Monday Actions

****Actions 10/28/2019****

FEDERAL:

Get Ready to Stand up for Impeachment:
MoveOn is encouraging people to be prepared to hit the streets if there is an impeachment vote scheduled. You can sign up for reminders at MoveOn, but the Raleigh rally will be held at Bicentennial Plaza and “hosted’ by the indefatigable Karen Ziegler, who has been the driving spirit behind Tuesdays with Tillis weekly rallies. If you sign up at MoveOn, you’ll get a notification as soon as there is going to be a rally.

Details:
https://act.moveon.org/event/impeach-and-remove-attend/125765/attend/

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Add PFAS to the Clean Water Act:
[From Garrett Raczek] 1. Adding PFAS, as a class, to the Clean Water Act empowers the EPA to set discharge limits on PFAS into surface waters--like the Cape Fear and Haw rivers--which over 1.5 million residents rely on as their primary source for drinking water. This allows states, like NC, to regulate the presence of PFAS through discharge permits. Without this addition, states are left guessing where PFAS is being used and released.

2. Adding PFAS, as a class, to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) empowers the EPA to unlock Superfund law. This will allow states, like NC, to force the polluter to pay. Companies, like Chemours, should pay for the mess they made. This addition would allow that to happen. Without it we are left paying for someone else's mess.

3. Adding PFAS, as a class, to the Toxic Release Inventory will allow states, like NC, to monitor where PFAS are being used and released within the state. Currently, NC's DEQ is having to guess where PFAS chemicals are used.


Script:
Hello. My name is ____________. My zip code is _____________. I'm calling to encourage Senator __________ to use their influence and persuade Sen. McConnell and Sen. Barrasso to add PFAS as a class to the Clean Water Act, CERCLA, and the Toxic Release Inventory as part of the fiscal year 2020 NDAA. This issue is very important to me. Thank you for your time.

Federal Contact Numbers:
Thom Tillis: DC: (202) 224-6342
Richard Burr DC: (202) 224-3154
Tim Scott (SC): Washington, DC: 202-224-6121
Lindsey Graham (SC): Washington, DC: 202-224-5972

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Impeach Trump:
We need to keep the pressure on about impeachment. Tillis and Burr both need to know that we will not tolerate the kind of corruption that Trump and his GOP cronies have displayed in their efforts to undermine a political opponent.

Details:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trumps-envoy-tells-congress-the-president-outsourced-ukraine-policy-to-giuliani/2019/10/17/484b30d0-f0ee-11e9-b648-76bcf86eb67e_story.html

Script:
Hello, I am a constituent from ______________ calling to urge Rep./Sen. _____________ to support the impeachment of Donald Trump. It is becoming increasingly clear that his abuses of power qualify as impeachable offenses. We need to restore the rule of law and Trump has consistently violated the law and is quickly destroying whatever credibility our nation has on the global stage. It’s time to take your oversight responsibility seriously and to support impeachment.

Federal Contact Numbers:
Thom Tillis: DC: (202) 224-6342
Richard Burr DC: (202) 224-3154
Tim Scott (SC): Washington, DC: 202-224-6121
Lindsey Graham (SC): Washington, DC: 202-224-5972
House: https://www.house.gov/representatives/

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STATE:

Senate Budget Veto Override Vote:
The NCGA senate may vote Monday on whether or not to override Governor Cooper's budget veto. Tell your senators to uphold the veto. We need a better budget. They are, once again, pushing corporate tax cuts at the expense of providing teachers with raises. They are continuing to reject Medicaid expansion, despite the fact that it would save taxpayers money. Most, if not all, Democrats are holding strong in upholding the veto. We have a thin margin, though (like 1-2 votes), so we need everyone to hold strong so that the NCGOP will be forced to sit at a table and negotiate.

Script:
[Senate only] Hello, I am a constituent calling from _____________ to urge Sen. ____________ to uphold Governor Cooper’s veto of the Republican budget. Instead of supporting further tax cuts for corporations, we need to fund teacher raises and Medicaid expansion.

State Contact Numbers:
NC House: http://bit.ly/2CVneDK
NC Senate: http://bit.ly/2DamgAn

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CALENDAR:

Here is your weekly activism calendar courtesy of NC Wins:
http://ncwins.org/events/

Note: If you have events, please share them on the NC Wins website.

ITDCTA Has a Blog:
Also, for readers who are looking to leave Facebook, I’ve begun posting actions on a blog. We’ll look into ways of making the blog more interactive (you can leave comments for now), possibly opening it up to allow people to post actions there, if they have them. I’d also like to hear your thoughts about shifting some of our energy to the blog. Blogger is hosted by Google, so that may be an issue for some of you.

Blog link:
https://indivisibletriangle.blogspot.com/