Tell your Senators - Do everything in your power to pass the HEROES Act!
Senator Dianne Feinstein
SF Office: (415) 393-0707
DC Office: (202) 224-3841
LA Office: (310) 914-7300
Fresno Office: (559) 485-7430
San Diego Office: (619) 231-9712
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Senator Kamala Harris
SF Office: (415) 981-9369
DC Office: (202) 224-3553
Sacramento Office: (916) 448-2787
LA Office: (213) 894-5000
San Diego Office: (619) 239-3884
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Call Script
My name is __________. I am a constituent, and my zip code is _______. I am a member of Indivisible SF.
I’m calling to ask the Senator to do everything in her power to pass the HEROES act and specifically to enact the following:
Extend the $600 a week increase in unemployment benefits.
Extend the national moratorium on evictions/foreclosures
Funds for states to ensure proper testing, tracing and treatment of COVID 19 cases
Oppose corporate immunity for businesses that don’t protect their employees or customers from COVID-19 and strongly oppose inclusion of the 'TRUST Act' scheme to slash Social Security and Medicare benefits for seniors.
Republicans are currently in disarray over their own inadequate proposal, so now is the chance for my Senator to convince some of them to vote YES on the HEROES Act.
Background
This week, Republican Senators revealed their coronavirus aid package, dubbed the HEALS Act (yes, they actually called it that). Just as we expected, the aid package is disastrous. Here’s what’s in it:
Enhanced unemployment cut to $200 a week (a $400-a-week cut)
One-time $1,200 checks to the same people who got them last time
No new state and local aid
Extension of Paycheck Protection with minimal additional oversight
Blanket liability immunity for businesses that refuse or fail to protect their employees or customers from COVID infection even in instances of flagrant disregard for health and safety standards
Cuts to Social Security and Medicare: A closed-door, fast-track commission to propose cuts to our earned Social Security and Medicare benefits. That proposal would then receive an up or down vote in the Senate without the ability to filibuster.
Billions of dollars for non-COVID related purposes, like Department of Defense spending, money for renovating FBI headquarters, and more.
Needless to say, this bill is a pathetic excuse for aid legislation in a critical time for American people and the economy they live in. But even worse - Republicans are unable to agree amongst themselves on this proposal, with over half of Republican Senators projected to vote no!
Moratorium evictions have already expired, and with enhanced unemployment running out in a matter of days, Americans are at a financial precipice. The House passed the HEROES Act two months ago - yet Republicans did nothing this whole time and are now failing to reach consensus on their own legislation.
This is, of course, an outrage. But it is also an opportunity. Many Republican Senators are feeling the heat of their upcoming elections - if our Democratic Senators can convince just 4 of them to get on board with the HEROES Act, we might just be able to pass it.