Indivisibles,

We’re thrilled to be launching our biggest 2022 program yet today, and we want you to be the first to know:

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Announcing Let’s Go, Joe! -- Indivisible's program to cheer on President Biden and encourage him to take action on the issues that will most impact everyday Americans. 

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So what does this program actually do? We’re glad you asked. We’re going to use all the tools in Indivisible’s playbook to encourage Biden to take action. That means public events. It means behind-the-scenes lobbying. It means tweets at the White House. It means digital ads. It even means (you guessed it) calls to members of Congress. We’ll be asking President Biden to do something very simple -- use the power that the American people invested in him to take action on some of the top issues of our day: things like student debt, lowering prescription drug prices, climate change and more. 

In the next section of this email, we’re going to explain in a little more detail exactly what that means. But if you’re already all in, or have anything you’d like to share, click here to take our Let’s Go Joe survey and let us know which issues you’d most like President Biden to take on this spring.

What Can President Biden Do?

Policymaking usually focuses entirely on pressuring Congress to take action. And during the Trump years and early in the Biden Administration, that made a lot of sense. President Trump wouldn’t listen to us, and for most of last year, it looked like Congress could actually make some progress. Plus, you have the most leverage with your own member of Congress (remember that for the next section). That’s all still true. Legislation is better and longer-lasting than actions taken by the Executive office (and we’re still going to be pushing for Congress to act). But… we’re in a critical moment to demand bold action from the Biden Administration and, if we’re successful, win meaningful and immediate improvements to people's lives. 

And that’s where President Biden comes in. 

He has the ability to do a lot – a WHOLE lot – with the stroke of a pen. (Remember the DACA program? President Obama got relief for undocumented young adults through executive action. FDR signed more than 3,000 executive orders! This is common!)

Right now, there are four main buckets where we think President Biden can take quick and decisive action that will improve people’s lives immediately: Economic Justice (including Student Debt) & Tax Fairness, Climate Change, Healthcare & Prescription Drug Pricing and other Racial Justice Reforms (like Immigration and more). Over the coming months, we’ll be calling on him to do just that. 

Joe Biden promised to take action on these things – by cheering him on and telling him we’ve got his back, we’re providing public support and encouragement to help him across the finish line. 

What can Members of Congress do?

If you’ve been with Indivisible for a while, you know we’re very focused on members of Congress, so you won’t be surprised to hear that we think they have a role to play here. 

For better or worse, members of Congress, particularly in the President’s own party, have a lot of influence with the commander in chief. So when they call on POTUS to do something, it has an impact. 

The Congressional Progressive Caucus has begun to indicate they’re going to encourage President Biden to take executive actions on top priorities. That could come in the form of letters to the administration, committee hearings, op-eds and agenda-setting power. While they haven’t yet said exactly what their calls to action will be, we’re preparing to support them. Which brings us to…

What Can I Do?

Glad you asked! There are some tried-and-true administrative advocacy tactics we’ll be teaching you about in the coming weeks. In the near term, here are the easiest three asks:

1. If you have DEMOCRATIC members of Congress (i.e. the ones President Biden is most likely to listen to): Call your Democratic senator(s) (Senate script here) or representative (House script here) and ask them to tell President Biden to take action (Let’s Go Joe!). Those two scripts are about climate relief and student debt, but over the coming weeks, we’ll provide scripts for more priority issues. 
2. If you have a REPUBLICAN member of Congress or no congressional representation: Advocate with the administration directly. Real talk, calling the White House comment line is A LOT less effective than calling your MoC, BUT being in a red state and telling President Biden that you support bold executive action does give him more cover to say "see these actions are overwhelmingly popular across party lines. 
3. Take our Let’s Go Joe Executive Action survey. Your responses will help us understand which potential executive actions matter most to our movement, and what you’re excited to work on. 

There are some other tactics in our Executive Action Explainer if you’re really excited about this work and want to do more. 

Administrative advocacy is new to us as an organization, but the truth is, this isn’t so different from what we’ve been doing. All the same theories of change we’ve always promoted about how to wield our constituent power stay the same. We’re excited to be going with you into this new adventure!

In solidarity, 

Indivisible Team

P.S. – Real talk, since we’ve been focused on getting this up and running, we’re a liiiittle behind on our fundraising goal for the month. If you’re excited about this work and want to support it, we’d really appreciate a donation today. :)