Absolutely. We should have their names and make them very public. There are no excuses and in this case particularly, if you are not part of the solution you are the problem.
I called the 4 leaders (whips and chairs) of the Dem Caucus (other than Hakeem - he is kind of a figurehead at this point )and urged them to round up any slackers
Thanks. Crenshaw is something of a surprise, but not much, he's a bit of a loose cannon for the GOP. The four Democrats have no excuse and Jeffries should be tearing them apart for it as should all of their constituents.
Kevin Mullin (my Congressman) got discharged from hospital (he had very serious complications from surgery) and went right to the airport for DC. He got there in time for the vote. As did Brittany Petersen, who just had a baby (All those 'pro-life' Repubs voted down proxy voting for new moms).
Donald Trump, our con-artist, criminal, monarchical president is collapsing the Great American Empire. Some citizens are already suffering from his attack on the administrative state. All Americans will soon suffer from his attack on agencies that protect our money, keep us safe and build our national wealth. Quite an accomplishment in just 6 weeks.
Why? Trump loves money more than anything else and certainly more than America. With loyalist control at the Justice Department, FBI and the DOD, Trump, WILL loot the Treasury through tax cuts and misappropriated funds. He will use his trade policies to cut every kind of corrupt deal with large companies and foreign leaders.
We the People have the power to stop Trump if we take collective action. We need protest marches in every city in the US. We need a national strike. We need a tax revolt. We need to do these actions very soon.
I called the DC office of my Republican rep, who was in line to be Chair of Ways & Means until Kevin McCarthy traded that away when he was trying to nail down Speaker in the 118th Congress. So now my guy is the Vice Chair instead. And today I urged him to use his (remaining) power as Vice Chair to stand up and push back on this horrible bill that takes away Congressional budgetary power by overriding government appropriations. I tried hard! He won't listen, but at least I tried.
I called earlier and told Congresswoman Wagner that there were 4 trillion reasons why the 2017 tax cuts should not be extended, and 880 billion why Medicaid was essential.
I tried multiple times to post one of those DemCast video on Bluesky and it gave me an error every single time. May be an issue with Bluesky right now, but I will try again later.
which dems may be absent? would like to focus on them...
Absolutely. We should have their names and make them very public. There are no excuses and in this case particularly, if you are not part of the solution you are the problem.
I called the 4 leaders (whips and chairs) of the Dem Caucus (other than Hakeem - he is kind of a figurehead at this point )and urged them to round up any slackers
I’m attending a Tesla Takedown Protest this Saturday near San Antonio! This is sponsored by the Boerne Democrats of Kendall County.
Does anyone know who will be the 5 who won't show up???? I have no problem calling their asses.
Thanks. Crenshaw is something of a surprise, but not much, he's a bit of a loose cannon for the GOP. The four Democrats have no excuse and Jeffries should be tearing them apart for it as should all of their constituents.
Do we know if there were health reasons for any of them being absent, or were they there and didn't vote?
Kevin Mullin (my Congressman) got discharged from hospital (he had very serious complications from surgery) and went right to the airport for DC. He got there in time for the vote. As did Brittany Petersen, who just had a baby (All those 'pro-life' Repubs voted down proxy voting for new moms).
Possibly Grijalva.
Thanks.
Donald Trump, our con-artist, criminal, monarchical president is collapsing the Great American Empire. Some citizens are already suffering from his attack on the administrative state. All Americans will soon suffer from his attack on agencies that protect our money, keep us safe and build our national wealth. Quite an accomplishment in just 6 weeks.
Why? Trump loves money more than anything else and certainly more than America. With loyalist control at the Justice Department, FBI and the DOD, Trump, WILL loot the Treasury through tax cuts and misappropriated funds. He will use his trade policies to cut every kind of corrupt deal with large companies and foreign leaders.
We the People have the power to stop Trump if we take collective action. We need protest marches in every city in the US. We need a national strike. We need a tax revolt. We need to do these actions very soon.
I called the DC office of my Republican rep, who was in line to be Chair of Ways & Means until Kevin McCarthy traded that away when he was trying to nail down Speaker in the 118th Congress. So now my guy is the Vice Chair instead. And today I urged him to use his (remaining) power as Vice Chair to stand up and push back on this horrible bill that takes away Congressional budgetary power by overriding government appropriations. I tried hard! He won't listen, but at least I tried.
You tried, Deb, and that is a lot!! Thank you!!
"Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground." - Rosa Parks
Just spoke with one of my House Reps offices, lovely State of Maine, Jared Golden who is a republican. They assured me he is voting NO!
Called office of Democratic Rep, Chellie Pingree, had to leave a message with her office. Encouraged her to SHOW UP.
SHUTDOWN315 is a general strike organizing on a national level. It’s planned as a long-term strike with a list of items to do daily.
https://bsky.app/profile/generalstrikeus.bsky.social
I've gone to 2 TeslaTakedowns so far, both in Silicon Valley.
Highly recommend - very heartening.
Called and made sure my dem rep was there today to vote no!
Thanks for the reminders that there is still SOMETHING we can do! Got busy on the phone and with resistbot.
Calling Senator Ron Johnson, I never leave my zip code, just say I’m a constituent from Wisconsin. Any zip code from Madison is doomed in his office.
That's a good point...I'm in Madison too, maybe I should stop mentioning my zip code.........
I called earlier and told Congresswoman Wagner that there were 4 trillion reasons why the 2017 tax cuts should not be extended, and 880 billion why Medicaid was essential.
Resistbot works really well--thank you for sharing this tool, and all your hard work, which facilitates our hard work!
I tried multiple times to post one of those DemCast video on Bluesky and it gave me an error every single time. May be an issue with Bluesky right now, but I will try again later.
I got one posted about 15 minutes ago.
same issue here.
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