Red Alert notice from Senator Chris Murphy

[FarPoint]

A friend shared this notice with me....I thought it would be good information for DU'er.

STAY INFORMED .
Pay attention to what is happening.
Senator Chris Murphy sent out this report from the Senate Floor:
"Last night in the Senate, something really important happened. Republicans forced us to debate their billionaire bailout budget framework. We started voting at 6 PM because they knew doing it in the dark of night would minimize media coverage. And they do not want the American people to see how blatant their handover of our government to the billionaire class is.
So I want to explain what happened last night and what we did to fight back. The apex of Republicans’ plan to turn over our government to their wealthy cronies is a giant tax cut for billionaires and corporations. And they plan to pay for it with cuts to programs that working people rely on. Popular and necessary programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP, are all being targeted. In order to pass the tax cut, Republicans have to go through a series of procedural steps. Last night, they took the first step which requires them to pass an outline of their plan, but with it, any senator can offer as many amendments as we want.
So my Democratic colleagues and I did just that.
Now, we knew that Republicans would largely unanimously oppose them, but we had two objectives here. One, Republicans were forced to put their opinion on record — many for the first time — on the most corrupt parts of Trump and Musk’s agenda. Two, as I’ve been saying, I am going to make every process and procedure as slow and painful as possible for as long as my colleagues choose to ignore the constitutional crisis happening before our eyes.
So what did we propose?
We proposed no tax cuts for anyone who makes a billion dollars a year. We made them vote on whether or not Elon Musk and DOGE should have limitless access to Americans’ personal data. We made them vote on whether to protect IVF and require insurers to cover it. Every single amendment Democrats proposed was shot down. On almost every single amendment, Republicans universally opposed it. Every Republican voted against our proposal to prevent more tax cuts for billionaires. The corruption and theft is happening in the open here.
The whole game for Republicans is taking your money and giving it to the wealthiest corporations and billionaires — even if it means kicking your parents out of a nursing home or turning off Medicaid for the poorest children. They know what they are doing is deeply unpopular.
They are offering a tax cut to the most wealthy that is 850 times larger than what they are offering working people. Oh and by the way, any tax cuts for working people are going to be washed out by higher costs for basic necessities, like health care and food. It’s a fundamental injustice.
Thanks to your pressure and support, many of my Democratic colleagues have joined my effort to do everything we can to make sure they cannot destroy democracy and steal your money in the dark of the night. We are being loud about what is happening. I’m going to continue to grind the gears of Congress down as much as possible to make it that much harder and slower to get away with this corruption. That’s why the votes lasted until nearly 5 AM.
DO NOT PRESS SHARE. JUST COPY THE ENTIRE POST AND PASTE IT ON YOUR OWN WALL.
This is a five-alarm fire. I don’t think we have two years to plan and fight back. I think we have months. It’s still in our power to stop the destruction of our democracy with mass mobilization and effective opposition from elected officials. So we can’t miss any opportunity to take advantage of opportunities to put Republicans on the record and shine a light on what is happening.
And you have a role to play in this as well. I need you to amplify what’s happening, support the leaders who are fighting for you to make sure they can continue speaking truth to power against Musk and Trump’s billionaire cronies, and show up at rallies and town halls. Use every tool at your disposal to send a message loud and clear about how you expect my colleagues to lead and fight in this moment.
Every best wish,
US Senator Chris Patrick Murphy"

[stillcool]

1. thanks for this Just a little late.

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copy, paste and pass it on. should have checked the date. Ah well.

[spanone]

2. K&R

[dchill]

3. Say it isn't so.

He seems shocked. Is he? Either way, here we are.

[soldierant]

20. I don't think he's shocked at all. But maybe

he is hoping some of their constituents will be. And that this is evidence we can use - if we figure out how and have the spines to do so.

[et tu]

4. ty cm and all the

dems who are working hard for us.
and ty farpoint for posting!

[FarPoint]

12. You are most welcome...

[JoseBalow]

5. Thank you for sharing this

I hope you don't mind, my OCD compels me to format the text...

STAY INFORMED.
Pay attention to what is happening.

Senator Chris Murphy sent out this report from the Senate Floor:

Last night in the Senate, something really important happened. Republicans forced us to debate their billionaire bailout budget framework. We started voting at 6 PM because they knew doing it in the dark of night would minimize media coverage. And they do not want the American people to see how blatant their handover of our government to the billionaire class is.

So I want to explain what happened last night and what we did to fight back. The apex of Republicans’ plan to turn over our government to their wealthy cronies is a giant tax cut for billionaires and corporations. And they plan to pay for it with cuts to programs that working people rely on. Popular and necessary programs like Medicaid, Medicare, and SNAP, are all being targeted. In order to pass the tax cut, Republicans have to go through a series of procedural steps. Last night, they took the first step which requires them to pass an outline of their plan, but with it, any senator can offer as many amendments as we want.

So my Democratic colleagues and I did just that.

Now, we knew that Republicans would largely unanimously oppose them, but we had two objectives here. One, Republicans were forced to put their opinion on record — many for the first time — on the most corrupt parts of Trump and Musk’s agenda. Two, as I’ve been saying, I am going to make every process and procedure as slow and painful as possible for as long as my colleagues choose to ignore the constitutional crisis happening before our eyes.

