Talk Talk Vote!

Rachel and Anne talk spending bill, SAVE Act, local involvement (mutual aid!), and how to make your voice heard when you're calling an elected official who isn't your own (hint: money).

Call Congress …

Join Anne and Rachel for a reminder about what society's different sectors can actually do, an up date on cabinet nominations, and a couple of topics to keep an eye on.

Five for Democracy

1. Call on your …

Know thine enemy's goals and you can mess with them.

Keep thinking critically about the news you hear.

Five for Democracy

1 – Give your senators a call to ask them to vote no on:

• Attorney General Nominee…

Hello! We're back for a short series in the lead up to the November 2024 election. Over the coming weeks we'll address some of the whys and hows of voting.

This week: Election Integrity

Tune in to hear…

Hello! We're back for a short series in the lead up to the November 2024 election. Over the coming weeks we'll address some of the whys and hows of voting.

This week: Why Vote?

Rachel has 10 really goo…

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

H.R. 354: LEOSA Reform Act – OPPOSE

• This bill broadens the authority for certain law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms across state li…

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

H.R. 7109: Equal Representation Act – OPPOSE

• To require a citizenship question on the decennial census, to require reporting on certain census statis…

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

H.R. 4016: Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act – SUPPORT

• For those veterans who become unable to manage their VA benefits, the VA has a program in which …

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

H.R. 4016: Veteran Fraud Reimbursement Act – SUPPORT

• For those veterans who become unable to manage their VA benefits, the VA has a program in which …

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

H.R. 4389: Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act of 2023 – SUPPORT

• This bill reauthorizes through FY2028 and revises the Neot…

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

H.R. 6610: Passport System Reform and Backlog Prevention Act – SUPPORT

• This bill is intended to provide for the modernization of the passport issuanc…

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

H.R. 7521: Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act – BE INFORMED

• This bill is intended to protect the national secur…

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

HR 6585: Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act– SUPPORT

• This bill expands student eligibility for Pell Grants by establishing the Workforce Pell Grant Progra…

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

HR 7102: Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act – SUPPORT

• This bill establishes an Office of Native American Affairs within the Small Busine…

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

HR 6976: Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act – OPPOSE

• This bill makes driving while intoxicated or impaired a ground for (1) barring a non-U.S. nat…

The House is not in session this week, so we're focusing on Senate hearings.

Senate Hearings Scheduled:

Rules and Administration

• Hearings to examine the use of Artificial Intelligence at the Library of …

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

HR 4250: PRESS Act – SUPPORT

• Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act
• Under this law, federal entities would not be able to compel journal…

Bills expected on the Floor of the House this week:

HR 788: Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2023 – OPPOSE

• This law would limit the government's ability to direct settlement payments by corporate wro…

Rachel and Anne talk Congress (why are there two chambers? what do they do for us?), learn that Idaho was a successful trolling of Congress, and put their Senators' and Representative's numbers in th…