Bark ALERT! AOC says CALL YOUR DEM REPS RIGHT NOW.

[CousinIT]

Us Democratic Doggos need to be BARKING and SHOWING TEETH right now!

Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: [phone]

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: [phone]

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) 2025-03-12T14:19:42.990Z

It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill.

People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.

They know exactly what is going on.

Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.

It should be very clear to every Senate Democrat that any vote for Cloture will also be considered a vote for the bill.

People aren’t going to be tricked with procedural games.

They know exactly what is going on.

Defend Medicaid.
Vote NO on Cloture.
NO on bill.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@aoc.bsky.social) 2025-03-12T14:20:07.725Z

[displacedvermoter]

1. Already called Peter Welch

He has the look and patter of a caver, i am afraid.

[Hotler]

2. But, they don't like it when we call.

[Bettie]

6. It makes them sad

when people call for anything other than to say how awesome they are.

[JohnSJ]

3. I am California, and am pretty confident the will vote NO. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff.

[Nanjeanne]

10. Don't take anything for granted. Truly. Call anyway.

[MsLeopard]

31. Schiff voted yes

yesterday on Dump’s anti-labor labor secretary. I don’t get it, but there it is….

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Got through to Sen. Duckworth, but not Durbin.

[CrispyQ]

5. Kick, kick, kick!!!

Make the calls, people! ☎️☎️☎️

If ever we needed all dems to vote no, today's the day. One of my dem senators wavers a bit.

[Rebl2]

7. Haven't

had a democrat as senator for years. Last one was McCaskill of MO.

[CousinIT]

8. Rep Crockett says:

I’m old enough to remember the Repubs in the Senate using the filibuster on things such as voting rights & reproductive rights!

The Senate Dems should hear from their constituents ahead of the vote… the R’s should be forced to negotiate & the only way is if they filibuster and hold the line.

— Jasmine Crockett (@jasmineforus.bsky.social) 2025-03-12T11:06:19.171Z

I’m old enough to remember the Repubs in the Senate using the filibuster on things such as voting rights & reproductive rights!

The Senate Dems should hear from their constituents ahead of the vote… the R’s should be forced to negotiate & the only way is if they filibuster and hold the line.

[Nanjeanne]

9. Called mine. Chris Murphy is a NO. Blumenthals phone busy so left message. Also told Murphys office to have him

encourage Blumenthal to vote NO.

Dems have the power to block this vote. But seemingly as usual not the will.

[woodsprite]

11. Done!

I was notified by Coons office that he definitely intends to vote NO. Left a message for Lisa Blunt Rochester.

[julmur]

12. Just

called senator Baldwin (I’ve left several messages & only get voicemail, and no responses) & Gwen Moore, got through to her office & they did ask my address

[CousinIT]

13. Indivisible script and 5calls script...

https://5calls.org/issue/cr-continuing-resolution-doge-musk/

https://indivisible.org/resource/call-now-tell-senate-democrats-hold-line-against-extreme-maga-continuing-resolution?source=bluesky

[CousinIT]

14. Thanks to everyone who has called! My two senators are MAGAts...

I called them yesterday about Social Security & Medicare (and have emailed them countless rants about the same + dismantling of our government).

But the calls today need to go to Dem Senators about the CR.

[Tom Rinaldo]

15. Done. Called both of my NY Senators

Said we are in a national crisis, best to face it now, it doesn't get better from here if we don't. No to the so called continuing resolution. No more rubber stamp blank checks in the vain hope of preserving a normality that no longer exists.

[ancianita]

16. Directories, if needed

https://www.senate.gov/general/resources/pdf/senators_phone_list.pdf

https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/TTD-119.pdf

[Casandia]

17. Done!

Called my 2 Senators from Michigan. Both Senators went straight to ‘leave a message, etc’.

[Katcat]

18. I have no dem reps

In fooking WV. In fact, I have zero representation because the people in WV are fooking morons who vote for the same worthless shits year after year and spend their time not voting for idiots by complain8ng about the same idiots!

[Mysterian]

19. I wish I had a Dem senator

My state has gone full troglodyte.

[c-rational]

20. Done.

[StarryNite]

21. Done!

Kick

[Doodles]

22. Called Duckworth

Since I have no Dems in Iowa. Also called Ernst & Grassley. Figured they’d missed me the last couple days. Never get a person. Just leave my message.

[ancianita]

24. Fired off 5 emails to Obama, Slotkin, Hogg, Kenyatta, Krishnamoorthi, AOC; called Maxwell Frost to say this:

Thank you, wonderful DU'ers here for the language that helps shake elected Dems back to reality!

DEAR PRES. OBAMA, TELL CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS THIS RIGHT NOW:


1. VOTE NO ON CLOTURE,

2. VOTE NO ON THE REPUBLICAN SPENDING BILL AND

3. DO NOT LET REPUBLICANS PIVOT TO RECONCILIATION -- VOTE NO, EVEN IF THEY CAN PASS IT. DO NOT HELP THEM.



LISTEN TO THE PROTESTING AMERICAN PEOPLE ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES: DO SOMETHING.

*****NO MORE YES HOUSE/SENATE VOTES IN THE STUPID, VAIN HOPE OF PRESERVING NORMALITY THAT NO LONGER EXISTS.*****

AMERICAN VOTERS KNOW THAT. *****YOU ELECTED DEMOCRATS BETTER ACT LIKE YOU KNOW THAT. *****

DEMOCRATS ARE WATCHING THIS VOTE. IF YOU VOTE YES ON EITHER, YOU WILL NOT GET A PENNY MORE FOR THE MIDTERMS OR 2028.

