The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the For the People Act THIS WEEK!
You’ve already been calling about this every day, right? Right? :-) Details for that are in the link to this thread from 10 days ago. Stacey Abrams: Call Your Senator Every Single Day in June (Yes, You!)
From Stacey Abrams today:
As you know, this Hot Call Summer we are encouraging each and every American to contact their U.S. Senators every single day to demand they pass S 1, the For the People Act. You’ve been working hard all month long lighting up the phone lines, and the time has finally come: the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the For the People Act THIS WEEK!
Whether you’ve already made dozens of calls or are about to pick up the phone to dial your Senators for the first time today, we need your help! Your Senators need to hear from YOU about supporting the For the People Act—no matter who you are or which state you live in.
The freedom to vote is under attack in IL and across the country. In the last six months alone, over 400 anti-voter bills have been introduced in nearly every state legislature—disproportionately targeting communities of color. We’re asking folks in IL to push back against these threats to our democracy by encouraging your Senators to pass the For the People Act.
S 1 will protect the freedom to vote on a federal level by establishing baseline national standards for voting access, regardless of political party, race, or zip code. It will help to protect your freedom to vote from the onslaught of anti-voter bills Republicans are pushing to try and stifle the political power of you, your neighbors, your friends, and your fellow Americans.
It’s up to all of us to keep doing our part to protect our democracy. Here’s how:
Call your Senators at 888-453-3211 every day this week and demand that they pass S 1, the For the People Act!
Advocates in IL are texting voters and encouraging them to call their Senators. Join them by signing up for one of their textbank trainings here!
SiubhanDuinne
Thanks for the reminder.
evap
Once again, so happy and amazed that my senators are Ossoff and Warnock!
WaterGirl
@evap: I am perpetually jealous. Now let’s make sure they both stay your senators.
Also, please call them anyway! :-)
evap
@WaterGirl: Yes, I will call them. Ossoff doesn’t have to run again until 2026, luckily. I worry about Warnock’s race in 2022, especially given the voter suppression law our wonderful (NOT) state legislature passed recently. I hope that Stacey Abrams run for governor, her coattails should help him.
PaulWartenberg
I’m in Florida.
Last time I checked both Scott and Rubio unplugged their office phones.
Another Scott
Virginia’s senators:
Threads
I suspect that Schumer and the rest have gamed this out. It will be interesting to see what happens after Team D gives 50 votes for S1 and the GQP blocks it via the failed cloture vote on Tuesday. Everyone sees that no significant voting rights bills are going to advance that require 60 votes, but people have known that since January. I hope that enough pressure will be put to bear on S&M to allow majority rule, but I don’t see it yet.
Getting the GQP on the record in blocking voting rights is important.
Cheers,
Scott.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Another Scott:
Geez, save that stuff for Balloon Juice After Dark.
Another Scott
A reminder that good things are happening, even as the press reminds us that Uncle Joe and Team D aren’t all powerful…
Cheers,
Scott.
SiubhanDuinne
Just left messages at Sen. Ossoff’s and Sen. Warnock’s offices. Would like to have talked with a staffer, but the phone went straight to voicemail at both places.
Omnes Omnibus
@?BillinGlendaleCA: His mind is a dark place so cut him some slack.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Omnes Omnibus: Think of the children.
WaterGirl
@PaulWartenberg: Literally? Or figuratively?
WaterGirl
@Another Scott: I would be proud to call Tim Kaine my senator.
Omnes Omnibus
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Goku?!
ETA: Safari/FYWP is making me reenter my ‘nym and email every time now. Bastards.
SiubhanDuinne
@Another Scott:
Ain’t that the truth! CNN has an “analysis” piece up right now with a headline The Next Few Weeks Could Make or Break Joe Biden’s Presidential Legacy.
Legacy? He’s been in office five months!! FFS!!
The Village really is united in wanting some kind of scandal or bad news for the Dems, and if it doesn’t exist they’ll manufacture it with misleading quotes, dodgy sourcing, and Eeyorish headlines.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@WaterGirl: You’re just trying to get SteveintheWTF to show up in the thread.
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: Thank you, SD! Next time you call, give them my love. :-)
WaterGirl
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Mayyybee.
WaterGirl
As long as this is a political action thread, I’ll go ahead and put in a plug for donations to Voces de la Frontera.
Goal: fund a field organizer coordinator position (45k) for Voces de la Frontera Action
germy
eclare
@SiubhanDuinne: This is so true!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@germy: Jen’s good at this stuff.
Omnes Omnibus
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Ew.
WaterGirl
@germy: I guess the “oh, and fuck you” is understood.
WaterGirl
@Omnes Omnibus: That’s not right! I will ask for the record, but I presume that you are not blocking cookies and you are not using private mode on your browser. Is that a fair statement?
Omnes Omnibus
@WaterGirl: Correct. I have not changed anything since yesterday when everything worked fine.
Geminid
@WaterGirl: If you followed the Progressive Punch rating service, you would see that Tim Kaine is rated “D.” Mark Warner is given an “F.” But I think actual Virginia Democrats are fairly approving of their Senators. I know I am.
taumaturgo
Is there any data that would should that voters calling their elective representatives actually makes a difference as to how the representative will vote? IMO calling a representative is a relic of a bygone era since, in today’s reality, the action can’t compete with the legalized bribes showered by the lobbyist. In other words, who do politicians mainly listen to when it comes to voting? It ain’t the voters calling of faxing.
