Check in if you called your senators today to urge them to get the We the People Act passed

[wackadoo wabbit]

I'll go first. I called both. I didn't reach a person either time, so I left a detailed voicemail explaining that not only was this important for the safety of our democracy, it was also critical that it pass to ensure that abortion would remain legal.

I'm in Arizona, so I also urged Sinema to vote to end the filibuster.

Anyone else call today?

[sabbat hunter]

1. It will never

pass the senate due to the filibuster. and we know Sinema AND Manchin will never vote to end it.

[wackadoo wabbit]

3. So what should we do then? Roll over and give up?

Together we can make a difference. There's power in numbers. Think of how quickly gay rights became accepted. It wasn't because people suddenly saw the light; it was because gay activists made a loud noise. That's what we have to do now.

That bill will never pass if we give up without even trying.

[qazplm135]

4. Well what we should have done is

Gotten Hillary elected. We failed. Next, we could have gotten liberal senators like Feingold into office. We failed there too.

What do we do? We do better at getting more Dems into office at all levels.

[wackadoo wabbit]

6. Exactly! Which we won't be able to do with all the voter suppression laws being passed in the . . .

states without passing the We the People Act!

[qazplm135]

8. Of course we will

It will just be harder.

The act isn't passing...you planning on telling people to stay home?

[sabbat hunter]

9. What we need to do is

Win two additional seats in 2022, so that we can tell Sinema and Manchin to fuck off. Then we might get things done.

[wackadoo wabbit]

10. Why not do both?

There's no harm in trying for both; that way, if one fails, we've still got the backup.

Also, Sinema has turned out to be very, very different from the way she presented herself before the election. We need to pass the For the People Act just in case we get another like her in one of those two additional seats (which we'll hopefully get).

[xmas74]

2. I no longer try calling them

Unless I feel like telling someone off. My opinion counts for nothing. I've had one office hang up on me several times. The other almost never answers and lets it all go to a full voice-mail box.

And before you or anyone here tells me to try harder my senator is Josh Hawley. His office hangs up on callers unless you kiss his ass. I'm blocked from his Facebook page and his Twitter account after making comments about his editorial where he sided with domestic terrorist Timothy McVeigh.

Blunt is off napping somewhere.

[wackadoo wabbit]

5. The one thing that senators want more than anything else is to be reelected

To be honest, one person calling every day isn't going to make any difference to them. But if enough people call daily, they might worry that maybe, just maybe, they might not be able to keep their cushy jobs.

You don't know who else is calling. Maybe yours will be the "100th monkey" call to make them worry about their reelection chances.

It's worth a shot. If you don't do it, it definitely won't work.

[xmas74]

7. He wants to run for president in 2024.

Blunt is retiring in 2022.

Neither gives a damn.


Go meet Josh Hawley. You'll see.