals, and economy during this pandemic. Programs like
expanded unemployment benefits, extensions on emergency paid leave and
earned sick days, protections against evictions, funding for healthcare
programs and childcare and K-12 education, and expansions of the EITC and
Child Tax Credit and another round of stimulus checks are needed to
provide much needed cash to struggling families and local businesses.
While we have needed this package for months, the crisis point we are
facing right now is extreme. Unless Congress takes action within the next
few weeks, 12 million people will be immediately kicked off of
unemployment insurance [ tel:18887549091 ] and 19 million renters will lose their homes.
[ [link removed] ] This is all at the same time that 1 in 4 children are living in hunger
because of the impacts of COVID and cases of the virus are soaring in
every single state—and only expected to go up as we head into the holidays
and colder months. [6,7]
Inaction is not an option! Our families and economy are hurting and we
need our leaders in Congress to know that we expect them to take action
NOW!
Even if you think your U.S. Senator supports COVID relief, we need all of
Congress talking about how much they are hearing from their constituents
about how urgent this is. Making calls to your Senator’s office is a
high-impact way to make your voice heard. MomsRising is joining with
dozens of other organizations around the country for a #ReliefCantWait
National Call-In Day, so today is a great day to make sure the phones are
ringing off the hook on Capitol Hill.
***Take a minute to call your U.S. Senators and let them know that
#ReliefCantWait! Text RELIEFNOW to 747464 and we’ll connect you directly
to your Senator’s office.
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When we connect you with your U.S. Senator’s office, tell them “Pass a
COVID-relief package that protects all families and extends paid leave,
unemployment benefits, eviction protections and funding for childcare and
healthcare.” If you have a personal story about how COVID is impacting you
and your family, we encourage you to share it with your Senator.
After you make your calls, you can help lift up our message by sending
this email to your friends and also reposting it on social media. We are
using #ReliefCantWait and you can also [5]RT us on Twitter and repost on
[ [link removed] ]Facebook and [ [link removed] ]Instagram.
Thank you for continuing to speak up for our families during this tough
time.
-Elyssa, Ruth, Felicia, Nina, Hanna, Donna, Kristin, and the whole
MomsRising / MamásConPoder team
P.S. Can you also take a second to [ [link removed] ]sign our petition to Congress
calling on them to pass a robust, comprehensive COVID-relief package
immediately?
P.P.S. Are you one of the people that will lose emergency paid leave or
unemployment benefits at the end of the year? Are you struggling with
child care and/or virtual learning during the pandemic? [ [link removed] ]MomsRising
wants to hear from you about your COVID experience.
[1] [ [link removed] ]“Here Are All The Coronavirus Relief Programs Expiring At the End
of the Year.” Forbes, November 17, 2020.
[2] [ [link removed] ]“A growing number of Americans are going hungry.” Washington Post,
November 25, 2020.
[3] [ [link removed] ]“Stimulus package update: Despite 3 new proposals, negotiations
are off to a rocky start.” CNET, December 1, 2020.
[4] [ [link removed] ]“12 Million Workers Facing Jobless Benefit Cliff on December 26.”
The Century Foundation, November 18, 2020.
[5] [ [link removed] ]“Nearly 19 million Americans could lose their homes when eviction
limits expire Dec. 31.” CBS News, November 27, 2020.
[6] [ [link removed] ]“One in Six Americans Could Go Hungry In 2020 as pandemic
persists.” National Geographic, November 24, 2020.
[7] [ [link removed] ]“U.S. reported more COVID-19 cases in November than most countries
had all year.” CBS News, November 30, 2020.
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