FAMILIES DESERVE COMPREHENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE
To thrive, Americans need quality infrastructure that includes education, child care, medical care, and food. President Biden, VP Harris, and Congressional Democrats are working to deliver this infrastructure with the American Families Plan. Call our members of Congress and urge them to help us thrive by passing the most progressive version possible of the American Families Plan.
Congressional Oversight & the Census
We deserve a democracy in which resources and representation are allocated based on an accurate counting of the population. Yet the previous administration gave us no reason to trust they even attempted to fully count BIPOC, immigrant, and poor communities. We call on Congress to exercise its oversight responsibility and ensure the 2020 Census was accurate.
Republicans Are Passing State Anti-voting Laws While For The People Act Sits in Congress
Most of us believe that voters pick our leaders -- our leaders do not get to pick their voters. Yet, this year Republicans are mounting the greatest attack on voting since Reconstruction was dismantled. We need all hands on deck in Congress to stop the steal. End the filibuster, pass the For The People Act and protect our freedom to vote.
TO PROTECT BIDEN’S BOLD AGENDA AND OUR DEMOCRACY, THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY MUST BE QUICKLY EXPANDED AND REBALANCED
Demand Justice has launched a multifaceted campaign to urge Democratic Senators and Representatives to co-sponsor and work for the passage of the Judiciary Act of 2021, with the goal of pressuring Majority Leader Schumer and House Speaker Pelosi to bring it up for a vote in the Senate and the House. One facet involves contacting small donors who have contributed to Democratic campaigns urging them to tell the recipient of their donations about the importance of this legislation. To learn more about this campaign and how you can get involved, please click here.
BIDEN’S PLAN: A GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS FOR ALL
Biden’s bold plans are aimed at restoring faith in government as an instrument of good. He also wants to restore the balance in taxation by having the super-rich and corporations pay their fair share, the first major tax hike since 1993.
AMERICA NEEDS QUALITY AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE TO THRIVE
The pandemic proves we must all have healthcare to thrive and survive. All Americas must have healthcare that provides everyone – no matter our zip code or how we came to America – with affordable healthcare.
WE NEED A CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE THE JANUARY 6 INSURRECTION
Nancy Pelosi proposed a commission to investigate and provide a definitive account of the January 6 insurrection but it is blocked by Republicans. Republicans oppose it because it threatens to vilify their base and their leader. It needs a push from us.
JUSTICE FOR ALL REQUIRES MEANINGFUL POLICE REFORM AND COMPENSATION FOR THE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is a good first step in addressing the structural racism permeating the criminal justice system from interactions with the police through incarceration and beyond. Its failure to eliminate pretext traffic stops, which is how most people of color come in contact with police must be corrected. On the state level, Oregon must enact compensation for those wrongly convicted.
FOR A STRONG UNION, AMERICA MUST BE FREE TO VOTE
For a strong union, America must be free to vote. Call Congress and Salem today to help pass bills that will make the promise of democracy real for us all.
RAISE TAXES AND BUILD HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE
Tomorrow, Biden will present an ambitious plan to expand human infrastructure. If he succeeds, Americas will enjoy services that other developed nations have had for generations. It will cost billions. Yet the costs of not investing in human and physical infrastructure have been staggering.
BIDEN’S BIG PLANS COST BIG MONEY, AND THEY’RE WORTH IT
President Biden is tackling a barrage of America’s longstanding monumental problems. The solutions are just as monumental but they come with multilayered benefits . . . and huge pricetags. If we want a better future, we must pay for it.
Rebalancing the Supreme Court is Necessary to Protect Our Democracy
The recently introduced Judiciary Act of 2021 expands the Supreme Court from 9 to 13 members--one for each federal circuit--which is how it was originally constituted. It also eliminates the ultra-conservative, illegitimately achieved supermajority. We must do everything in our power to get this legislation passed.
Pass DC Statehood and the George Floyd Act
The House will vote today on statehood for DC. The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is waiting for Senate action. Call your Members of Congress and tell them you support both bills.
“JUSTICE FOR ALL” DEMANDS CONGRESS PASS THE GEORGE FLOYD JUSTICE IN POLICING ACT
George Floyd’s murderer is going to prison. But justice for all the other people of Color terrorized, brutalized, and even killed by cops is a distant hope. Congress can bring justice closer for all by passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act now.
BIPARTISAN AMERICA AWAITS BOLD SENATE ACTION
Food. Housing. Wages. Voting. Vaccines. All are vital. All are bipartisan issues. To take action, helping America on these issues, is to help people of both political parties. Democrats have a choice – help the American people, making democracy a reality for all of us, or fall prey to the myth that Congressional Republicans are bipartisan, forfeiting our democracy .