CAN BIPARTISANSHIP REBUILD OUR CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE?

Daily Action

Jul 21

Jump to today’s scripts:

Call the Senate
Call the House

BACKGROUND

News: The Senate may vote today on Biden’s $1 trillion “American Jobs Plan.” The infrastructure bill will rehabilitate America’s crumbling roads, bridges, dams, and levees, provide thousands of jobs, and boost the economy.

Driving the news: Surprisingly, the bill has bipartisan support. More surprisingly, McConnell hasn’t growled that he will kill it.

Why it matters: This week’s votes could:

Open new opportunities for bipartisanship.
Restore confidence that the government can improve the lives of Americans.
Signal if ours is a government for the people, or for the rich.

The sticking point: Paying for it. One proposal would revive the IRS’s tax enforcement office to catch tax cheats, which could return as much as $1 trillion a year. The GOP objected to giving the IRS more power and this weekend negotiators dropped it.

By the numbers: Engineers agree the nation’s infrastructure is in “poor” condition, including.

More than 40% of the nation's roads are in poor or mediocre condition.
The number of deficient, high-hazard-potential dams exceeds 2,300.
And 7.5% of the nation's bridges are structurally deficient.

What you can do: Call your senator and demand the rich pay for the infrastructure they used to build their space yachts.

1. Call the Senate.

Script for 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].

I fully support Biden’s infrastructure proposal and demand that the rich pay their fair share, at last. There can be no Congressional holidays or recess until this important work is done.

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].

I fully support Biden’s infrastructure proposal and demand that the rich pay their fair share, at last. There can be no Congressional holidays or recess until this important work is done.

Script for Republican Senators

D.C switchboard: 202-224-3121

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

I support Biden’s infrastructure bill which is vital to the economic health of our state.

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].

I fully support Biden’s infrastructure proposal and demand that the rich pay their fair share, at last. There can be no Congressional holidays or recess until this important work is done.

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].

I support Biden’s infrastructure bill which is vital to the economic health of our state.

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].

I fully support Biden’s infrastructure proposal and demand that the rich pay their fair share, at last. There can be no Congressional holidays or recess until this important work is done.

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].

I fully support Biden’s infrastructure proposal and demand that the rich pay their fair share, at last. There can be no Congressional holidays or recess until this important work is done.

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].

I fully support Biden’s infrastructure proposal and demand that the rich pay their fair share, at last. There can be no Congressional holidays or recess until this important work is done.

3. Take Action

To save our freedom to vote Congress must hear from constituents across the country. Please email/text this action to 5 friends in other states – especially those in red states – and ask them to call today.