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Tell your member of Congress you won’t wait another day: Indivisibles,
As of today, it’s been 264 days since Congress passed the CARES Act. That’s 264 days that millions of Americans have been left to fend for themselves while Mitch McConnell plays politics with their lives.
We’re all anxiously awaiting the next round of COVID-19 relief -- but there’s more we can do in the meantime. Join our national call-in day tomorrow, December 15, to tell your member of Congress to pass meaningful COVID-19 relief that prioritizes the American people, not corporations:
Before you make calls to your member of Congress, here’s an update on the current state of negotiations:
Last week, the House passed a resolution to avoid a shutdown by funding the government until midnight on December 18. This is important because any COVID-19 relief package will be attached to the government funding bill -- two birds, one stone. A bipartisan group of senators called the “908 Coalition” has been negotiating the terms of a $908B COVID-19 relief package and is set to release the text of their proposal this evening. We’re still waiting to see what makes it into the agreement, but there are a few provisions we’re paying close attention to -- relief checks, boosted unemployment insurance, and corporate immunity. We know Americans desperately need both relief checks AND unemployment insurance (really, the bare minimum), but Mitch McConnell has been advocating most strongly for his corporate donors. No surprises there.
Whichever way McConnell spins it, corporate immunity stands in direct contrast with keeping Americans safe. For more details on what Pelosi called “an assault on American workers,” read our resource on how corporate immunity makes workers more vulnerable and protects large corporations.
We hope you’ll join us for our call-in day tomorrow to demand your senators pass a meaningful COVID-19 relief bill.
With that, here are your weekly to-dos:
Your weekly to-dos
- TOMORROW: Call your senators to demand they pass a meaningful COVID-19 relief bill. While we wait for Congress to iron out their plan to fund the government and pass a COVID-19 relief package, it's up to us to make our priorities heard. Join us tomorrow to call your senators to make sure the next relief bill meets the moment to prioritize Americans, not McConnell’s corporate donors. Then keep calling all week.
- Review this list of actions you can take to impact the results of the Georgia runoffs. Today kicks off early voting in Georgia, so it’s more crucial than ever for us to ensure that voters are prepared and informed. Whether it's writing letters or making calls (in English or Spanish!), there are plenty of opportunities to reach voters in the next few weeks. Can’t volunteer but still want to make an impact? Donate to support our plans in Georgia and all our work.
- Record a video demanding your members of Congress pass COVID relief NOW. We want to hear from you -- submit a video addressing your members of Congress and telling them why relief can't wait. Please feel free to share how COVID-19 has impacted you and your community, and what a relief bill would mean to you.
- Read and share this summary of our priorities for the final weeks of 2020. We’ve got plans for this transition period between now and Inauguration Day -- including helping Democrats regain full control of both chambers of Congress. We know we’re keeping control of the House, but we won’t know the Senate’s makeup until after the Georgia runoff elections in January 2021. There’s a lot of uncertainty right now, but we’ve got lots of goals to finish the year strong.
- Learn about how a progressive voting bloc in Congress can equal big wins. Progressives hold a significant portion of the total Democratic seats in the House, including some exciting progressive freshman. In order to pass legislation, Democratic leadership needs the support of as many of their members as possible and can only afford to lose a few members. One important way House progressives can grow and use their power is through a voting bloc -- by executing a voting bloc strategically, they can force leadership to listen to their demands and win key victories.
2020 Update
The Electoral College is meeting today to formally elect Joe Biden to be the 46th President of the United States.
The meeting of the Electoral College is typically an unremarkable administrative event but because of Trump’s incessant protests to “stop the steal,” this cycle’s meeting has drawn national attention. Some states, especially Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, are concerned their ceremonies will be disrupted by Trump supporters trafficking in anti-democracy conspiracy theories. Efforts to disrupt and, ultimately, invalidate electoral votes is a deliberate attempt to subvert the will of the people and disenfranchise millions; though unlikely to happen, it’s a dark day in American democracy when 40% of voters ignore basic, confirmed facts of the election.
Electors will all be meeting in-person in their home states over the course of the day -- each state, not the federal government, sets its own process to govern the meeting of the electors, so there’s a lot of variability in when and where electors will meet. Should no shenanigans occur, Joe Biden will collect the majority of electoral votes later this afternoon, all but sealing his fate to be the next person behind the Resolute Desk.
National Events
January National Activist Call
Join us for the first National Activist Call of 2021. This call is taking place right after the Georgia runoff elections AND after Congress meets to count the electoral votes from each state -- that’s on purpose. We’ll have plenty to talk about so we hope to see you there!
Date: January 7, 2021, at 8 pm EST -- Register here.
Georgia GOTV Call-a-Thon with special guest -- Alyssa Milano!
Join Indivisibles and activist Alyssa Milano to call Georgia voters in the final hours before the runoff election. By talking to these voters directly, you’ll have a chance to empower them to turn out to help push Warnock and Ossoff across the finish line.
Date: January 4, 2021, at 6 pm EST -- Register here.
We also want to point out our recently updated events map! Use it to find virtual or in-person events happening all through next year.
Georgia Runoffs: only three weeks left
With just three weeks until the Georgia runoff elections, we’re hard at work rolling out our plans. Between our ads program, direct voter contact work, rural and Latinx outreach, and support to partners and Indivisible groups in Georgia, we’re committing a ton of time and resources to winning and entering 2021 in a strong position. We need your help to make it all possible: donate to support our plans in Georgia and all our work.
Happy Birthday to our movement!
We can’t believe we’re saying this but today is Indivisible’s 4th birthday! Check out this video to recap some of our biggest wins:
Four years ago today, our co-founder Ezra tweeted out “A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda” amid nationwide anxiety and despair. Things haven’t gotten easier since 2016 but even as we battle a pandemic, you’ve given us reason to remain hopeful. Four years later, we defeated Trump. We kept the House and are in the fight of our lives to take the Senate. We won big national victories and made powerful change at the local level. We owe those wins to the millions of ordinary people, like you, who decided to do their part for our democracy.
Indivisibles, today, we celebrate you.
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team 
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