How Your Voices Made a Difference Last Week: Payback Recess Success

Courtesy of 5 Minute Activism After their hasty, partisan votes to pass Donald’s RepubliCare health care plan that will leave millions without coverage, America made its disgust with the GOP clear. Idaho rep Raul Labrador (R) was roundly booed at a town hall by constituents after ludicrously declaring “Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health …

Phone Bank to Demand a Special Prosecutor

This is an opportunity for everyone to influence Rep. Will Hurd in TX-23, regardless of where you live. There will be a rally at Hurd’s San Antonio offices on Tuesday, May 16 to demand a special prosecutor to investigate Russian election interference. A phone bank has been set up that enables you to call constituents in …

John Cornyn wants to hear your Obamacare stories

From Sen. John Cornyn’s newsletter: Health care affects each and every Texan’s life. As the United States Senate continues the process of replacing President Obama’s healthcare law, I want to hear about your experiences and how we can do better. Texans across our state have told me that under Obamacare, they haven’t been able to …

Take Action: It’s time for AHCA Payback

ALL WEEK: It’s time for AHCA Payback [showhide type=”20170508ahca” more_text=”Show more…” less_text=”Show less…”] The House voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a cruel bill designed to strip healthcare from millions of Americans while giving a tax cut to the rich. Read more about the bill here. Continue calling your House …

How your voices made a difference last week: AHCA is one small battle in a war we are winning

Courtesy of 5 Minute Activism The abysmal health care plan recklessly rammed through the House by the GOP was a hard pill to swallow. But there’s ample reason not to despair. This is only one small battle in the larger war we’re waging against the Republican administration’s gutting of our democracy. The bill still has to …

Austin-Area “Payback Recess” AHCA Events

The House voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a cruel bill designed to strip healthcare from millions of Americans while giving a tax cut to the rich. So now it’s payback time. We’ll update this page with more detail as events unfold. [showhide type=”previous” more_text=”Show previous actions” less_text=”Show less…”] Monday, …

Training: Indivisible 101 on June 9, 2017

June 9, 2017 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin 4700 Grover Ave, Austin, TX 78756 Instructor: Noah Masterson, Indivisible Austin co-founder and Board Vice President New to the Indivisible movement? Ready to #Resist Trump but aren’t sure how to get started? Join this basic training on what Indivisible is all about. …

Conference Call with NARAL Pro Choice TX and CPPP: May 9, 2017 at 8 p.m. CT

Please join our next conference call on Tuesday, May 9 at 8 p.m. CT. Guest speakers: Dr. Valerie R. Peterson, who is on the Board of Directors of NARAL Pro Choice Texas. Dr. Peterson also shared her personal abortion story in the New York Times and continues to be engaged with reproductive rights in the …

Take Action: Call your HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES and tell them NO on the latest attempt to repeal Obamacare

ALL WEEK: Defend the ACA…again Paul Ryan worked all weekend to whip up votes needed to repeal the Affordable Care Act and replace it with a Freedom Caucus-approved monstrosity of a bill. We have not yet won this battle. In fact, we’re closer than ever to losing it. Call your HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES and tell them NO …

How Your Voices Made a Difference Last Week: “I thought it would be easier”

Courtesy of 5 Minute Activism Republicans tried to ram through new health care legislation without proper vetting again this week. YOU all immediately called your MoCs in legions to tell them this haste and the shoddy replacement plan were unacceptable, and the vote broke down before it could be taken. Remember the Department of Homeland Security, …