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Protect and Serve: A Veterans Bill of Rights

Our nation’s veterans serve and protect us in the military -- but too often, we fail to serve and protect them when they return home: Only 30% return to civilian life with a job, nearly two million along with four million of their family members lack basic health coverage, 20 veterans die from suicide every day, and over 40,000 are without a home on any given night. They deserve better.

And a set of simple changes and cost-effective tools will make a dramatic difference, from leveraging veterans’ unique experience and training to propel them toward jobs, to proven programs that help with re-entry to civilian life, to services that make it easier for vets to access high quality healthcare and secure housing.

Protect and Serve: A Veterans Bill of Rights has been introduced in 11 states: Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Texas. See the map here.

Read the full Protect and Serve: A Veterans Bill of Rights model policy here.

Tell us, do you support a Veterans Bill of Rights to tackle suicide and other critical issues facing America's Veterans and their families?

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Protect and Serve: A Veterans Bill of Rights

Read the full Protect and Serve: A Veterans Bill of Rights model policy here.

Tell us, do you support a Veterans Bill of Rights to tackle suicide and other critical issues facing America's Veterans and their families?

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Things just got worse for embattled Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, which means things must be getting better for Kentucky taxpayers.

We learned today that a three-judge panel of the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that Bevin must release the names of shareholders/investors in the shady Braidy Industries aluminum mill.

As we told you previously, Gov. Bevin invested $15 million of Kentucky taxpayer money in the Braidy Industries mill, which is owned by Bevin pal Craig Bouchard.

If that weren’t shady enough, Russian aluminum company Rusal, largely owned by Russian oligarch and Putin crony Oleg Deripaska (who’s under sanctions by the U.S. government), is putting $200 million into the Braidy Industries mill and taking a 40% ownership stake in the mill.

You may recall that Oleg Deripaska is the same Russian oligarch who paid $10 million a year to former Trump campaign chairman and convicted felon Paul Manafort.

In December last year in response to an aggressive lobbying campaign, the corrupt Trump administration set the wheels in motion for Rusal’s move into Kentucky when it lifted sanctions against the business empire of Deripaska, one of Russia’s most powerful oligarchs. Deripaska and Rusal were under sanctions in retaliation for hostile Russian interference in the 2016 election.

And guess who greased these wheels for Deripaska and Rusal? Kentucky Senators Mitch McConnell (R) and Rand Paul (R).

That’s right. The two Kentucky Republicans voted earlier this year to lift U.S. sanctions on Rusal.

By the way, the vote to lift these sanctions was scheduled by McConnell, the same Senate Majority leader who refuses to schedule a vote on a sweeping anti-corruption package, H.R. 1 that passed the House overwhelmingly earlier this year. Guess he doesn’t want an anti-corruption law that might block his own corruption.

The great Russian invasion of America keeps coming. And our own leaders have rolled out the red carpet for continued Russian interference in U.S. elections and nabbing taxpayer dollars for shady deals in the states like Kentucky. McConnell, Paul and Bevin’s embrace of corrupt Trumpism is a virus - and it is spreading. You've been warned.

Do you agree that Bevin must release the names of other investors in Braidy Industries now?

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Things just got worse for embattled Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, which means things must be getting better for Kentucky taxpayers.

We learned today that a three-judge panel of the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that Bevin must release the names of shareholders/investors in the shady Braidy Industries aluminum mill.

As we told you previously, Gov. Bevin invested $15 million of Kentucky taxpayer money in the Braidy Industries mill, which is owned by Bevin pal Craig Bouchard.

You may recall that Oleg Deripaska is the same Russian oligarch who paid $10 million a year to former Trump campaign chairman and convicted felon Paul Manafort.

And guess who greased these wheels for Deripaska and Rusal? Kentucky Senators Mitch McConnell (R) and Rand Paul (R).

That’s right. The two Kentucky Republicans voted earlier this year to lift U.S. sanctions on Rusal.

Do you agree that Bevin must release the names of other investors in Braidy Industries now?

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Future Majority is dedicated to driving the For the People agenda. That means helping shape ideas that work, well, for the people. And at the top of that list is the idea of Smart Capitalism - a way to make capitalism work for all Americans.

