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Indivisibles,
A lot happened last week. So before we dive into what’s next, a quick
update on where we are on our two main priorities right now:
1. The For the People Act: The news isn’t great, but there’s still hope.
Please take a minute to read Ezra’s Medium post “[ [link removed] ]We blew past the
deadline for democracy. So now what?” -- it’ll give you an update on
where we are and what comes next. Chuck Schumer has promised another
vote on For the People in September. That could be another Motion to
Proceed vote (which probably means we still don't have the votes to
change the filibuster) or it could be a rules reform vote that would
help us bypass the filibuster and open the path to actual progress.
Everything we do from today until then is to make sure it’s the
latter.
2. Recovery: We had good news this week on the recovery package! In the
budget resolution the Senate passed last week, Dems included a pathway
to citizenship, Medicare expansion, lowered drug pricing, and huge
investments in climate, childcare, and affordable housing. That's a
big deal, and evidence that all the grassroots pressure-building and
organizing we've been doing works. Next steps on this below.
Finally, a note on Afghanistan: This weekend, we’ve been watching the
Taliban's advance on Kabul in horror and frustration, just as we’ve
watched so much of what’s happened in Afghanistan for the past twenty
years. It is clear there will be a significant need to evacuate and
resettle as many Afghans fleeing the Taliban as possible. Indivisible
isn’t a foreign policy organization, so experts from organizations focused
on resettlement and Middle East issues are your best guides on specific
calls to action: [ [link removed] ]Win Without War offers strong progressive foreign
policy analysis, the [ [link removed] ]Women's Refugee Commission is doing important work
to support evacuating targeted Afghans, and [ [link removed] ]IRAP, [ [link removed] ]HIAS and [ [link removed] ]LIRS
(among many other worthy orgs) support people once they're evacuated. And
we always urge you to look for the helpers -- the people and organizations
in your community who support refugees from any and all conflicts.
With the House and Senate both on recess, now is an important time to make
sure they hear from their constituents at home -- so here are your weekly
to-dos:
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Your weekly to-dos
1. Make Calls on S. 1 / The For the People Act. We may not get everything
we need from S. 1 because the Senate missed the deadline, but that
just makes it doubly important to pass what we can. Depending on where
you live, here’s what we need you to do:
* If you live in Delaware, call Senators Coons and Carper at
1-877-684-7760 and tell them you’ve heard information that
they’re wavering and it's time to pick a side: democracy or the
filibuster. Remind them you're paying attention. (If you want,
[ [link removed] ]fill out your information here and we’ll call you with a
script and patch you through to their office directly.)
* If you live in West Virginia or Arizona, call Senator Manchin or
Sinema and tell them you insist they stop defending the Jim Crow
Filibuster and pass S. 1. Don’t let them off the hook with a
wishy-washy answer. Click [ [link removed] ]here to call Manchin or [ [link removed] ]here to
call Sinema.
* If you have any other Democratic senator, [ [link removed] ]click here to call
them and ask them to turn up the heat on Coons, Carper, Manchin,
and Sinema. Tell them you’re proud to have heard they’re taking a
stand against the filibuster and for our democracy, and ask them
to pressure their colleagues to do the same.
* If you have only Republican senators or no senators (hi, our D.C.
neighbors) or if you want to do more: Push your senators and
representatives to make a public statement calling on Biden to
get into the fight. Biden getting involved could be a game
changer, so if you can, call your [ [link removed] ]representative and then
your [ [link removed] ]senators.
2. Make Calls on Recovery. The recovery package is moving, and
progressives have led the House Democratic Caucus in insisting that we
need a bold recovery package before we’ll pass the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Framework. Nancy Pelosi agrees with their strategy, but
some House moderates are threatening our success. [ [link removed] ]Read our
resource on the package here, then [ [link removed] ]call your members of Congress.
3. RSVP for the March on Washington for Voting Rights: This August, on
the 58th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream”
speech, democracy advocates across the country are joining the
historic March On for Voting Rights.
On Saturday, August 28th, the March On for Voting Rights will take
place in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Miami, Phoenix, Houston, and
across the country as we protect voting rights and demand that
Congress act by passing federal voting rights legislation. [ [link removed] ]Click
here to learn more and join the marches online or in person.
Looking for more to do or feeling stuck with Republican elected officials
who won’t listen? Call your friends with Democratic senators, then
[ [link removed] ]click here to make a monthly donation to support Indivisible and help
us fund the call tools, our pressure campaigns, and more. With this new
intel, we’re planning a big advertising campaign for next week and you can
help make it happen, and your monthly gift will help ensure we can plan
ahead.
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IndivisiWin of the Week
[ [link removed] ]A tweet from Indivisible Havertown that reads
"What better way to honor the 56th anniversary of
the #VotingRightsAct than to listen to stirring
speeches from @RepMGS, @kadidakenner & other area
leaders in the voting rights movement urging passage of
the #ForthePeopleAct? #WeShallOvercome
#EndTheFilibuster #RecessCanWait "
Pennsylvania Indivisibles rallied with local leaders to
urge the Senate to pass the For the People Act.
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