Action Items to choose from (or do all of them: your choice!) Scroll down to the matching number of your option:
1) Oppose Trump’s fuel economy rollbacks
2) Support efforts to impeach Kristi Noem
3) The Senate must pass a clean extension of the ACA tax credits
4) Push Congress to take back its constitutional war powers authority
5) Demand the immediate cessation of ICE raids in American cities
Reminder: When you call vs when you email via our reps’ websites (best way to contact them in writing), don’t forget to begin with: “Hi, my name is [name] and I’m a constituent calling from [zip code]. That is important, because if they don’t know you’re actually a constituent, your opinion will be ignored.
Contact info:
Angus King
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292
Susan Collins
DC: (202) 224-2523
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417
Chellie Pingree
DC: (202) 225-6116
Portland: (207) 774-5019
Waterville: (207) 873-5713
Jared Golden
DC: (202) 225-6306
Bangor: (207) 249-7400
Caribou: (207) 492-6009
Lewiston: (207) 241-6767
Find your State Representative:
By name: Here
By district: Here
(Please note that for those of you receiving this email who are not represented by Senators or House members in our district, I have to leave it up to you to find the contact info for your own representatives.)
Actions
1) Oppose Trump’s fuel economy rollbacks:
In early December, the Trump administration announced plans to eliminate critical fuel economy protections for passenger cars and trucks by stripping away Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards—a move that, if successful, will mean increased oil consumption, higher costs for consumers at the pump, and further harm to public health through increased refinery pollution.
The public comment period on these proposed rollbacks to CAFE standards is open, but only until Tuesday, January 20. Act now: submit a comment to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to demand they uphold the existing CAFE standards. You can comment here here. There’s a script provided, but it’s always a good idea to personalize it.
2) Support efforts to impeach Kristi Noem:
House Representative Robin Kelly has filed articles of impeachment against Noem, accusing her of obstructing Congress, compromising public safety, violating Americans’ due process, and abusing her office for personal benefit. Reps. Maxine Dexter, Emily Randall, and Yassamin Ansar have co-sponsored the bill. I’d add “inciting violence” and “covering up for a murderer” to the list, but hey, it’s a start.
Contact Rep. Jared Golden to urge him to cosponsor these articles of impeachment. If he thinks Kristi Noem has done a single thing not harmful to the U.S., he must be living in another world.
3) The Senate must pass a clean extension of the ACA premium tax credits:
Seventeen House Republicans just joined Democrats to pass a three-year extension of Affordable Care Act health care subsidies. Now it is the Senate’s turn.
Contact Senators King and Collins to demand that they vote FOR a clean three-year extension of the ACA premium tax credits, one without any restrictions on abortion or gender-affirming care.
4) Push Congress to take back its constitutional war powers authority:
Trump just posted a photo of himself captioned “Acting President of Venezuela.” How not to endear himself to the people of Venezuela or the USA. It’s beyond time for Congress to slap him down.
Last week, the Senate passed the initial procedural motion to invoke the War Powers Resolution to force the withdrawal of American troops from Venezuela and bar further use of the U.S. military for “hostilities within or against Venezuela.” Susan Collins and 4 other GOP Senators voted with the Democrats. The final passage vote will be this week, and as we’ve seen before, Susan Collins can’t be relied on to vote against Trump when the vote actually might have meaning.
Contact Senators King and Collins and demand that they vote to invoke the War Powers Resolution. With Senator Collins, start by thanking her for voting for the procedural motion last week and then urge her to stand firm on that stance when the final vote comes up this week.
5) Demand the immediate cessation of ICE raids in American cities:
Contact Senators King and Collins and Congressman Golden and demand that they speak out against the use of Trump’s under-trained, trigger-happy, gestapo goons in American cities. They must oppose the Trump administration’s attacks on immigrant communities and hold this administration accountable for their authoritarian and unlawful tactics. They must demand a full investigation of ICE agents’ indiscriminate use of deadly force against protesters—and agent Jonathan Ross must be arrested and charged with murder. And they must refuse to pass a DHS appropriations bill that fully funds ICE.
One more thing: It can’t have been lost on anyone that at the same time that Trump and his DHS are smearing protesters as a means to justify attacking and killing them, Trump is talking about going to war with Iran in order to protect the anti-government protesters there. Remind our Senators and Congressman that the US military should stay out of Iran. Americans don’t want any more forever wars.
Yours in Civic Action,
Bold Coast Civic Alliance
