DO YOUR JOB: SENATE,PASS LEGISLATION; HOUSE, ENFORCE TIMELY OVERSIGHT; CITIZENS, GET OUT THE VOTE (GOTV)
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 urge you to call on all Senators to do their job:
- pass the Heroes Act
- pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
- pass the Voting Rights Advancement Act
- support the Schatz-Paul amendment to remove Program 1033 from the National Defense Authorization Act
- immediately investigate the handling of intelligence about Russian bounty payments for dead US soldiers
- immediately investigate Barr’s interference in SDNY investigations and use of unidentifiable, heavily armed men against peaceful protesters
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].
For Blumenauer, Bonamici, DeFazio, and Schrader: I urge you to do your job:
- ask the Chair of the House Armed Services Committee to be sure the FY’21 NDAA does not expand Program 1033
- immediately investigate the handling of intelligence about Russian bounty payments for dead US soldiers
- immediately investigate Barr’s interference in SDNY investigations and use of unidentifiable, heavily armed men against peaceful protesters
- issue subpoenaes for Barr and current and former DNI to testify immediately.
For Walden: It is time to uphold your oath of office and do your job:
- end the 1033 program
- immediately investigate the handling of intelligence about Russian bounty payments for dead US soldiers
- immediately investigate Barr’s interference in SDNY investigations and use of unidentifiable, heavily armed men against peaceful protesters
- issue subpoenaes for Barr and current and former DNI to testify immediately.
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: ACT FOR AN ANTI-RACIST FUTURE
- Watch this video to challenge yourself on the issue of racial justice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aCn72iXO9s&feature=youtube.be
Work to get out the vote (GOTV):
- We host virtual letter writing events every Saturday and every fourth Tuesday — sign up at https://swingleft.org/group/indivisible-oregon
- Write letters to voters from home, whenever it’s convenient for you. Register with Vote Forward to get started at votefwd.org
- Host your own virtual letter-writing party. Get started here at https://swingleft.org/p/virtual-letter-writing-party
BACKGROUND:
Our humanity compels us to save lives, keep people in their homes, protect voting rights, and prevent police brutality. The Democratic House has passed 400 bills that Trump’s GOP Senate refuses to address. The Heroes Act protects our vote and financial security. The Justice in Policing Act limits police brutality. We are stronger when we all stand with disproportionately impacted Black communities.
Trump’s GOP, McConnell‘s Senate, and Barr‘s DOJ have turned protecting us into partisan gamesmanship, our suffering into racist tropes. They refuse to address the long-term effects of systemic racism or our current crises, instead promoting fear, hate, and violence. They don’t govern; they abuse power, enrich themselves, and suppress our votes.
Trump allowed our soldiers to die, as Putin paid their killers. Trump hid intelligence assessments. His GOP is silently complicit.
We call for our Senators to pressure Republican colleagues to do their job: pass essential legislation, oppose Program 1033 expansion, and stop protecting Trump. We call for our Representatives to impeach Barr, subpoena past and present intelligence community members to testify immediately, and bring charges of inherent contempt for failure to comply. We pledge to do our job and GOTV to replace Trump’s GOP.