Thanks to the tireless efforts of supporters like you, the House is expected to vote in the next few days on a version of the ROE Act during their budget debate.
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Make Roe v. Wade a local election issue! If your state is considering legislation to protect abortion-care rights, or if your state has been passing legislation designed to impede access to abortion-care, ask your state candidates what their positions are.
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(Please see our page full of helpful links to information, ways you can help, ways you can find help and more – from international to any state, to local communities) Details for small businesses here via INC: Small Businesses Could Land SBA Loans in as Soon as 2 Weeks. Here’s Who’s Eligible More info for small business here: Coronavirus checks,
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The bill, H140: An Act relative to abusive practices to change sexual orientation and gender identity in minors, would make harmful “conversion therapy” for minors, illegal. Please contact your State Senator! Details and contact info here.
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Around the country, Monday, Feb 18, there are actions taking place to protest Trump’s National Emergency. To find a rally near you – check here. On Cape Cod: Indivisible Outer Cape will gather at noon in front of Provincetown Town Hall. Lower Cape Indivisible will host a rally at noon at the Orlean’s Rotary. Falmouth Progressives will host a rally
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Friday is the deadline for bills filed in the MA legislature for this session (2019-2020), to be sponsored. Sponsoring a bill is the first sign of support we seek from our State Senators and Representatives. The more sponsors a bill has, the better it will do on the road to becoming a law. Please call or email your State Rep
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Here’s how you can use your voice to tell the Senate Majority Leader to end the shutdown, and what you can ask your senator to do to help.
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Please take quick action and share! You can call any time of day or any day of the week and leave a message, or send an email at any time. Time is running out. Please make a call or send an email.
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THANK YOU FOR USING YOUR VOICES! IT PASSED! They got the message that this bill had a lot of support across our commonwealth! We need your voice to support protecting women’s healthcare confidentiality. NOW! Please share this post! Please send an email or call your state Senators by 7am Wednesday morning! if you are not from Cape Cod – you
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This call comes from Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) Please share with your networks – we want an overwhelming show of support: Hundreds of people were at the State House Friday to show their support for the Safe Communities Act, which has a hearing from 10 am to 3 pm before the Joint Committee on Public Safety and
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CONFIRMATION HEARINGS WERE A LOVE-FEST – FOR GOP! Please Act. Please contact your Senators! Everything you need is here. Update: After two hearings for this nominee, it is clear the GOP is enamered with this man. He is well-spoken, self-deprecating and uses words like, gosh, and golly. But when the Democratic members of the committee grilled him on specifics, he
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Be sure to visit our: CALL TO ACTION: Save healthcare or yes, people will die, unnecessarily So far, different aspects of this bill have passed through two committees in the house, with little fanfare and without the numbers that revealed the true costs that were released by the GOP-lead Congressional Budget Office. If there is more information we will create
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We must continue to make calls – contact all senators on the Judiciary Committee – and insist they do not support Jeff Sessions. For details about who to support and how see: UPDATED URGENT Call to Action: Breaking News – Jeff Sessions Confirmation hearing takes on a new meaning. We cannot let up. Senators are listening and the committee vote was
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We must speak up and speak out. Please UPDATED SCHEDULE: (some are delayed as the Ethics background checks are still not complete. People spoke up about this, and the hearings were delayed) there are concerns about each nominee – but we are issuing Calls to Actions for the nominees we consider the most dangerous. Attorney General: Jeff Sessions – Jan.
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We must speak up and speak out. The coming weeks and months your voice will be needed. Voters voices were loud and clear, flooding legislative offices, as the new GOP congress tried to eliminate the Independent Ethics Office.The withdrew their proposal. Now our voices are needed to protect women’s access to healthcare.
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This bill is in danger of dying in committee – please see the latest post about this and what you can do to move it out of committee and onto the floor for a vote. (Thanks to the Action Together Massachusetts Facebook Page for this alert!) This is how we will get things done. We must be vigilant and stand
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Please note: this was 2016 – The senate passed the bill, the house never voted. It died there. Don’t let that happen during this session! SEE INFORMATION ABOUT THE BILL FILED THIS LEGISLATION From Raise Up MA (PFML is supported by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women) : Breaking news! The Senate will be voting on Paid Family and
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Sen. Spilka’s Pay Equity Legislation Passes in Senate “Women in the Commonwealth still make only 82 cents for every dollar earned by a man,” said Senator Karen Spilka, who represents Framingham. read full story here: http://patch.com/massachusetts/framingham/sen-spilkas-pay-equity-legislation-passes-senate-0 Mass. Senate OKs Bill That Would Ensure Equal Pay January 28, 2016 2:51 PM Filed Under: CBS Boston, Massachusetts, Senate, WBZ BOSTON (AP) —
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