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thisfinecrewI copied most of this from siderea's journal, there's a lot more detail in her post:
AMERICANS WITH DEMOCRAT SENATORS,
tl;dr: call them TODAY, tell them you absolutely expect them to shut down the government by voting against the continuing resolution bill if the GOP doesn't provide massive concessions, and maybe even then.
And whatever position they take, take it to social media immediately and make sure everyone you can reach knows it. Especially if they agree. [I think this assumes you talk to a staffer rather than leaving voivemail.]
There's a script about the CR at 5calls.org, but it says to tell your senator to ask for concessions in the CR, and it doesn't look like any such concessions would be worth much.
Slightly longer explanation:
The GOP has enough votes to pass the CR bill in the House, but will need at least seven Democrats to vote for it for it to pass.
The CR bill is not hugely bad, in and of itself. But if it doesn't pass, the government shuts down.
Shut it down.
The prevaling sentiment on r/fednews – a Reddit sub for federal employees – in favor of a shutdown. "This is the only leverage the Dems have. If they don’t use it we are all toast"
siderea's journal, there's a lot more detail in her post:AMERICANS WITH DEMOCRAT SENATORS,
tl;dr: call them TODAY, tell them you absolutely expect them to shut down the government by voting against the continuing resolution bill if the GOP doesn't provide massive concessions, and maybe even then.
And whatever position they take, take it to social media immediately and make sure everyone you can reach knows it. Especially if they agree. [I think this assumes you talk to a staffer rather than leaving voivemail.]
There's a script about the CR at 5calls.org, but it says to tell your senator to ask for concessions in the CR, and it doesn't look like any such concessions would be worth much.
Slightly longer explanation:
The GOP has enough votes to pass the CR bill in the House, but will need at least seven Democrats to vote for it for it to pass.
The CR bill is not hugely bad, in and of itself. But if it doesn't pass, the government shuts down.
Shut it down.
The prevaling sentiment on r/fednews – a Reddit sub for federal employees – in favor of a shutdown. "This is the only leverage the Dems have. If they don’t use it we are all toast"
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Date: 2025-03-11 04:28 pm (UTC)eta: I didn't use a script, but basically said something to the effect that this is currently the only way we have a chance to stop whatever the hell this chaos is that's happening, which is certainly not actual politics.
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Date: 2025-03-11 04:44 pm (UTC)I tend to stumble over my words in this sort of call or voicemail without a script, so I usually jot down a paragraph of "this is redbird, zip code whatever, calling to ask/demand/thank the senator/rep for $thing." If there's a personal angle, I may add "this is important to me because X"--if I'm calling about immigration and refugees, it may be "my mother was a refugee."
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Date: 2025-03-11 05:52 pm (UTC)Hi, my name is [] and I am a constituent from []. My phone number is [] and my zip code is []. I am calling to urge the senator to oppose the continuing resolution on the budget. If the Republicans want to allow Elon Musk to hold the power of the purse, the Democrats must allow the government to shut down. Thank you for your time.
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Date: 2025-03-11 06:18 pm (UTC)You are much more coherent than I!
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Date: 2025-03-11 07:42 pm (UTC)(And I doubt anyone has the time to go verify each caller is a constituent anyway. Which makes me wonder what would happen if I called, say, my Floridian aunt's senators, using her address/ZIP.....)
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Date: 2025-03-12 02:57 pm (UTC)Adrian mentioned a while ago that when she's calling the senator who asks for the spelling of her last name, she saves time by skipping the "A as in apple" because for this she doesn't care about spelling errors, and I decided this made sense.
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