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Indivisibles,
We are crossing our fingers. We are knocking on every wooden surface
within reach. But, most of all, we are celebrating -- the Senate passed
the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 on Sunday.
The bill now moves on to the House where we need your Member of Congress
to assure its passage, but importantly, this bill is on track to be a
historic achievement for activists and progressives across the country
(*knocks on wood again*).
After a year of countless negotiations led in good-faith by (most)
Democrats and marred by Republican obstructionism, passage in the Senate
all but guarantees that this progressive agenda will become a new baseline
for American life: A roughly 40% reduction in emissions by 2030, 6 million
estimated jobs added over 10 years, the authority for Medicare to
negotiate some drug prices, continued savings on premiums for folks on the
ACA marketplace, an excise tax on stock buybacks, and a 15% corporate
minimum tax are included among other things.
This is undoubtedly progressive policy. It is the largest investment in
climate infrastructure in our nation’s history and it will drastically
lower health care costs for millions of Americans.
The leadership of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was invaluable in
this fight. His indefatigable drive to continue coming back to the table
ensured that a bill centered around lowering costs for families passed
through the Senate cleanly without any poison pill Republican amendments
to peel away a razor thin Democratic majority.
But, most of all, the work of getting this almost to the finish line
belongs to activists like you.
It has been a year of phone calls, a year of Letters to the Editor, and a
year of Soapboxx appeals. It’s been a year of bird-dogging, showing up at
your reps’ offices, and staging protests. It has been a year of continued
effort by activists on the ground to get us where we are today. You
brought us to this moment:
One. More. Vote.
Friday, the House will take up a vote on the Inflation Reduction Act of
2022. [ [link removed] ]Let them know we need to get this across the finish line! We are
so close. Now is not the time to falter. Let’s finish strong.
With that, here are your weekly to-dos:
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Your 5 weekly to-dos
1. [ [link removed] ]Click here to call your representative and tell them to pass the
Inflation Reduction Act immediately. Sen. Schumer came through and
delivered the Senate, now we need to help Speaker Pelosi deliver the
House. We can not afford any small mistake or waffling representative
to derail this historic legislation in its final moments. Call your
representative today and let them know that they can make history this
week, creating a brighter future for the United States and the world.
2. [ [link removed] ]Click here to call your senator and tell them to pass the Marriage
Equality Act. Following the Dobbs decision, same-sex marriage is now
on the chopping block for the Republican Supreme Court. Recently,
Senate Republicans blocked passage of the Right to Contraception Act
reminding us that our rights are not only in jeopardy, but Republicans
will actively refuse to enshrine them into law without pressure. We
cannot allow the MAGA-led rollback of our rights to continue -- not
while our senators have the power to intervene. Voting against the
Marriage Equality Act would be wildly unpopular and put these
politicians’ careers in jeopardy (which is why we saw some House
Republicans vote with Democrats on it). Let’s make sure Republican
senators know it too!
3. [ [link removed] ]Click here to call your senator and demand they pass the Markey
Court Expansion Bill. Even as Democrats work to expand our rights, the
threat of them being overturned by the Supreme Court looms large. We
must expand the court after Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell conspired
to pack it for generations to come. The only way to re-legitimize the
court is to expand it. Contact your senator and, when you’re done,
[ [link removed] ]click here to contact your representative and tell them to pass
Rep. Mondaire Jones' House version of the bill.
4. [ [link removed] ]Click here to register to Give No Ground. The fight for our
country’s future begins today. If we do not hold the House and achieve
a real majority in the Senate, our plans to codify basic human rights
will falter. To win, we must get the message out. Give No Ground is
our home for opportunities to phonebank, textbank, canvass, postcard,
and more so that when November comes around, we can say that we gave
it our all for democracy. And, while you’re there, check out the new
[ [link removed] ]Give No Ground resource hub to dive into more information about the
tools and tactics we’ll use to win in November.
5. Do you live in a rural area? [ [link removed] ]Click here to join our National Rural
Program. We have special election resources and calls specifically for
our rural Indivisibles where you can learn more about strategies and
issues specific to Indivisibles living in rural areas. If you want an
idea of what that looks like, [ [link removed] ]click here to check out our agenda
and notes from previous meetings.
The work of defending democracy continues with your help. In order to keep
Give No Ground running and to fund all of the work we do here at
Indivisible, [ [link removed] ]click here to donate today.
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IndivisiCandidates
Indivisible is proud to announce that we have voted to nationally endorse
Rep. Katie Porter (CA-47), Rep. Sara Jacobs (CA-51), Josh Riley (NY-19),
Ashley Ehasz (PA-01), John Fetterman (PA-Sen), Rep. Tom Malinowski
(NJ-07), and Herb Jones (VA-01)!
[11]Gif of Katie Porter, Sara Jacobs, Tom Malinowski, Ashley Ehasz, Herb
Jones, John Fetterman, and Josh Riley.
We can’t say enough good things about this exceptional group -- and we are
going to need to put all of our support behind them to defeat the MAGA
Republicans running across the state. [ [link removed] ]Click here to see all of our
endorsed candidates and learn more about our endorsements process.
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National Events
[ [link removed] ]Click here to register for Indivisible’s Deep Canvassing Phonebank for
Matt Cartwright, John Fetterman, Andy Kim, Lauren Underwood, and Rev.
Raphael Warnock on Tuesday, August 16th from 5pm-8pm ET/2pm-5pm PT. Deep
canvassing is a proven method for persuading and moving voters to action
even across ideological differences. In this year’s electoral deep
canvassing phonebanks, we’re having open conversations about voters’ stake
in abortion access and inviting them to act on their beliefs by voting for
progressive candidates -- and we’ve been moving around 10% of voters we
talk to, a massive electorate shift especially in close races! Please note
this is a 3hr event: you’ll receive a 1hr training on deep canvassing
fundamentals, followed by a 2hr phonebank + debrief for the Eastern or
Central Give No Ground candidate of your choice.
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IndivisiWin of the Week
[ [link removed] ]An Indivisible Mayday group leader holding a "We
will not be silenced. Women's rights are human rights"
sign while protesting.
An Indivisible Mayday Group Leader drowning out counter
protestors at a rally for abortion rights in
Pennsylvania.
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We are just days from history. Let us do everything we can to make sure we
can look back and say it happened rather than wondering what we could have
done to stop it from falling apart. [ [link removed] ]Call your representative today,
next week we celebrate.
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