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I’m posting Calls to Action when I can. I’m focused on congressional activities and legislation. However, on the Useful Tools & Apps page, there are several online tools, resources, and apps that are frequently updated and tailored for folks to take direct action by inputting zip code.

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Below is a complete list of  Dinner at the Grange’s Call-to-Acton posts and site updates. If there’s an urgent Call to Action Item you’d like posted, use the Contact page to send the pertinent information.

By month:

• March 2017 (4)
• February 2017 (10)

 Older Items

2.5.17 – Call to Action: Updated Info to Get Bannon off the NSC

New information: Where do your congressional members stand on Bannon’s appointment to the National Security Council? Check this site (organized by houses, House of Representatives and Senate). Links to contact your congressional members in the table.  Call their District/mobile offices first, then their DC office.

Call to Action # 1: Keep placing calls to the Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee’s main number (202-224-4751). If the mailbox is full, try again in a few hours.  They empty the mailbox every day at noon EST (9:00 am PST) and every night.  You can call repeatedly; no limit.

You can also email the Committee – use this the form from the Committee to contact them.

The folks over at the Daily Kos put together a list with contact information to the Committee Members. See below for the 15 members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and how to contact them directly.  Just one call makes a difference and it takes just a few minutes.

Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) – Chairman

• Direct: 414-276-7282
• DC: 202-224-5323
• Email

Claire McCaskil (D-Mo.) – Ranking Member

• Direct: 816-421-1639
• DC: 202-224-6154
• Email

John McCain (R-Az.)

• Direct: 602-952-2410
• DC: 202-224-2235
• Email

Rob Portman (R-Oh.)

• Direct: 513-684-3265
• DC: 202-224-3353
• Email

Thomas R. Carper (D-De.)

• Direct: 302-573-6291
• DC: 202-224-2441
• Email

Jon Tester (D-Mt.)

• Direct: 406-252-0550
• DC: 202-224-2644
• Email

Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

• Direct: 270-782-8303
• DC: 202-224-4343
• Email

James Lankford (R-Ok.)

• Direct: 405-231-4941
• DC: 202-224-5754
• Email

Heidi Heitkamp (D-Nd.)

• Direct: 701-258-4648
• DC: 202-224-2043
• Email

Gary C. Peters (D-Mi.)

• Direct: 313-226-6020
• DC: 202-224-6221
• Email

Michael B. Enzi (R-Wy.)

• Direct: 307-739-9507
• DC: 202-224-3424
• Email

John Hoeven (R-Nd.)

• Direct: 701-250-4618
• DC: 202-224-2551
• Email

Margaret Hassan (D-Nh.)

• Direct: 603-622-2204
• DC: 202-224-3324
• Email

Kamala Harris (D-Ca.)

• Direct: 916-448 – 2787
• DC: 202-224-3553
• Email

Steve Daines (R-Mt.)

• Direct: 406-245-6822
• DC:  202-224-2651
• Email

 Expired & Past Actions

Senate Confirmations – for the record:
2.17.17 – New York Times – How Each Senator Voted on Trump’s Cabinet & Administration Nominees

Call to Action for 2/12/17: SwingLeft Organizational Call Sunday

Use this link to sign up to be on the call.

More information on SwingLeft can be found here.

Call to Action: Senate to Vote on Jeff Sessions WEDNESDAY February 8, 2017

Find your Senators and place a call to their DC and District/local offices

From 5calls website: In 1986, the Senate denied Jeff Sessions a federal judgeship due to allegations of racism. As a U.S. Attorney for Alabama, Sessions wrongfully prosecuted African-American civil rights activists on trumped-up charges of voter fraud. In addition, four of his fellow lawyers testified that he had made racist remarks and had said that the NAACP and ACLU “forced civil rights down the throats of people.” Jeff Sessions’ political career is defined by his opposition to immigration reform, his rejection of women’s rights and LGBTQ rights, his mixed record with the Voting Rights Act, and his belief that the Constitution does not require a separation of church and state. It is clear that if Sessions is confirmed as Attorney General, he will not serve the interests of all Americans or uphold the values of this country.

[This call to action has been updated. See above] 02/02/17: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security is taking calls about Bannon’s appointment to the NSC. Call District ad DC offices.

Link to committee members here. A note from the Southern Poverty Law Center: Be sure to tell the committee that you believe no individual whose primary responsibility is political in nature should be allowed on the NSC or authorized to attend its meetings. Partisan politics have no place in our national security. Call the committee members (even if you’re not a constituent). That number is: 202-224-4751.

02/03/17: Keep up the pressure by calling your Senators ahead of the full-Senate vote for DeVos, Price, Sessions, and Pruitt.

The calls are making a difference! Call District/local or mobile offices prior to calling DC. You may have a better chance at getting through. All local offices report in to DC office at least once a day to provide call tallies from constituents. Find your Senators here

Follow up on DeVos full-Senate vote (2.7.17):

Pruitt Confirmation vote – who voted for/against his confirmation

2.5.17 – NC Senator Tillis Wants to Hear from You on DeVos Confirmation

North Carolina’s junior Senator Thom Tillis’s office says he’s undecided and wants to hear from people. While you’re calling, might as well mention your thoughts on Jeff Session’s appointment as US Attorney General.

Prior to 9 am (ET) on TUESDAY, January 31, 2017: Call to OPPOSE Jeff Sesson’s appointment as US Attorney General

The Judiciary Committee is voting Tuesday 1/31 on Jeff Session’s nomination to be our Attorney General. This is the man who was considered to be too racist for a federal judgeship during the Reagan administration. A friend posted that less than 5,000 calls have been received to oppose his nomination. Time to ring up your Senators (on this list or NOT) and then these specific ones. If you’ve called already, please call again.

I didn’t have time to look up all the contact numbers for the Senators on the committee but here are their names: