Fellow Conservative,
Good Saturday morning! Here’s the grassroots activist update on what’s happening in Washington and in the states!

>>> Don’t feel like reading? Then listen to something instead. Executive Director Jessica Anderson joined The Federalist Radio Hour <[link removed]> this week to talk CRT and Covid policies in schools. Listen here. <[link removed]>
The House Passes a CR
The House passed a “continuing resolution” on Tuesday night to keep the government funded through March 11. The Senate will vote on the CR next week—before the February 18 spending deadline.

In the background Congressional leaders are negotiating on an omnibus spending package to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year (September 30, 2022).

One thing to know about “continuing resolutions”—a long term CR isn't great governance, as it merely extends funding at the previous year’s spending level. But in this case, a CR would have the advantage of maintaining Trump-era spending policies, such as the Hyde amendment to prohibit taxpayer dollars from funding abortions.

One thing to know about “omnibuses”—an omnibus is also a bad process, and one where conservatives have historically lost. The proper way to fund the government is through the budgeting and appropriations process which breaks spending into different categories and up to 12 bills receive due consideration.

By wrapping everything together in one “omnibus” and dropping it at legislators' feet right before a spending deadline, bad deals tend to be made.

One thing we can all count on—Democrats will try to use an omnibus spending package to drive their left wing policy agenda and try to insert failed policy proposals from the Green New Deal and “Build Back Broke.”
The Global “Wokeness” Act
The House also passed the Global “Wokeness” Act (H.R.3485) this week on partisan lines with a vote of 227-206.

This bill is actually called the Global Respect Act, but its real goal is to push the Left’s radical gender ideology, which is why Heritage Action strongly opposed it.

If signed into law, it would impose sanctions on foreigners, including private citizens, who are found to be responsible for human rights violations against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex individuals.

A perspective to keep in mind: It’s continually getting harder for American families to make ends meet. Under the Biden Administration, inflation has risen to 7.5%, which is a 40-year high. But 227 “woke” congressmen in D.C. were focused on enforcing identity politics overseas rather than working to ease the burden of American citizens.
New State Action Centers
We’re keeping our promise to make education and election integrity key focuses in 2022. We’ve launched several new state action centers at SaveOurSchools.com <[link removed]> and SaveOurElections.com <[link removed]>.

Take Action >>> We now have resources available for Florida, Michigan, Virginia, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Georgia, and Arizona. Click the links above and find your state to contact your legislators and support critical legislation.
SaveOurSchools.com <[link removed]>
SaveOurElections.com <[link removed]>
As state’s legislative sessions continue and more bills are introduced, we’ll continue to add new resources and keep you informed.

Jessica and the Heritage Action team
Join the fight to advance the conservative agenda.

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