Your suggestions is at all times welcome! You possibly can signal as much as obtain motion alerts by e-mail and SMS textual content by taking any of our actions. Right here’s an outline of our present actions:
Reproductive Freedom
The brand new conservative make-up of the Supreme Courtroom has put reproductive freedom entrance and heart this 12 months as Republican-controlled states really feel inspired to go more and more restrictive abortion legal guidelines. This week we campaigned towards overturning Roe v Wade and for elevated abortion entry forward of the Mississippi Supreme Courtroom case making an attempt to set fireplace to the constitutional proper to an abortion. Beforehand we fought towards the Texas abortion legislation SB8 and the companies that funded the invoice’s sponsors.
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Voting Rights
As at all times, Republicans proceed their struggle towards voting rights. Our crew has generated hundreds of letters, calls, and texts, constructing help for the John Lews Voting Rights Act and the Freedom to Vote Act, placing strain on members of Congress to behave. Republicans filibustered each. However no matter their cynical expectations from voters, each name and letter you ship proves them improper.
The crew has additionally supported discipline actions in Washington D.C. and West Virginia. We helped carry folks to rallies and sign-up of us to make calls.
Judiciary Campaigns
Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans had been capable of pack the Supreme Courtroom with three right-wing justices throughout Trump’s time in workplace, first by obstructing President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland, then by altering Senate guidelines to substantiate Neil Gorsuch, then by confirming Brett Kavanaugh regardless of extremely credible testimony of assault from Christine Blasey Ford, and eventually via an ultra-rushed and wildly hypocritical affirmation of Amy Comey Barrett simply earlier than the 2020 election. To revive steadiness, we’ve coordinated campaigns to broaden the Supreme Courtroom and promote the affirmation of President Biden’s judicial nominees. Up to now, the Senate has confirmed eight of the nominees we campaigned for and is within the means of reviewing 5 others.
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Construct Again Higher Act
Democrats have a historic alternative to go the Construct Again Higher Act, a invoice that fights local weather change, improves our well being system, cuts little one poverty in half, and offers common Pre-Okay for all Individuals. If handed, it could be transformative for the American folks, and Democrats are midway there already after a win within the Home final month.
Passing the Senate is the larger problem, however Day by day Kos will proceed combating for essentially the most sturdy invoice doable. Now we have arrange letter campaigns that target completely different components of Construct Again Higher, together with local weather, well being, immigration, prescribed drugs, and taxing the wealthy.
Up to now, we’ve generated over 40,000 cellphone calls and over two million constituent letters to Democrats in Congress due to your persistent advocacy, which fuels our Activism crew. Your tales, your fears, your hopes, collectively affect our leaders to behave. That’s the ability of collective motion.
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We need to hear from YOU! Tell us under any motion you take in your personal communities. What’s motivating you proper now?