WHY WE VOTE: FOOD, HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, & EFFECTIVE RESPONSES TO CRISES
ACTION ONE: CALL YOUR SENATORS
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WYDEN AND MERKLEY:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
The Administration’s response to COVID-19 has been negligent and ineffective. Congress needs to create guidelines for social distancing and legislation to protect the income, housing, food, and health care security for workers without paid sick leave and the working poor. Tax cuts do not help people who can’t go to work.
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR HOUSE REPS
Not sure who your U.S. Representative is? Find out here.
SAMPLE SCRIPTS FOR REPRESENTATIVES:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
The Administration’s response to COVID-19 has been negligent and ineffective. Congress needs to create guidelines for social distancing and legislation to protect the income, housing, food, and health care security for workers without paid sick leave and the working poor. Tax cuts do not help people who can’t go to work.
CALL SUZANNE BONAMICI (OR-01)
CALL GREG WALDEN (OR-02)
CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)
CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)
CALL KURT SCHRADER (OR-05)
ACTION THREE: CALL GOVERNOR BROWN
Governor’s Constituent Services Office
503-378-4582
503-378-4582
Sample script:
The federal government’s response to COVID-19 has been negligent and ineffective. Please follow the lead of governors in hard-hit states and publicize guidelines for social distancing. Oregon’s working poor need housing, food, and health care support if they are exposed or sick. Please use your leadership to make this happen.
BACKGROUND:
COVID-19 underscores that our well-being is dependent on the well-being of everyone. We progressives already knew that. We also knew government must do everything possible to protect us. We want an effective response to COVID-19. We want access to good schools, food security, safe housing, affordable healthcare, and clean air and water for everyone, because we know our security depends on everyone’s.
Trump’s Republicans don’t care about anyone but themselves. They cut funding for pandemics and the environment. They cut programs that provide access to food, housing, and health care. They threaten to end Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. They claim their draconion actions are necessary, while disregarding the increasedenvironmental, economic, and racial injustices that result. Their values and their actions are not what we want.
The November election will decide whether we live their vision or ours. SCOTUS will decide the future of the ACA just when we need it most, and the November election will decide what the court will look like as older justices retire. This election is more about the vision and values we want. Join us to elect a President and Congress that shares our values
SOURCES:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-will-take-challenge-obamacare-s-individual-mandate-n1146901
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/trump-open-cut-entitlement-spending-social-security-medicare-interview-davos-2020-1-1028837128?op=1
https://nlihc.org/resource/analysis-president-trumps-fy-2021-budget-request
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/business/trump-budget-2021/
https://www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-2021-budget-roundup
