Take Action The real crisis is Cornyn and Cruz’s spinelessness on the #FakeEmergency When “Constitutional Conservatives” John Cornyn and Ted Cruz voted against Rep. Joaquin Castro’s resolution to end Trump’s fake emergency, they abdicated their duties as Senators. As usual, they expressed “concern” but continued to enable the autocrat-in-chief. Twelve other Senate Republicans actually did …
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H.R.1: Why are Cornyn and Cruz afraid of Democracy? Keep pressuring to #PurgeWhitley; Support the Children’s Health Coverage bill | Take Action Newsletter
Take Action Hey Cruz and Cornyn: Why are you afraid of Democracy? Tell Sen. McConnell to bring H.R.1 to a floor vote. H.R.1, the “For the People Act of 2019,” passed the House, with all Republicans voting against the bill. The bill includes Rep. Lloyd Doggett’s provision to ensure that we seek the business tax …
Take Action Newsletter: #FakeEmergency: Senate Edition; Lobby for Medicaid Expansion at #TXLEGE; Activist Spotlight on Cat Yuracka; Your Moment of Zen
Take Action Tell Cornyn and Cruz to support the resolution to end the #FakeEmergency Now that the resolution has passed in the House, it’s time to shift our attention to our senators. Cornyn has already stated he will not support this resolution, but he also expressed concern about the precedent this sets. Cruz seems undecided. …
Take Action Newsletter: Support background checks at gun shows; end the #FakeEmergency; Roger Williams Town Hall; #TXLEGE lobby days
Take Action Two big votes in the House this week: Tell your reps: Support the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (H.R.8) Congress is voting this week on H.R.8, which would close the loophole in the current law to require background checks for firearm purchases online and at gun shows. It’s a small, but important …
Take Action Newsletter: Rally to end the #FakeTrumpEmergency; Say NO to SOS Whitley; John Cornyn hates the #GreenNewDeal
Take Action End the #FakeTrumpEmergency Rep. Roger Williams enjoys a round of golf with the president two days after Trump declared a National Emergency. Photo: Jesse Speirs via Twitter Trump declared a national emergency to build his vanity wall after signing the funding bill that will lead to even more detention, deportation, and family separations at …
Take Action Newsletter: Tell Cruz and Cornyn: No new wall money. Keep the government open; #TXLEGE roundup; Indivisible Austin general body meeting
Tuesday! Indivisible Austin General Body Meeting! Sign Up! Take Action Tell Cruz and Cornyn: No new wall money. Keep the government open. If Republicans try to back Trump’s demands for wall funding, we will be right back where we started, with another government shutdown on February 16. Tell them to keep the government open and …
Take Action Newsletter: End the voter purge; prevent #TrumpShutdown 2.0; #TXLEGE committee action
General Body Meeting. Register here! Take Action End the purge: Tell SOS David Whitley to rescind the phony “voter fraud” letter A lot has changed since last week, when the Texas Secretary of State issued an advisory that drove Ken Paxton, Greg Abbott and even Donald Trump into a froth of voter-fraud-conspiracy theorizing. To recap: …
Take Action Newsletter: What the SOS actually said about noncitizen voting; John Cornyn’s shutdown flipflop; #TXLEGE committee assignments
Poll: When can you join our general body meetings? Take Action No, the Texas Secretary of State did not say that thousands of people voted illegally The Texas secretary of state’s office flagged 95,000 registered voters who the state says counties should consider checking to see whether they are U.S. citizens. This set off a …
Take Action Newsletter: Impeachment roundup; Support local food banks; National call-in day to end the #TrumpShutdown; Rally at Cornyn’s; general body meeting
Impeachment Resource Roundup! Buzzfeed reported last week that Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about Trump Tower Moscow. This would be suborning perjury and would be a Very Big Deal. Although Mueller disputed some of the reporting—it’s hard to say which parts—the chances of the House impeaching the president just rose significantly. …
Take Action Newsletter: End the shutdown; free a detained Afghan interpreter; Austin Women’s Rally; Fire John Cornyn!
NEW: Joint Statement to the 86th Texas Legislature from Texas Indivisible Groups TXLEGE is in session! Download our guide! Calls to Make Call Cruz and Cornyn about… The shutdown and border wall “Mess with Texas!” “Fence me in!” That is the message our senators are telling President Trump over the stupid, unworkable border wall. Cruz …