Long story short: tell your Congressfolk to end the Trump tax cuts and pass working family tax cuts, reject the so-called Energy Permitting Reform Act, and pass the Snowmobiles Aren't Weapons Act. Use the tools in the upper right-hand corner of this page (or, if you're on a cellphone, the bottom of this page) to find your Congressfolk's phone numbers and/or use the email/petition tools in the following paragraphs.
Americans for Tax Fairness helps youtell our House's Ways and Means Committee to let the Trump "tax cuts" expire and focus on delivering real tax relief for working families. Because the Trump "tax cuts" delivered massive tax cuts for the rich and tiny tax cuts for working families, whereas the Child Tax Credit expansion under President Biden delivered $250 and $300 checks per child per month to qualifying families in 2021. Will Republicans do any of that? Of course not! But will it cost them politically if they ignore us when we get in their grills? Yes, it will. After all, tax cuts for working families are popular, whereas tax cuts for the rich are, er, not.
The Native Organizers Alliance Fund helps you tell your Congressfolk to reject the so-called Energy Permitting Reform Act, which would fast-track approval of fossil fuel projects – whether they're actually safe or not, what's the difference? – and would also open up more public lands to mining and oil and gas drilling. "Fast-tracking approval," of course, also means taking away tools good Americans have to stop pollution in their backyards. Too many Americans think faster is better with every damn thing, but faster isn't better when you're trying to avoid spewing filth into our air and water. I'd say you should err on the side of taking your time and doing things right, but gosh, that would sound awfully conservative of me.
Finally, the Endangered Species Coalition helps you tell your Congressfolk to pass the Snowmobiles Aren't Weapons Act, which would, as its title implies, ban using snowmobiles to murder animals on public lands. Because who would do that? Some asshole in Wyoming, apparently, who ran over a female wolf with his snowmobile and then paraded her not-dead-yet body around a bar before finally shooting her. But this bill is so obviously a lay-up that it's nine House co-sponsors include four Republicans, including the bill's main sponsor, Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, and the otherwise-notorious Matt Gaetz of Florida. But too often a no-brain Congress forgets to pass no-brainer bills, so we should still speak out.
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