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 …
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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 …
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 …
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, …
This is a request URGENT assistance from Will Hurd's district, TX23. He is still undecided on the vote, according to his staff. If you can make some phone calls tonight and tomorrow, please help! Hello Austin Resistors! As you know there may be a vote on the GOP Health Care Bill very soon. This bill is …
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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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, …
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Remember way back in history, five weeks ago, when we successfully fought the House bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and strip healthcare from 24 million Americans? Well, here we go again. The latest version of the bill is even worse than Trumpcare 1.0, and will likely come up for a vote on April 28 the …