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An Even Better Use Of Your Time

by Tim F|  April 14, 20109:55 am| 9 Comments

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Leadership in the House is doing a whip count for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act RIGHT NOW. The same blogger has more here about the bill and the current state of play.

Your calls do the most good at tipping moments like this, and ENDA is an easy issue. The bill is good. Phone your Representative and tell him or her to not be a complete douche and vote YES on ENDA.

If you have a Republican Rep, phone and vent your spleen about whatever you want. Trust me, it feels great.

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  1. 1.

    BenA

    April 14, 2010 at 10:07 am

    Finally a reason to call my RINO representative!

  2. 2.

    ThatPirateGuy

    April 14, 2010 at 10:15 am

    Thanks for the heads up I just called my congressman.

  3. 3.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    April 14, 2010 at 10:32 am

    I am proud to report that my guy, Congressman Paul Hodes, is a cosponsor of the bill.

  4. 4.

    The Grand Panjandrum

    April 14, 2010 at 10:34 am

    @The Grand Panjandrum:

    PS: Here is a link to the whip count AND it has direct phone numbers for each Rep’s office.

  5. 5.

    Persia

    April 14, 2010 at 10:59 am

    My Congressman (Welch) is also a co-sponsor, but I called to thank him for it.

  6. 6.

    mcc

    April 14, 2010 at 11:53 am

    Thanks for posting about this Tim.

    Couple thoughts for anyone who’s calling–

    1. This is one of the issues it really is probably worth calling Republicans on; it’s believed that some of those votes are actually gettable on this bill (though I don’t know if they’ll be relevant to a Democratic Party internal whip count).

    2. It’s not entirely clear if some of the on-the-fence reps are going to cause trouble about the transgender protections in ENDA, like happened in 2007. Even if your rep is a supporter specifically mentioning that you support “gender identity protections” when you call will probably actually make a difference to the rep’s office.

  7. 7.

    beergoggles

    April 14, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    Please do. People’s livelihoods actually depend on this one.

  8. 8.

    Comrade Kevin

    April 14, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    My rep (Eshoo) is also a co-sponsor. I will let her know I appreciate it.

  9. 9.

    cleek

    April 14, 2010 at 1:41 pm

    this is probably a good use of your time, too: kill the carried-interest rule

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