Monday 9/4/2017 CALL TO ACTIVISM FOR DEMOCRACY!
with harvey, we have bigger and more expensive problems.
"President Donald Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Harvey-caused epic flooding, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance the president’s border wall.
The pending reduction to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief account is part of a massive spending bill that the House is scheduled to consider next week when lawmakers return from their August recess. The $876 million cut, which is included in the 1,305-page measure’s homeland security section, pays for roughly half the cost of Trump’s down payment on the U.S.-Mexico border wall that the president repeatedly promised Mexico would finance." (Washington Post).
The pending reduction to the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief account is part of a massive spending bill that the House is scheduled to consider next week when lawmakers return from their August recess. The $876 million cut, which is included in the 1,305-page measure’s homeland security section, pays for roughly half the cost of Trump’s down payment on the U.S.-Mexico border wall that the president repeatedly promised Mexico would finance." (Washington Post).
how to use your voice:
1) Call the Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121.
2) To Reach Your Senators, Press 1.
3) To Reach Your Representatives, Press 2.
2) To Reach Your Senators, Press 1.
3) To Reach Your Representatives, Press 2.
trump's wall script
Hello, my name is (YOUR NAME) and I am calling today because I am asking my representative to go on the record and reject funding for Donald Trump's unnecessary and expensive southern border wall, especially if it comes out of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief account. If the disaster in Texas has shown us anything it's that there are more pressing matters that require both our attention and tax payer money at the moment.
Throughout the entire campaign, Donald Trump told his supporters Mexico would pay for the wall. This week, they made it clear that is not going to happen. It would be tremendously unfair for taxpayers to foot the bill for a wall that experts say wouldn't stop undocumented immigration anyway. To make matters worse, a recent poll by the Pew Research Center showed 63% of voters reject the idea of a southern border wall. Please stand up to the president's threats to shut down the government and tell him NO border wall.
Throughout the entire campaign, Donald Trump told his supporters Mexico would pay for the wall. This week, they made it clear that is not going to happen. It would be tremendously unfair for taxpayers to foot the bill for a wall that experts say wouldn't stop undocumented immigration anyway. To make matters worse, a recent poll by the Pew Research Center showed 63% of voters reject the idea of a southern border wall. Please stand up to the president's threats to shut down the government and tell him NO border wall.