I know that this post is not Darren-related news, but I thought I would post it here for all you U.S. citizens who want 800,000 federal workers to get paid.
Indivisible and other Resistance groups have organized a Nation Telephone Call-in Day to your U.S. Senators to insist that federal workers get paid and that the federal government is re-opened.
Right now, Trump is refusing to re-open the federal government and pay federal workers until he gets a certain amount of funding for his beloved wall.
Tomorrow, Thursday, January 24, the U.S. Senate will vote on two opposing bills regarding the government shut down.
It is absolutely vital that you call your U.S. Senators TODAY (Wednesday).
Please, please pick up the phone and call your U.S. Senators TODAY.
Already, conservative groups have been busy over the last few weeks organizing phone calls to their Senators and to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and urging the Senate to fund Trump's wall.
TODAY, Wednesday, we need ordinary citizens like you to call your U.S. SENATORS, to tell your Senators to support our federal workers and to refuse to agree to give $5.7 billion for an useless wall, as well as refuse any funding for expanding dangerous and overcrowded detention centers with inadequate medical care into which immigration agents can stick immigrant children who were seized away from their parents.
Phone Script wrote:Hello! My name is ___ and I’m calling from (your state).
Please let Senator [Senator’s name] know that I would like her/him to oppose any legislation during the shutdown, unless that legislation is the Clean Continuing Resolution from the House Democrats to reopen the federal government until Feb. 8.
I believe Senator [Senator’s name] should absolutely reject Trump/McConnell’s bill that asks for $5.7 billion for funding Trump’s wall, and asks for more funding for immigration detention center beds.
Instead, I would like Senator [name] to pass the Clean Continuing Resolution bill from the House Democrats that will keep the government open until Feb. 8, so that 800,000 federal workers such as FBI agents, Coast Guard agents, TSA agents, and other federal workers can get paid, and so that national parks can be re-opened and protected from vandalism.
To find out how to contact your U. S. Senators, please go here: https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfmIn addition, if you want to do more, please call Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. As Senate Majority Leader, he represents citizens and people of all the states, not just his own state.Call Senate Mitch McConnell TODAY at 202-224-2541 . Phone Script to call Mitch McConnell wrote:Hello! My name is ___ .
I believe Senator McConnell should absolutely reject Trump's proposal that asks for $5.7 billion for funding Trump’s wall, and asks for more funding for immigration detention center beds.
Instead, I would like Senator McConnell bring to the floor for a vote, the bipartisan Continuing Resolution bill that passed in the House that will keep the government open until Feb. 8, so that 800,000 federal workers such as FBI agents, Coast Guard agents, TSA agents, and other federal workers can get paid, without any funding for Trump's wall.
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