8/9/17
The Rogan’s List Team is on vacation through August 13, but because of the extension of the Senate
calendar we have decided to run a smaller list during this time. We look
forward to being back to the full list on August 14.
Contact Federal
Government Officials
Find your legislators here: https://www.theloyalopposition.net/rep-finder/
OR
Search all members of Congress here: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/current
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and Senate: https://faxzero.com/fax_senate.php
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with their contact information.
1. Thirty one (31) Senators are asking
the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) administrator Seema Verma
to reconsider the Trump administration's decision to end Obama-era rules
allowing us to sue nursing homes for mistreatment (http://thehill.com/regulation/pending-regs/345642-senate-dems-push-cms-to-protect-nursing-home-residents-right-to-sue).
If our Senators are among the
31, let's thank them and let them know they have our support. If they
are not, let's contact them to let them know we want them to join their
colleagues in pressing CMS to reconsider its position. We can also write
to CMS ourselves: US Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Attn: Seema
Verma, 7500 Security Blvd, Baltimore MD 21244. Let's work together to
protect our senior citizens now and in the future.
2. When Congress returns after the
recess, they are going to consider legislation that would deregulate the sale
of firearm silencers. This would help gun industry bottom lines, but would put
public safety at risk (http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/21/news/companies/silencer-hearing-protection-act/index.html).
Let’s call our members of Congress and tell them that we want them to oppose
this legislation.
3. Representative Jim Himes (D-CT)
introduced the Free Press Act (HR3228) which would mandate bi-weekly on-camera
White House press briefings (http://thehill.com/homenews/media/342022-democratic-rep-introduces-bill-requiring-two-on-camera-wh-press-briefings-per). To
push back against the regime's attacks on the press, let's tell our own
representatives to support the Free Press Act. We can also thank
Representative Himes for his leadership on this issue: Jim Himes, 1227
Longworth HOB, Washington DC 20515.
4. Staffers at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture have been told to avoid using the words "climate change":
https://qz.com/1048037/us-department-of-agriculture-employees-were-told-to-stop-using-terms-like-climate-change-and-greenhouse-gases/.
Let's remind them that sticking our heads in the sand will not improve
anything, and we want them to work on addressing climate change instead of
ignoring it: https://www.usda.gov/contact-us.
5.
We’re
in uncharted waters after the Russian interference in our elections in 2016,
and we need to start taking concrete action to respond. Former Director of
National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA director John Brennan
recently endorsed the creation of a law requiring regular disclosures to
Congress of foreign cyber intrusions before U.S. elections (http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/21/spy-chiefs-rip-trump-240828).
Let’s call our members of Congress and ask them to support such a law.
State Actions
1. AL: There’s a special primary
election on August 15th to finish Jeff Sessions’ term in the U.S. Senate. The Democrats
running are Michael Hansen (http://www.hansenforalabama.com/),
Doug Jones (http://dougjonesforsenate.com/),
and Robert Kennedy, Junior (http://www.teamkennedy2017.org/).
The interim appointed senator,
Republican Luther Strange, is running against a large slate of challengers.
Election officials are predicting a low voter turnout (http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/lower_voter_turnout_expected_f.html).
If we live in Alabama, let’s prove them
wrong. Let’s vote and encourage our friends and neighbors to vote as well!
Other Actions
1. Twenty-one million Americans cannot
vote because they lack a government-issued ID, according to the organization Spread the Vote. Spread the Vote is
working to get every citizen the ID they need to vote. Let’s help this important
cause! We can (1) “like” their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/SpreadTheVoteUS/),
(2) volunteer (https://www.spreadthevote.org/volunteer),
or (3) donate (https://www.spreadthevote.org/donate).
If we live in Virginia or Georgia, let’s see how we can help the special
campaigns going on in those states: https://www.spreadthevote.org/virginia/
and https://www.spreadthevote.org/georgia/.
2. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has
hit back hard at Chicago after the city filed a lawsuit that argues the Trump
administration’s bid to withhold public safety grants from sanctuary cities is
illegal (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-lawsuit-met-0808-2-20170807-story.html).
Let's send a note of thanks to Chicago's mayor for tackling this issue with Sessions: Mayor Rahm Emanuel, 121 N
LaSalle Street, Chicago City Hall 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60602. And let's also support sanctuary cities by
encouraging others to join Chicago in this effort. You can find a map of the areas
Sessions has threatened with funding losses here: http://www.newsweek.com/here-sanctuary-cities-2017-map-sessions-threatened-funding-574861.
Reading/Watching
1. Last week, the ACLU filed a humorous
amicus brief in response to a defamation lawsuit being brought against HBO
comedian John Oliver. While the words are amusing, the First Amendment issues
behind them are very serious. We can read about it here: http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/snarky_aclu_brief_filed_on_behalf_of_john_oliver_tells_ceo_anyone_can_legal.
For those of us who enjoy reading legal briefs, here's the full document: https://www.scribd.com/document/355291378/ACLU-Brief-on-Behalf-of-John-Oliver.
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2016 election, are sharing daily or weekly calls
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