Congress Watch
Demand Your State Senator Vote “NO” on SB 725 and HB 259
Lawmakers just advanced THREE anti-voter bills aimed at creating barriers to the ballot. Senate Bill 326 now heads to Governor Cooper’s desk, while Senate Bill 725 and House Bill 359…
Read MoreHistory & Current Status of the For The People Act
In his monthly newsletter, Ezra Klein, co-founder of the national Indivisible Project, gave this excellent summary of the current status of the For The People Act (S.1) and the rationale…
Read MoreWe the People, FOR the People
The For The People Act would guarantee protections at the federal level for VOTING RIGHTS, ELECTIONS, and ETHICS. Join us Friday, July 2nd at 5:30 pm in front of Sen. Tillis’s office in Hendersonville to support the For The People Act.
Read MoreTalking Points on Passing the For the People Act, Ending the Filibuster, and Supporting D.C. Statehood
It’s crucial that Congress pass the For the People Act, a comprehensive democracy reform package, but the Jim Crow-era filibuster is standing in the way. Legislation to finally grant statehood…
Read MoreHelp Get the For The People Act through the Senate
On Wednesday, March 3rd, the House passed H.R.1, the For the People Act, with every single Democrat signing on as co-sponsor. This major democracy reform package takes big money out…
Read MoreThom Tillis’s Justification for Voting Against Pandemic Relief Bill
This is the verbatim text of an email Sen. Thom Tillis sent out to constituents on Sunday morning, March 7, 2021, as justification for his shameful vote against the pandemic…
Read MoreTruth & Shame: Burr Convicts, Tillis Acquits. Call & Write Today!
It’s now a matter of public record: On Saturday, February 13, 2021, one of our North Carolina senators stood up for truth in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump,…
Read MoreDemand Burr & Tillis Refuse Any SCOTUS Confirmation Before 2021
(UPDATED October 19, 2020): Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee rammed through rush committee hearings on Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s extremist nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme…
Read MoreTell Tillis & Burr to Support the HEROES Act
Schools cannot re-open safely with massive budget cuts, fewer educators, and less help for students. The House passed the HEROES Act to help, and we call on the Senate to…
Read MoreSave the Courts
Last week Mitch McConnell pushed through two more extremist nominees to the federal bench. The last one, inexperienced Corey Wilson, who has called the Affordable Care Act “perverse” and supported…
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