So what did we propose?

We proposed no tax cuts for anyone who makes a billion dollars a year. We made them vote on whether or not Elon Musk and DOGE should have limitless access to Americans’ personal data. We made them vote on whether to protect IVF and require insurers to cover it. Every single amendment Democrats proposed was shot down. On almost every single amendment, Republicans universally opposed it. Every Republican voted against our proposal to prevent more tax cuts for billionaires. The corruption and theft is happening in the open here.

The whole game for Republicans is taking your money and giving it to the wealthiest corporations and billionaires — even if it means kicking your parents out of a nursing home or turning off Medicaid for the poorest children. They know what they are doing is deeply unpopular.

They are offering a tax cut to the most wealthy that is 850 times larger than what they are offering working people. Oh and by the way, any tax cuts for working people are going to be washed out by higher costs for basic necessities, like health care and food. It’s a fundamental injustice.

Thanks to your pressure and support, many of my Democratic colleagues have joined my effort to do everything we can to make sure they cannot destroy democracy and steal your money in the dark of the night. We are being loud about what is happening. I’m going to continue to grind the gears of Congress down as much as possible to make it that much harder and slower to get away with this corruption. That’s why the votes lasted until nearly 5 AM.

DO NOT PRESS SHARE. JUST COPY THE ENTIRE POST AND PASTE IT ON YOUR OWN WALL.

This is a five-alarm fire. I don’t think we have two years to plan and fight back. I think we have months. It’s still in our power to stop the destruction of our democracy with mass mobilization and effective opposition from elected officials. So we can’t miss any opportunity to take advantage of opportunities to put Republicans on the record and shine a light on what is happening.

And you have a role to play in this as well. I need you to amplify what’s happening, support the leaders who are fighting for you to make sure they can continue speaking truth to power against Musk and Trump’s billionaire cronies, and show up at rallies and town halls. Use every tool at your disposal to send a message loud and clear about how you expect my colleagues to lead and fight in this moment.

Every best wish,
US Senator Chris Patrick Murphy

[Xavier Breath]

6. Thanks for doing that, it makes it much easier on the eyes.

[erronis]

10. Thank you for this. The original text was probably properly spaced (paragraph breaks),

but cut-and-paste on different platforms/browsers don't always work well. (The DU back-end may be partially to blame.)

I'd ask all Original Posters to look at what they copied into their post and add necessary line breaks as needed.

[calimary]

13. Easier to read. I like the spaces between paragraphs.

May have to make an ask about this: support what Senator Murphy’s trying to do!

[marybourg]

15. Thank you. I was completely unable to read the wall of words in the OP.

[FarPoint]

17. Thank you soooo much for cleaning this up...

This was sent to me and thru the process gets jumbled up...

Thanks again...

[JoseBalow]

19. No problemo

[liberalla]

27. Agree! This is easier to read! Thank you!

And thanks to Senator Chris Murphy!

[ancianita]

7. Thank you. And thanks to our senators. Democrats are in the fight.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

8. True American hero.

........ ........

[paleotn]

9. For those who continue to think "Dems aren't doing anything", please read.

[ShazzieB]

23. Absolutely!

I hope all the negative nellies will read this. I won't hold my breath, but I do hope so!

[oasis]

11. Dems keep on keeping on.

[vanlassie]

14. Very old news

PLEASE confirm the “news” you wish us to consider before passing it along. Chris Murphy wrote that back in February.
Please either take it down or label it correctly. DU should be a dependable source.

[cliffside]

22. Thank you, I was going to look up the votes but found a posting from February first ...

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/republicans-starting-to-panic-doge-townhalls-musk-cuts/comments

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/vote_menu_119_1.htm

Agree we need to check dates and or sources!

[FarPoint]

25. My friend just sent it to me and others ....

I think he just got it as well.

[Efilroft Sul]

16. Posting this to Mastodon. Thanks!

[Clouds Passing]

18. Senator Murphy

[multigraincracker]

21. Eat the Rich. Pass it on.

[NoMoreRepugs]

24. How do we galvanize those that really don't give a shit and think they are going to be fine?

So damn frustrating.

[chia]

26. "They are offering a tax cut to the most wealthy that is 850 times larger than what they are offering working people"

This needs to be everywhere.

[progressoid]

28. I'll share this with Senators Ernst and Grassley

[kwolf68]

29. Chris Murphy is solid

He has been one of the ones digging his heels in. I love the "no tax for billionaires" amendment. Of course shot down, NOW the Democrats need to take that and run with it. Preach it. I am sure Faux Spews and other right wing propaganda ministries will be there on the job, but we have to speak.

[Littlered]

30. I've only been loosely following this.

Many of these “tax breaks” would have a fairly large impact on my bottom line, and I’m far from being a billionaire. However, every time I read an article like this I never see any specific numbers. It’s just more of the same. Never any specifics. They keep saying they are cutting s.s. But I never see the numbers. Why is that?

[mdbl]

31. K&R

[Karasu]

32. "I don't think we have two years to plan and fight back. I think we have months." He is absolutely correct on that.

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