ALLOW CLOTURE AND A CR AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL DISSOLVE CONGRESS.

XXXXXXXX
Lifelong Democrat and full donor to Obama
34203 in Florida

[orangecrush]

23. I have Fetterman

But I called anyway.

Left message, no one answers the phone there ever.

[dchill]

34. Ditto.

Performance art.

[Alice B.]

25. The automated menu for Fetterman's office is non-responsive when...

It asks callers to select from options including giving your opinion on an issue or speaking to a staffer. It ultimately hung up on me after I repeatedly tried selecting both those options.

The main switchboard was also acting like it couldn’t understand “Fetterman” and routed me through the part where it asks for your zip or state.

Maybe it’s my phone?

I did fill out the form and send an email, too, though.

I also referenced his interview with Stephanie Ruhle.

[CousinIT]

26. THANK YOU for doing all you can. Fetterman...

...I don't know about that guy. But, efforts to get through any way possible are all good!

[Alice B.]

32. I could still cry. He's such a disappointment.

... But here we go, right?

[bucolic_frolic]

27. DUers don't seem too optimistic

but on the down side, if Dems fail to block this, then the GOP owns it lock, stock, and barrel. And Dems will never have to take a difficult vote on it because total destruction will have already been done. As to whether any of them vote on that basis, who knows?

[littlemissmartypants]

28. My Senators are Republicans. Any other suggestions? ❤️

[dflprincess]

36. Call them anyway

They still need to hear from you.

[littlemissmartypants]

37. To what end? Thom Tillis and Ted Budd? No thanks. ❤️

[Pacifist Patriot]

29. This made me realize that I have not lived in a congressional district represented by a Democrat since 1994.

That is so fucking depressing.

[Hotler]

30. Yeah right, their not going to listen to you or us. Thanks for trying. I always enjoy your essays.

Be well Jim.

[elocs]

33. I have no Democratic rep. n/t

[dflprincess]

35. Had to leave messages for both Klobuchar and Smith

And did so at both their DC and local offices.

[ancianita]

38. Vern Buchanan (10th richest in Congress) just dared to email me to take a "flash poll" and get money. Bad move.

I wanted to send him a big "fuck you," but instead sent this:

MR. BUCHANAN:

You, Trump, DOGE, and this party are a danger to the national security of the United States and the West. You have allied with an international war criminal who has broken four -- not one, but FOUR Rome statutes: (8(2)(a)(vii) and 8(2)(b)(viii); article 25(3)(a); article 28(b).
You have allied with lawless oligarchs who would rob the American people of TRILLIONS when you all don't even need that money.
You already have blood on your hands in your dismantling of the greatest government on Earth; you will have more blood on your hands when tens of thousands of Americans die.

Floridians of your district know this about you all.
Every single day, hundreds of protests continue all across the nation.
Republican voters know that you won't face them because you don't care about them as much as your TRILLIONS in tax cuts.

LISTEN TO YOUR VOTERS. IF YOU CALL YOURSELF CHRISTIAN, ACT LIKE ONE. SERVE JESUS, NOT MAMMON.

1. VOTE NO ON THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN SPENDING BILL AND

2. DO NOT LET HOUSE REPUBLICANS PIVOT TO RECONCILIATION; DO NOT LET DOGE DESTRUCTIONS CONTINUE TO HURT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.


VOTERS ARE WATCHING THIS VOTE. IF YOU VOTE YES ON EITHER, YOU WILL NOT GET A PENNY MORE FOR THE MIDTERMS OR 2028.

ALLOW CLOTURE AND A CR AND YOU MIGHT AS WELL DISSOLVE THE PARTY. .


34203 in Florida

[CousinIT]

40. That's some BIG ANGRY TEETH! Good. They need more of that.

He's a MAGAt congressman and will probably ignore you. Plus, they voted on the CR yesterday (Senate vote is today). STILL, they must hear from us.

But let's not let them ignore us in peace! It's our job when it comes to the MAGAt congresscritters, to be a ROYAL PAIN IN THE ASS to them every damn day.

I have sent emails to my MAGAt reps that are also very, shall we say *pointed* about the lies I know are being thrown at us by their weaselly asses trying to get people to accept the dismantling of OUR government, OUR government services, OUR Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, VA benefits and healthcare that we all have worked for, earned, and paid for - so the goddamned billionaires can have a fat tax cut. I outlined why it's all lies - gave them the facts - so they know they aren't fooling ME with their bullshit.

They'll ignore it, but I sent it anyway. And I'm going to keep sending them and calling.

[ancianita]

42. Angry is how he SHOULD interpret the voters. Cuz I'm just pointing out the obvious that he refuses to see.

These fragile richies had better realize their days could very well be numbered when enough voters decide to vote.

[CousinIT]

43. DAMN RIGHT!

[ancianita]

44. LUV your DOGE ATTACK DOG!

[NJCher]

39. I got through on Booker's line

Heard he was wavering. Told him in no uncertain terms.

[CousinIT]

41. GREAT! Thank you. Booker?! He KNOWS BETTER!

It's a good thing you called.

[Bluepinky]

45. I called my two senators, couldn't get thru, left message on phone.

[RandiFan1290]

46. My 'Rep' only cares about 1 country

and it's not the USA

[pat_k]

47. If republicans aren't willing to negotiate with Dems, the shutdown is THEIRS to own.

They need Dem votes on cloture.

If they want those votes they need to negotiate with Dems.

If they refuse to negotiate, the shutdown is THEIRS. It is their choice to refuse to work with the people they need.