IT IS PAST TIME TO GIVE MONEY DIRECTLY TO PEOPLE AND STATES
ACTION ONE: JOIN US FOR #INDIVISIBLE TUESDAY
In order to slow the spread of COVID-19 and to protect everyone’s health, we have suspended all in-person events. Join Indivisible Hillsboro organizers and our MOCs’ staff via Zoom conference at 11 AM through their Facebook page.
ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR SENATORS
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WYDEN AND MERKLEY:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [ZIP code].
I have called several times about the need for Congress to give money directly to people and states, and I appreciate that you agree such legislation is essential. I urge you to refuse to accept no for an answer from your colleagues as you continue to push them to act.
Today I’m asking you to speak out and support a relief package that:
- gives direct aid to state and local governments solely according to their needs
- keeps people on payrolls
- provides direct cash assistance, increased food aid, debt relief, and eviction protections to everyone, including those made vulnerable by having been marginalized, based on need.
- pays for universal access to all COVID-19 care
- supplies all necessary protection for all frontline workers
- funds universal vote-by-mail and USPS
- allows for transparency in the distribution of resources
- grants individuals, municipalities, and states the right to sue if these requirements are not met.
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
ACTION THREE: CALL YOUR HOUSE REP
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SAMPLE SCRIPTS FOR REPRESENTATIVES:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [ZIP code].
For Blumenauer:
I have called several times about the need for Congress to give money directly to people and states, and I appreciate that you agree such legislation is essential. I urge you to refuse to accept no for an answer from your colleagues as you continue to push them to act.
Today I’m asking you to speak out and support a relief package that:
- gives direct aid to state and local governments solely according to their needs
- keeps people on payrolls
- provides direct cash assistance, increased food aid, debt relief, and eviction protections to everyone, including those made vulnerable by having been marginalized, based on need.
- pays for universal access to all COVID-19 care
- supplies all necessary protection for all frontline workers
- funds universal vote-by-mail and USPS
- allows for transparency in the distribution of resources
- grants individuals, municipalities, and states the right to sue if these requirements are not met. Thank you.
For Bonamici, DeFazio, and Schrader:
I am calling yet again about the need for Congress to give money directly to people and states, and I will keep calling until Congress passes legislation to do so. While pushing some of your colleagues may be difficult and getting Trump’s GOP senate to pass legislation from the House daunting, it needs to be done. Let them tell their constituents over and over again that they do not care, while you tell yours as many times as it takes that you do.
I ask you to speak out and support a relief package that:
- gives direct aid to state and local governments soley according to their needs
- keeps people on payrolls
- provides direct cash assistance, increased food aid, debt relief, and eviction protections to everyone, including those made vulnerable by having been marginalized, based on need.
- pays for universal access to all COVID-19 care
- supplies all necessary protection for all frontline workers
- funds universal vote-by-mail and USPS
- allows for transparency in the distribution of resources
- grants individuals, municipalities, and states the right to sue if these requirements are not met. Thank you.
For Walden:
I am calling yet again about the need for Congress to give money directly to people and states, and I will keep calling until Congress passes legislation to do so. While pushing some of your colleagues may be difficult, it needs to be done. You have the opportunity to let your constituents know you care. Let your colleagues tell theirs that they don’t.
I ask you to speak out and support a relief package that:
- gives direct aid to state and local governments soley according to their needs
- keeps people on payrolls
- provides direct cash assistance, increased food aid, debt relief, and eviction protections to everyone, including those made vulnerable by having been marginalized, based on need.
- pays for universal access to all COVID-19 care
- supplies all necessary protection for all frontline workers
- funds universal vote-by-mail and USPS
- allows for transparency in the distribution of resources
- grants individuals, municipalities, and states the right to sue if these requirements are not met. Thank you.
CALL SUZANNE BONAMICI (OR-01)
CALL GREG WALDEN (OR-02)
CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)
CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)
CALL KURT SCHRADER (OR-05)
BACKGROUND:
Although we are all in the same storm, we are NOT all in the same boat. Systemic racism has left communities of color and non-European immigrant populations more vulnerable to dying of COVID-19. Systemic racism and poverty funnel people into low paying jobs that can’t be done from home and don’t include paid sick leave or health insurance. Now, many of those jobs have been eliminated.
Trump’s GOP has consistently refused to protect US from COVID-19. They discount suffering and death while promoting white supremacy and violence. Trump’s GOP prioritizes immediate political gain over the public‘s health, diverts medical and financial resources intended for US to themselves and their wealthy cronies, and defies oversight. They reject paycheck protection, guaranteed income, universal health care, money for states, voting safety, and USPS.
The next COVID-19 bill must give money directly to people and states according to need, not what they will do for Trump. It must include specified constraints on how Trump can administer resources, robust legislative oversight, and full enforcement when the Administration obstructs or stonewalls.
We will continue to demand care for everyone. We will continue to speak for those whose voices are discounted or ignored.
