Posts Tagged shutdown

Join the #JustVote Twitter storm NOW

The National Women’s Law Center is hosting a “Twitter storm” to call on the House to vote on a clean continuing resolution already. The NWLC will retweet all messages under the hashtag #JustVote between 2:00pm-2:30pm today. Join in now!

Here are some sample tweets from the NWLC for your use:

Nobody picking up in your Member’s office? Join the Twitter Storm on #JustVote 10/10 from 2-2:30ET & tell him/her to vote on a clean CR

Frustrated by the #shutdown? Join @nwlc’s Twitter Storm on 10/10 from 2:00-2:30pm ET on #JustVote to urge the House to vote on a clean CR.

When the going gets tough, the tough take to Twitter! Join the Twitter Storm for a clean CR on 10/10 from ...

The National Women’s Law Center is hosting a “Twitter storm” to call on the House to vote on a clean continuing resolution already. The NWLC will retweet all messages under the hashtag

A sternly worded letter to the ‘Kamikaze Caucus’ that caused this shutdown

Dear House Republicans,

As we begin day three of the government shutdown, you and your colleagues, the “Kamikaze Caucus,” continue to hold America hostage. You are ideologues who have no desire to actually govern the country.

Even fellow Republicans are calling your latest stunts “reckless and unnecessary” and millions of Americans are signing up for Obamacare, finally able to afford health insurance for themselves and their families. I am currently uninsured and will be signing up for Obamacare as soon the traffic on the New York exchange lightens up. You see, because of all this unnecessary drama your fantasy land idea that you could somehow “defund” Obamacare backfired and made millions of Americans aware that they could start ...

Dear House Republicans,

As we begin day three of the government shutdown, you and your colleagues, the “Kamikaze Caucus,” continue to hold America hostage. You are ideologues who have no desire to actually govern the country.

Even ...

What you need to know about the government shutdown

A small faction of the Republican party in the House of Representatives has finally done what they’ve always wanted: shut down the government. As of midnight, the federal government has been shut down because Congress failed to pass a bill that would continue funding it. Speaker of the House John Boehner refused to bring a funding bill to the floor for a vote without amendments aimed at dismantling or delaying Obamacare, the once pejorative now popular name for the Affordable Care Act that will make health insurance more accessible to the millions of Americans without it. Of course, the president would never sign that into law, as healthcare reform has been the signature domestic victory of his presidency. And because ...

A small faction of the Republican party in the House of Representatives has finally done what they’ve always wanted: shut down the government. As of midnight, the federal government has been shut down because Congress failed to ...