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Tell Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer:
"Hold your caucus united in immediate and forceful opposition to Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh."
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On Monday, Donald Trump revealed his Supreme Court nominee: Brett Kavanaugh, an extreme conservative judge who has argued that a sitting president cannot be indicted.1
The fight to keep the Senate from institutionalizing Trump's extremism for a generation is not going to be easy, but we have a path to win. And that path depends on Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.
The only chance we have of stopping Kavanaugh's confirmation is for every single Democrat to hold the line against him. And not at the last minute when it's time to vote, but as a united Democratic caucus that proudly stands up for women, Muslims, immigrants, LGBTQ people, workers, voting rights and our planet and rejects Trump's takeover of the Supreme Court.
Sen. Schumer's job is holding his caucus together. Failure would be disastrous. We need to make sure he leads.
Some Democratic senators are already resisting Kavanaugh. Progressive champions like Sens. Jeff Merkley, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris have already voiced their strong opposition. Sen. Bob Casey, who is up for reelection in a state that Trump won in 2016, has unequivocally opposed him.2 But some like Sen. Tim Kaine have failed to take a clear stand.3. And others, like Sens. Joe Donnelly, Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp, who voted to confirm Trump's first Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch, need more than just constituent pressure to keep them united with the caucus.4
We can win if pro-choice Republicans like Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski reject Trump's anti-choice pick, or if Republicans who claim to respect our democracy reject Trump's attempt to put someone on the Supreme Court who could help him evade consequences from the Mueller investigation. But picking up Republican votes can only happen, and will only matter, if Sen. Schumer does his job and delivers 49 no votes from his caucus.Anything less will be a massive failure of leadership that helps Republicans destroy our civil rights, shred the social safety net, poison the planet and undermine democracy.
Tell Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer: Lead the Democratic caucus in united opposition to Brett Kavanaugh. Click the link below to sign the petition:
https://act.credoaction.com/sign/Schumer_Kavanaugh?t=7&akid=29223%2E3130208%2Eh3HTy3
- Heidi Hess, CREDO Action
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Thursday, July 12, 2018
Tell Senate Dem. Leader Chuck Schumer: Hold the Democratic caucus united against Brett Kavanaugh.
Saturday, January 6, 2018
Sign the petition: Tell Congress to restore net neutrality!
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Senator Chuck Schumer has announced that he’ll force a vote on reinstating net neutrality protections.(1) A number of Republicans have at least claimed to support net neutrality in the past. So it may be tough to win this vote -- but not impossible.
Either way, the vote will keep this issue alive and put members of Congress on record: do they support Trump’s attack on the open Internet? That sets the stage for us to make this a campaign issue in 2018 and win the majority we need to truly protect net neutrality. Will you sign our petition calling on Congress to use the Congressional Review Act to restore net neutrality?
Tell your members of Congress to block Trump’s FCC from destroying net neutrality.
The Congressional Review Act is a powerful tool that allows Congress to undo any regulation within 60 days of the regulation's passing. Congress must now pass a "resolution of disapproval" through both houses of Congress.(2) If it passes with enough votes to overcome a presidential veto, the FCC's decision to repeal net neutrality will be overturned.
The FCC's repeal of net neutrality protections won’t go into effect for another two months. We just lost an important battle -- but it’s important to remember that in the history of the fight to protect net neutrality, we’ve beaten the odds over and over again when unexpected numbers of people from across the political spectrum get involved, changing the political calculus.
If enough people keep pressuring Congress, Republicans will start to fear being on the wrong side of public opinion on yet another issue. And if the telecom companies continue to see a massive public outcry, they’ll be more cautious about how quickly they start destroying the open Internet.
We may need to regain majorities in Congress -- and perhaps the presidency -- to afford net neutrality the protection it truly deserves. But we can keep the issue alive until then, and use it to help us win.
Join us in calling on Congress to overturn the FCC’s attack on net neutrality. We’ll follow up to let you know about other ways you can help increase the pressure.
Tell Congress to restore net neutrality and help save the open Internet.
- William Winters, Courage Campaign Super PAC
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