On Thursday, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which controls more than half of all federal spending. The current bill is an expression of Trump/Republican values, and ignores our ongoing crises. Urge your Senators to oppose the current NDAA.

Republican senators have assembled the “Justice” Act (S. 3985) - sham police reform bill with no input from Democrats. This legislation has no mechanism to increase accountability for law enforcement misconduct, does not enhance transparency and data collection and does not substantively eliminate or prevent discriminatory policing practices. Tell your Senators to oppose it!

Last week the Senate began work on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), with record-breaking allocations for the military, and a floor vote is expected to take place this week or next. The House will soon begin work on its version of the NDAA. Tell your MoC’s - cut the military and police militarization budget and use the money to address our real crises.

The state budget contains an item to compensate survivors of involuntary sterilization under California's eugenics law from 1909-1979. Phil Ting is a KEY vote on this budget item. If you're in his district, please call him and tell him you support compensating the victims of forced sterilization.

Thank your MOC’s for introducing the Justice in Policing Act, and ask them to do more by holding hearings on police violence and the Trump administration’s abuses!

For more than three decades, Republican and Democratic judges, lawmakers, and executives have increased immunity from prosecution for police and other government officials who have committed illegal acts and constitutional violations. “Qualified immunity”, a legal invention of the judiciary branch, is one of the ways police are shielded from accountability. Tell your MoC’s - it’s time to dismantle police impunity!

The USA Freedom Reauthorization Act, an extension of the PATRIOT Act, has been winding its way through Congress. After passing the House and being amended in the Senate, the next House vote is imminent. An amendment has been added to the bill requiring a warrant for surveillance of online activity. Call your representatives to support this amendment.

The HEROES Act for more COVID-19 aid has passed the House, including significant progressive provisions. Now it heads to the Senate, where it faces Republican attempts to weaken or defeat it and Trump’s willingness to veto it. Join us in urging our Senators to defend and improve the HEROES Act.

We’re pleased with the content of the HEROES bill, which satisfies many of our demands for the next COVID-19 stimulus package. However, we have some concerns about how the aid will be applied, and the early timing of the vote. Call your Representative about these concerns.

In the midst of a pandemic, Republican Senate Majority Leader is forcing Senate to convene in person to push through a series of unqualified, hyperpartisan nominees to American courts, and to enable Trump’s choice of loyalists to such critical positions as the Director of National Intelligence. Urge your Senators to oppose these nominees.

Join us as part of the #VirusFreeVoting initiative to contact Members of Congress to demand that they fund the post office, and that they secure vote-by-mail in the next stimulus bill.

While the "Interim" small business relief bill ("phase 3.5") passed by the Senate contains greatly-needed funds for struggling businesses,hospitals and COVID-19 testing, it completely ignores many issues crucial to fighting the pandemic and addressing mass economic misery. Ask your Senators to begin drafting a follow-on legislative package (CARES-2) that covers the necessities omitted from the "Interim" bill.

While the "Interim" small business relief bill ("phase 3.5") passed by the Senate contains greatly-needed funds for struggling businesses,hospitals and COVID-19 testing, it completely ignores many issues crucial to fighting the pandemic and addressing mass economic misery. Ask your House Reps to demand improvements on it before they pass it!

Urge your MoC’s to including funding for hospitals, election security, and funding relief in any interim emergency bill during the pandemic.

Urge your State MoC to support the California Farmworker COVID-19 Relief Package, which will ensure the safety, health, and economic security of California’s farmworkers, who are some of the most essential workers in this crisis.

During COVID 19 pandemic, we need to ensure elections are held in a democratic manner and all eligible Americans can safely exercise their constitutional right to vote. Tell your MoC’s to ensure that future Covid-19 relief bills secure elections going forward!

Our MoC’s cannot safely convene in Congress, but with Trump continuing his criminal activity, the business of oversight and legislation is more urgent than ever. Urge your MoC’s to enact remote voting to ensure the continuity of government.

Our MoC’s cannot safely convene in Congress, but the business of legislation is more urgent than ever. Urge your MoC’s to enact remote voting to ensure the continuity of government.

Our MoC’s are preparing to pass a supplemental bill for the Corona virus emergency. Call them and tell them that they need to ensure that the supplemental funding bill stays clean, guarantees a strong public health response that gets everyone the treatment they need, and doesn’t exacerbate harm to vulnerable communities or our democracy.