If the House votes articles of impeachment, the trial in the Senate will be under the control of Republicans who will do everything they can to prevent Trump from being convicted. If Trump is acquitted, he will be an even greater danger to democracy. Therefore, the House should not send articles of impeachment to the Senate until there is some likelihood of winning a conviction.
Read MoreEven under scrutiny from the Mueller report, Trump attempted to leverage military aid for Ukraine to get dirt on his political opponent Biden. A gross abuse of power that happened in the open, this cannot be tolerated. More and more Democrats have been coming out for impeachment as a result - tell Pelosi to start impeachment proceedings without delay!
Read MoreMany young people leaving foster care after they reach adulthood become homeless soon after losing the child welfare system’s support, and, among those who do, more than half experience multiple episodes of homelessness. HR 4300 — the Fostering Stable Housing Opportunities Act — would help address this tragic policy failure by making Housing Choice Vouchers available to more at-risk foster youth, to help them rent housing at an affordable cost during these vulnerable transition years. Ask that Speaker Pelosi support and Congresswoman Speier co-sponsor this important bipartisan bill.
Read MoreThe Trump Department of Labor announced plans to make sweeping revisions to the H-2A agricultural guest worker program to the detriment of farm workers. The proposed H-2A changes would weaken key protections for farm workers, limiting their ability to obtain employment with H-2A employers and exposing H-2A workers to greater vulnerability and costs. You can give public comment in opposition to the changes!
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreSubmit a public comment to Point Reyes National Seashore, telling them not to kill Tule Elk! Public comments are being collected until Sept 23rd.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor is proposing a new rule for federal contractors granting them the right to discriminate on the basis of *their* religious beliefs if they declare that they adhere to religious principles in how they conduct their business. Submit a public comment opposing this.
Read MoreFor decades the ESA protected the bald eagle and grizzly bears from extinction, now Republicans want to allow oil drilling, coal mining, and logging on their last remaining habitats, but gutting the ESA. Tell your MoC’s to use the Congressional Review Act to stop this rule change!
Read MoreThe Trump administration intends to deport people if they use government services via their Public Charge rule change. Tell your MoC’s to use the Congressional Review Act to stop this rule change!
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreTrump wants to take away the food assistance of millions of Americans. Now’s the time to speak up!
Read MoreAsk your Senators to support the Raise the Wage Act. Also, ask them to support the Restoring Justice for Workers Act, which prohibits unfair forced arbitration agreements, bars retaliation against workers for refusing to arbitrate work disputes, and allows employees to collectively organize regarding work disputes.
Read MoreAsk your House Representative to support the Restoring Justice for Workers Act, which prohibits unfair forced arbitration agreements, bars retaliation against workers for refusing to arbitrate work disputes, and allows employees to collectively organize regarding work disputes.
Read MoreICE agents can command any person in public, or in any place they're let into, to show their “papers, please”—and if they don't prove to the agents' satisfaction that they're a citizen or lawfully present, ICE—in a practice called “expedited removal”—can deport them immediately, without so much as an immigration court hearing.
The Trump administration wants to expand this power nationwide.
Tell Speaker Pelosi to begin an impeachment inquiry against Trump. Multiple grounds for impeachment already exist, including obstruction of justice, abuse of authority, dereliction of duty, failure to faithfully execute the laws of the United States, directing subordinates to ignore Congressional subpoenas, refusal to obey a lawful court order, and conduct unbecoming.
Read MoreCurrently, PG&E and SCE have to do the hard work to *prove* that they were not at fault *before* they can ask the public to cover wildfire costs. AB 1054 turns this on its head and allows public bailouts to be approved automatically!
Read MoreCurrently, PG&E and SCE have to do the hard work to *prove* that they were not at fault *before* they can ask the public to cover wildfire costs. AB 1054 turns this on its head and allows public bailouts to be approved automatically!
Read MoreSupervisor Haney has introduced a ballot measure to create a commission to provide oversight of the San Francisco’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH).
HSH is one of the only city departments that does not have an oversight commission in place. Let’s fix that!
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