Omnes Omnibus
@taumaturgo: Well, I guess armed revolt is our only option. Should we storm the US Capitol? Will you be our shaman?
Edmund Dantes
@Geminid: not with Warner’s stupid insistence on “User Fees” having to be part of any infrastructure plans.
Steve in the ATL
@?BillinGlendaleCA: is this another Zach Weiner thread?
@WaterGirl: you are crying out to be pies, aren’t you?!
Steve in the ATL
@?BillinGlendaleCA: sure, for a nepotism hire
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Steve in the ATL:
You’ll have to wait for BJ After Dark for that one too.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Steve in the ATL: I thought her well qualified sister was the nepotism hire.
pat
I could see this differently. The repubs are getting ready to steal the elections in 2022 and 2024 in several states. That means the Senate will go back to repubs hands and NOTHING WILL EVER BE PASSED that would enhance his legacy.
Not to mention that we may never see another Democrat as President.
WaterGirl
@taumaturgo: I doubt that you are going to persuade any senator on the merits. But with many, many calls, we collectively may convince a senator that there will be more pain if they don’t vote for this than if they do.
planetjanet
I have been texting with them the last few weeks. Over the weekend, I was stunned when one person asked me “Why do you hate white people?” This just in response to asking if they would call their Senators. Just how do you go straight to that thought? The level of racism in this country is so much deeper than my polite interactions with people in my little world has led me to believe.
WaterGirl
@Steve in the ATL: If you pied me, I would be very sad. The question is though, whether that would make you more likely to pie me or less!
Baud
germy
@WaterGirl:
I’ve pied myself.
I have no interest in anything I have to say here.
WaterGirl
@germy: haha. I pied myself many times during testing for the site rebuild.
Omnes Omnibus
@germy: Is that more like self deportation or onanism?
Geminid
@Edmund Dantes: Ah. So are you a Virginia Democrat? How do you rate Mark Warner?
Baud
NPR keeps its readers well informed.
planetjanet
@taumaturgo: Senator’s staff most certainly track calls to gauge what is passionately being supported or opposed. Some senators are better than others at actually acknowledging emails. They do listen. A flood of calls can seriously get their attention. If they are one of the backbenchers, not wanting to get in too much trouble, it can sway a vote. We don’t give up. We fight. This is a good way to fight.
WaterGirl
I am on the porch, and one of my neighbors is grilling something that smells totally amazing. I can’t even see anyone out at their grills, but damn, this smells good.
I don’t have anything even remotely that good planed for dinner. (leftover chili) sigh
edit: After days of 100 degree weather, today is 70 degrees and it’s delightful. High of 74 tomorrow, I am in heaven.
Steve in the ATL
@Geminid: he’s a Kentucky democrat. Not sure if that’s like being a Kentucky Ten.
Steve in the ATL
@WaterGirl: I would never pie you, but you could probably unpie yourself anyway!
taumaturgo
@Omnes Omnibus: I moved on from my revolutionary era, is not healthy to remain anchored and weighted down by outdated ideas which lead to anger and emotional outburts. Witnessed the folks that stormed Congress, mostly old bitter hacks under the influence of hate and fear.
Geminid
@Steve in the ATL: Well, Kentucky used to be part of Virginia. Until the Northwest Ordinance of 1787(?), Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin were too. We Virginia Democrats wish these states well, and hope they will cleave to the blue path their mother state has taken. Although Illinois actually got ahead of us in this respect.
WaterGirl
@Steve in the ATL: No, I have no control to un-pie anyone! I cannot see who has pied whom, either.
That’s all done with cookies on a computer and something similar on mobile.
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl:
With the greatest of pleasure!
zhena gogolia
@WaterGirl:
I’m mailing one tomorrow.
Another Scott
@taumaturgo: Welcome to the sunshine. Wear sunscreen and a hat and you’ll be fine.
Cheers,
Scott.
taumaturgo
@Another Scott: 100%. Cheers to you too.
gwangung
@planetjanet: Calling your Senators is an EASY way to fight.
Published reports are that politicians generally hear more from the conservatives and reactionary end of the spectrum. So perhaps we should at least balance it out…
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: Happy to hear that! thank you
WaterGirl
@gwangung: That’s exactly what her goal is. She didn’t say so in her message today, but either she, or the CEO of Fair Fight Action said so in an interview last week.
They are trying to counteract all the phone calls from the other side and help all senators understand that people really care about this issue, and a vote on the wrong side will hurt them.
WaterGirl
@Omnes Omnibus: I assume this is on a computer, yes? What happens if you quit Safari altogether, reopen it and then open BJ again?
Will it save your nym then, I wonder?
Omnes Omnibus
@WaterGirl: No, it was on my phone. And it has resolved itself. Now, if I would be able to post comments on my computer at home (WIN 10/FF89.0.1) without having to hit the button and wait 20 seconds 3-7 times before the comment loads….
ETA: Now that’s working. Obviously, the way to solve my tech problems is to bitch about them. They then vanish. I might be some kind of a minor god.
2liberal
what happened to Adam’s post ?
SiubhanDuinne
@2liberal:
That was weird, for sure.
lowtechcyclist
@2liberal:
I pointed out in comments what I thought was a nontrivial problem with it. Dunno if that has anything to do with its disappearance, though: Adam’s a smart and experienced guy, and I really expected him to tell me what I’d overlooked.