FEDERAL: Town Halls: Our illustrious legislators in Washington are still not wanting to have town halls to meet their constituents face to face. They talk tough, but they seem to have feathers on their legs. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to ask them in person why they are Read more
FEDERAL: The Call – #ConflictsOfInterest (S.65/H.R.371) (from theloyalopposition.net) Urge your senators to support The Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017. The legislation is currently under consideration in both the House (H.R.371) and the Senate (S.65) and would require the President to divulge his tax returns and divest financial assets Read more
FEDERAL: No Military Action without Congressional approval (from The Loyal Opposition) The Constitution gives the power to authorize military action to Congress. However, in recent decades, Congress has often failed to fully assert its prerogative and has acquiesced to the executive taking various military actions with flimsy Congressional authority. Shortly after the Read more
FEDERAL: Trump Threatens Coverage Of Millions If Democrats Won’t Negotiate On ACA Repeal “In an interview with the Wall Street Journal that appeared on Wednesday, Trump made a warning. If Democrats won’t talk repeal, the president said, Republicans might decide to cut off some subsidies now flowing to health insurers Read more
FEDERAL: You may remember this little ditty: Betsy DeVos Ethics Report Reveals Ties to Student Debt Collection Firm about how the DeVos family is neck deep in the student loan debt collection business. It was obvious to those of us who are neither billionaires nor in the pockets of billionaires (I’m Read more
FEDERAL: It’s ridiculous that we have to keep calling about this, but we do. Things seem to be unraveling more and more every day. Keep picking at that thread folks. Pretty soon we’ll have it all pulled apart. “…financial records newly obtained by The Associated Press confirm that at least Read more
FEDERAL: H.R. 1902, the Social Security 2100 Act This bill will keep Social Security solvent for the next 75 years! Social security is in trouble, but it doesn’t have to be. This bill, sponsored by Rep. John Larson of Connecticut, makes changes in how benefits are calculated so that Read more
We’re going to do state calls to action first today, because this first one is extremely important. STATE: Call Jerry Tillman or Rick Gunn We all know how the NC Legislature loves a good power grab. Well, they’re at it again. I’m going to let Steve Harrison from BlueNC explain Read more
