BIDEN’S BOLD BIPARTISAN PANDEMIC RELIEF PLAN

Daily Action

Feb 2

Written By Dick Thompson

Jump to today’s actions:

Call the Senate
Call the House

Background

President Biden’s pandemic relief plan is bold and bipartisan. It helps people of all parties with:

Relief checks
Increased unemployment assistance
$15/hr federal minimum wage - Extending eviction/foreclosure moratoriums
Billions in state and local government aid
Billions for school reopening.

Economic experts urge support. People from both parties agree with approximately 80% of both parties support:

Pandemic relief bill
Stimulus bill
Expanding federal aid for pandemic testing, vaccines, PPE

Congressional GOP unilaterally passed tax cuts for their donors and corporations last year but they now propose a pandemic relief bill that hurts all of us by slashing Biden’s pandemic plan including:

No Federal minimum wage increase
Cutting who is eligible for relief checks
Cutting the amount of relief checks.
Cutting the amount of unemployment insurance
Cutting weeks of unemployment insurance
Nothing for state/local governments

Now is the time for Biden’s Bold Bipartisan pandemic plan. Senator Wyden said it best “The package outlined by the 10 Senate Republicans is far too small to provide relief the American people need.”

Call Congress to make sure they understand this and pass Biden’s Bold Bipartisan pandemic relief plan.

1. Call the Senate.

Script Oregon Senators

SEN. MERKLEY: Portland office: 503-326-3386 | D.C. office: 202-224-3753

My name is [--] and I'm a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

President Biden’s pandemic plan is bold and bipartisan – it helps people from all parties and is supported by people of all parties. I ask the Senator to make it clear

This pandemic plan is a down payment on the relief we need, and the GOP must help their constituents and support this plan
Watering this plan down to appease GOP Members of Congress is not an option because it will hurt people and go against the wishes of GOP constituents for pandemic relief

SEN. WYDEN: Portland office: 503-326-7525 | D.C. office: 202-224-5244

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

President Biden’s pandemic plan is bold and bipartisan – it helps people from all parties and is supported by people of all parties. I thank the Senator for saying this in the Washington Post and in public statement. I ask the Senator to continue to make it clear

this pandemic plan is a down payment on the relief we need, and the GOP must help their constituents and support this plan
diluting this plan to appease GOP Members of Congress is not an option because it will hurt people and go against the wishes of GOP constituents for pandemic relief

Script for Republican Senators

D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], [state], [zip code].

President Biden’s pandemic plan is bold and bipartisan – it helps people from all parties and is supported (nearly 80%) by people of all parties. I ask the Senator to respect his/her constituents and support President’s Biden plan. We need help now to get through this pandemic. We are counting on you.

2. Call the House.

Look up your rep.

Script for Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)

Oregon office: 503-469-6010 | DC office: 202-225-0855

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

President Biden’s pandemic plan is bold and bipartisan – it helps people from all parties and is supported by people of all parties. I ask the Representative to make it clear

This pandemic plan is a down payment on the relief we need, and the GOP must help their constituents and support this plan
Diluting this plan to appease GOP Members of Congress is not an option because it will hurt people and go against the wishes of GOP constituents for pandemic relief

Script for Cliff Bentz (OR-02)

Medford office: 541-776-4646 | DC office: 202-225-6730

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

President Biden’s pandemic plan is bold and bipartisan – it helps people from all parties and is supported (nearly 80%) by people of all parties. I ask the Representative to respect his constituents and support President’s Biden plan. We need help now to get through this pandemic. We are counting on you.

Script for Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)

Oregon office: 503-231-2300 | DC office: 202-225-4811

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

President Biden’s pandemic plan is bold and bipartisan – it helps people from all parties and is supported by people of all parties. I ask the Representative to make it clear

This pandemic plan is a down payment on the relief we need, and the GOP must help their constituents and support this plan
Diluting this plan to appease GOP Members of Congress is not an option because it will hurt people and go against the wishes of GOP constituents for pandemic relief

Script for Peter DeFazio (OR-04)

Eugene office: 541-465-6732 | DC office: 202-225-6416

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

President Biden’s pandemic plan is bold and bipartisan – it helps people from all parties and is supported by people of all parties. I ask the Representative to make it clear

This pandemic plan is a down payment on the relief we need, and the GOP must help their constituents and support this plan
Diluting this plan to appease GOP Members of Congress is not an option because it will hurt people and go against the wishes of GOP constituents for pandemic relief

Script for Kurt Schrader (OR-05)

Salem office: 503-588-9100 | DC office: 202-225-5711

My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. President Biden’s pandemic plan is bold and bipartisan – it helps people from all parties and is supported by people of all parties. I ask the Representative to make it clear

This pandemic plan is a down payment on the relief we need, and the GOP must help their constituents and support this plan
Diluting this plan to appease GOP Members of Congress is not an option because it will hurt people and go against the wishes of GOP constituents for pandemic relief

Action 3 - Expand Indivisible Oregon’s reach

Want to help us expand our reach? Send the link to our Daily Actions at www.indivisibleor.org to friends and family with GOP Senators and/or Congress people and ask them to make calls. They can use Rep. Bentz's scripts for their GOP representatives.