Ask your MoCs to #DefundHate!

In our “checks and balances” government, Congress holds the power of the purse—the authority to direct how the government spends money, and thereby what the government does and how. Congress can use this to check immigration enforcement authorities by cutting off the flow of money to programs that mistreat people coming to the United States.

Criminal Justice, Economic Justice, Education, Environment, Foreign Policy, Immigration, HealthcarePeter HSeptember 3, 2019Immigration, Defense, Feinstein, Harris, Pelosi, Speier

Ask your MoCs to wield the Power of the Purse!

In our “checks and balances” government, Congress holds the power of the purse—the authority to direct how the government spends money, and thereby what the government does and how. Trump administration programs and schemes can be blocked by denying them funds, and some of their destructive regulation and rule changes can be countered by mandating how funds have to be used.

Criminal Justice, Economic Justice, Education, Environment, Foreign Policy, Immigration, HealthcarePeter HJuly 2, 2019Immigration, Defense, Feinstein, Harris, Pelosi, Speier