Congress is in session
and they have a lot on their plate. Make your voice heard. Contact your senators on
one or more of the items below.
1. It
is possible that the Senate will vote on their tax bill yet this
week. Catholic bishops say the G.O.P.-backed tax reform plan is
“unconscionable” and “unacceptable,” pointing to “fundamental structural
flaws” that they say “will raise income taxes on the working poor while
simultaneously providing a large tax cut to the wealthy.” They
are among a growing number of groups and individuals opposed to the
bill. The Senate has once again changed its own rules allowing the
final vote to pass by 50 plus 1 votes instead of 60.
2. The
final budget vote is scheduled for December 8. Presently it
includes a 31% cut to the Environmental Protection Agency along with other
cuts to other vital services programs.
3. The
FCC will vote on his plan to gut net neutrality on December
14. Net neutrality is meant to ensure that all content on the
Internet be treated equally. We need action from Congress.
4. Every day that Congress fails to pass a Dream Act, 122 immigrant youth lose DACA
protections. That’s 854 every week. Paul
Ryan wants to wait until March to work on the Dream Act. A clean
Dream Act is needed now.
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