Join us! MA ROE Act hearing June 17 – UPDATE
Join us Monday, June 17 for the MA ROE Act hearing. The opposition will be there in force, we need to show up.
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Important: MA ROE Act hearing June 17, join us!
The state senate has already passed this bill, it needs to pass the house. Let’s make sure our youth have the knowledge they need to make the right decisions.
Read moreCall to Action: MA Healthy Youth Act, sex education bill, written testimony needed
The state senate has already passed this bill, it needs to pass the house. Let’s make sure our youth have the knowledge they need to make the right decisions.
Read moreDoes your state legislator support or oppose legislation that benefits women? These are Cape & Islands Senators’ and House Reps’ grades and endorsements regarding women’s issues
These ratings are from organizations that advocate for, or against, legislation for women. Grades are based on sponsorship of legislation and voting records. In the coming weeks we will be sharing more about our legislators’ support or opposition important to women. Planned Parenthood has not updated their ratings for 2018, but they have listed their endorsements, noted below. MA Citizens
Read moreThese are the MA legislators who signed a letter opposing AGs decision to enforce laws banning assault weapons
IS YOUR STATE REP OR SENATOR ON THIS LIST? The list is at the bottom of this page. This post explains the letter. This is the second in a series of posts about our Attorney General’s efforts to enforce Massachusetts’s assault weapons ban and clamp down on the sale of copycat weapons cable of the same type of shootings that
Read moreKnow before you vote, how does your State Rep and State Senator rate on guns?
This post is a copy of our page: Cape Cod’s State Senator and State Rep’s NRA and gun groups grades and endorsements 2018: At this point none of our State Reps and Senators have applied for endorsement with the MA affiliate of the NRA, GOAL. Perhaps as the local and national conversation has turned towards more sensible gun control. But,
Read moreELECTION: Know your elected officials’ records and endorsements
Updated information, including printable graphics about the three State Rep races on Cape Cod. Candidates: Tim Whelan votes against legislation that protects our safety and against low-income families, Steve Leibowitz is a better choice. Will Crocker has filed bills and voted against women, families and LGBTQ, Paul Cusack will actually represent us! Randy Hunt votes against low-income families, LGBTQ and
Read moreCONGRATULATIONS! State Senator Julian Cyr has been an important asset to all of us!
UPDATE: Julian won – thank you to Julian and his hard working team! We are reposting this for your last minute election consideration! (This post has been updated.) Julian’s experience and ability to understand his constituency have served us well. He is hard working and that is reflected in the number and importance of the bills he’s filed, the money
Read moreCALL TO ACTION – Healthy Youth Sex Education Bill, contact your state rep – quick and easy action!
The state senate has already passed this bill, it needs to pass the house. Let’s make sure our youth have the knowledge they need to make the right decisions.
Read moreUse your voice! Will your legislator support local immigrants?
The Safe Communities Act is stuck in committee and will die there, without ever making it to the floor for a legislative vote if the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security doesn’t act by FEBRUARY 7. This would mean the people we elect to serve us in the state legislature would not have the opportunity to REPRESENT us. Furthermore, Cape Cod has now become more anti-immigrant, as our own sheriff has now agreed to take money from the federal government to make his deputies extensions of ICE.
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The Safe Communities Act is stuck in committee. It will never be brought to the legislative floor for a legislative vote, if it is not voted out of committee. Our own Sheriff here on Cape Cod has now agreed to take money from the federal government to make his deputies extensions of ICE
Read moreCall to Action: Immigration in MA, tell legislators and the governor to support ‘The Safe Communities Act’
Contact the chairs of the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security, the bill is sitting in this committee and will get nowhere if they don’t vote it out of committee and move it to the floor for a vote- DEADLINE Feb 7.
Among other things this bill, filed in both the MA house and the senate, operates within federal laws, despite what critics and opponents will say. Let’s be clear, this would not defy federal laws and subject us to the loss of federal funds. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
CALL TO ACTION – Healthy Youth Sex Education Bill – contact your state legislators
UPDATE: THIS BILL HAS PASSED THE SENATE BUT STILL WE NEED THE HOUSE TO Please send an email or make a phone call to your State House Representative and ask them to support this bill. Cape and Islands legislators contact here. If you don’t know who your state rep is check here. Find your legislator’s contact information here. Please leave
Read moreCall to Action: Immigration in MA, tell your legislator and the governor to support ‘The Safe Communities Act’
Over the next few weeks we will introduce you to several bills that impact women and families in MA. We encourage you to contact your state senator and state rep. For those of you on Cape Cod, sponsorship (those who have signed on to commit to support these bills) is pretty much along party lines. We have work to do.
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