Important action for TODAY

Today is a national call in day to oppose the Conrad-Gregg amendment.  The call in number is 1-800-998-0180. 

The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote this week on an amendment offered by Senators Conrad and Gregg to create a "fiscal task force" that would make it easier to make cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.  

Under the Conrad-Gregg amendment, major decisions on long-term changes to programs including Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid would be turned over to a task force that would focus, behind closed doors, solely on debt reduction.  Their recommendations would then be fast-tracked through Congress with a simple up or down vote, leaving no room for debate, constituent input or amendments.  We believe that forcing changes to these critical benefit programs by fast-tracking changes and eliminating room for debate or amendments is an undemocratic way to address the future of such programs. 

What you can do: 

Send a letter to your senators here.

Call your senator today at 1-800-998-0180. 

Let your senators know that you are watching to make sure that they do not vote for secret cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

Comments

[Deborah Fort]

I don't have a senator much less senators to call. I live in the District of Columbia, where I understand we pay the second highest per capita tax in America. Our "representative" has no vote. Once this led to a revolution that created the United States.