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thisfinecrewIt's been a little quiet around here as the Minority President's administration has become the new normal and has stopped blowing up in a big way every other day. Or that's my impression anyway.
I'm still using ResistBot to tell my Congress people that I support Obamacare and that healthcare should be a right. But I'm starting to feel a little stale on that topic, so I'm probably going to start talking about my support for the EPA because I like clean air and clean water.
I was wondering what other issues folks are talking to their Congress people about. What's near and dear to your heart?
I'm still using ResistBot to tell my Congress people that I support Obamacare and that healthcare should be a right. But I'm starting to feel a little stale on that topic, so I'm probably going to start talking about my support for the EPA because I like clean air and clean water.
I was wondering what other issues folks are talking to their Congress people about. What's near and dear to your heart?
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Date: 2017-04-27 01:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-27 02:36 am (UTC)Honestly, I feel like my writing Congress is kind of a waste of time since my representatives are already doing everything I want them too. But I figure it keeps the Dems honest to keep the pressure on.
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Date: 2017-04-27 01:21 am (UTC)I've also been bugging them about the Russia investigations and making sure we don't let up on that.
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Date: 2017-04-27 01:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-27 02:38 am (UTC)Thanks for the links out - I wasn't been aware of the ADA attacks either.
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Date: 2017-04-27 01:43 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2017-04-27 02:58 pm (UTC)Because it adds NO flexibility they don't already have - for the worker - and lets the company defer overtime payment if the worker agrees (and if they only give overtime to those who agree...).
I mean, without the law, if you work a 50-hour week and a 25-hour week 3 months apart, for those two weeks in *total* you are paid 80 hours of pay (40+15 the first week, 25 the other).
With the law, if you do the same thing using comp time, in *total* you are paid 80 hours of pay...but the extra 15 hours of pay from the 50-hour week doesn't arrive until you take it as comp time in the 25-hour week.
Why are we adding a law to have employees loan their employers money from their wages??? O.o
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Date: 2017-04-28 03:06 am (UTC)*Solidarity hugs*
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Date: 2017-04-27 04:35 am (UTC)(Which reminds me: I live in Nevada, so I really should get in touch with people about Yucca Mountain...)
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Date: 2017-04-27 04:39 am (UTC)I oppose [Bill X] because it will cause harm to [affected group or issue]. People in [my state] will be affected in [ways]. I expect you to vote against this bill when it comes to the floor.
There's significant variance, of course, because I don't want everything I send to look or sound alike. But the general format of state opposition, provide examples, request a no vote works really well for me. Think of it as a chained set of 3 tweets. :-)
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Date: 2017-04-28 03:11 am (UTC)I really like that Resistbot, because it's texting, taps into that short form writing. It helps streamline what I want to say by skipping the letter-writing part of my brain that would draw things out.
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Date: 2017-04-27 02:13 pm (UTC)Resistbot told me that as an "elite member of the resistance" I can now use the bot to send postal mail to my representatives. I don't like the idea of an "elite" here, but more to the point, I'm not sending postal mail because it takes so long to be processed. Can anyone think of an advantage to paper over faxing here?
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Date: 2017-04-27 03:04 pm (UTC)I sent in about the border wall yesterday, saying that as Mexico will be paying for it, no monies for its construction should be in the tax bill. (My Senators and Representative align really well with my views already, so my letters probably don't have any convincing to do - but I still want to make sure I'm heard. It does mean I feel safe in how I phrase things though. I was focused on the budget more, and they won't suddenly support the wall if only Mexico would pay.)
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Date: 2017-04-27 07:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-04-27 08:36 pm (UTC)Also I donate money every month to the Liberals and NDP - because I'll never be a Tory at heart.
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