Hi folks,
Pinging this thread again to raise awareness of this do-or-die bill for our democracy. If you haven't yet called your senator to ask them to support H.R.1 (For the People Act), do it now!
For California: Dianne Feinstein: (202) 224-3841 Alex Padilla: (202) 224-3553
Other States: https://myreps.datamade.us/
If you call, ping this thread and brag about it! Let's keep up the momentum.
Finally, please help spread the word! Forward this thread to other lists you're on, or post it on the Twitbookgram or whatever the kids are using these days.
<3, --igor
On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 01:19:23PM -0600, Igor Serebryany wrote:
Hi folks,
If you don't already have H.R.1 on your radar, I'd like to put it there. H.R. 1 is a house bill to make much-needed democracy reforms. Among provisions in the bill:
- Automatic & same-day voter registration
- Voting rights restored for felons who have served their sentences
- Prohibit voter roll purges
- Mandates independent (non-partisan) re-districting commissions
- Creates a donation match for small-donor donations
More info about the bill, in simplified form: https://democracyreform-sarbanes.house.gov/sites/democracyreform.house.gov/f...
This is not a finance bill, and cannot pass through reconciliation. The likeliest path for this bill is to die in the Senate via filibuster. Ending the filibuster is a pre-requisite to passing any of the important bills on the Democratic agenda, including H.R.1, infrastructure bills, climate protection, DC and Puerto Rico statehood, etc...
More info on the filibuster: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/opinion/democrats-senate-reconciliation.h...
This *could* be the bill that sparks the filibuster fight in the senate -- convincing senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema that they must help to end the filibuster. But, this bill needs to be popular enough to force the fight.
What can you do? It's important to make sure that legislators know that this bill is popular and that voters want it passed. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. Every house rep has already co-sponsored this bill. Thank your rep for their support and encourage them to keep up the fight.
Your senator needs to hear from you that this bill cannot be allowed to die. Explain why you support it, and ask that they continue fighting for it to pass, including ending the filibuster if necessary. Find your reps here: https://myreps.datamade.us/
Call TODAY, RIGHT NOW. It will only take a minute.
<3, --igor
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