Smart Capitalism - For the People

Here at Future Majority, you will hear us talk a lot about Smart Capitalism vs Inefficient Capitalism. In fact, you can read more about our ideas on this front right here.

Some of the 2020 Democratic presidential contenders are also talking about how capitalism is broken and needs to be fixed. Joe Biden says we need to “remake capitalism”. Beto O’Rourke calls for Conscientious Capitalism, Pete Buttigieg dubs it Democratic Capitalism and Elizabeth Warren refers to it as Accountable Capitalism.

We agree with them. And these are all the same concept, which is pretty simple -- Smart Capitalism invests in 100% of American citizens where Inefficient Capitalism empowers mainly the top 10% of earners leaving 90% of Americans in the lurch and not sharing in the wealth creation.

This gulf has created and it perpetuates income inequality, a shrinking middle class, a corporate environment where CEOs work to enrich themselves and their shareholders at the expense of their workers, and a tax system that favors the ultra wealthy.

The current inefficient capitalist system creates concentrated wealth and concentrated power. It rewards greed and can encourage outright theft (see also the financial crash of 2008 and the role of mortgage brokers...). And it lavishes the rich with tax cuts and allows corporations to - in some cases - pay zero taxes, while keeping in place regressive payroll taxes that burden average Americans. This is not a sustainable system. It is undemocratic, and it is inefficient.

Yet this system of inefficient capitalism is flourishing under Donald Trump and it is dangerously coupled with rampant corruption and an erosion of democracy that could lead the United States in the direction of a kleptocracy. (Wait, is this what Putin had planned all along???)

If Donald Trump has proved anything, it is that we need to move to a system of Smart Capitalism...and fast. He's also proved we need to take serious action to end the outright corruption that now defines Trump's Washington.

End the Corruption in Washington - For the People

When Democrats took control of the House earlier this year, one of the first things they did was to try to end the rampant culture of corruption that has a grip on Washington and keeps the system of inefficient capitalism chugging along.

On March 8, 2019 Democrats unanimously passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act - the most sweeping package of anti-corruption legislation since Watergate.

H.R. 1 would require Super PACs and other so called “dark money” groups to disclose their donors and it would enact new ethics laws and lobbying restrictions. It is aimed at stopping the flow of the unlimited and unrestricted money that dictates both who gets elected and how policy is shaped in Washington. It is this type of unregulated money in politics that rigs the system in favor of the wealthy and is corrosive to our democracy.

What does this have to do with capitalism? Simple - it is corporate lobbyists and corporate dark money spending in elections that buys access to politicians and keeps an inefficient capitalist system in place.

These folks want to keep the current system in place because they can bend the rules to work for themselves. And without anti-corruption measures like H.R. 1, these folks will continue to concentrate wealth and power where they see fit. It is this rigging of the system that blocks the very competition that makes capitalism work and benefit all Americans - not just the top 10%.

Yet Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) flatly refuses to bring H.R. 1 to a vote in the Senate. It’s no wonder...Mitch McConnell relies on corporate and lobbyist cash.

According to Open Secrets, from 1998-2018 McConnell took an absolutely obscene amount of campaign cash from the financial services industry ($12,994,583), lawyers and lobbyists ($4,543,968) and other business interests ($6,249,322).

If we as a country really want to be For the People, the Senate must bring H.R. 1 to a vote and we must move towards a system of Smart Capitalism that works For the People. All of them.

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Future Majority is dedicated to driving the For the People agenda. That means helping shape ideas that work, well, for the people. And at the top of that list is the idea of Smart Capitalism - a way to make capitalism work for all Americans.

Smart Capitalism - For the People

Here at Future Majority, you will hear us talk a lot about Smart Capitalism vs Inefficient Capitalism. In fact, you can read more about our ideas on this front right here.

End the Corruption in Washington - For the People

On March 8, 2019 Democrats unanimously passed H.R. 1, the For the People Act - the most sweeping package of anti-corruption legislation since Watergate.

Yet Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) flatly refuses to bring H.R. 1 to a vote in the Senate. It’s no wonder...Mitch McConnell relies on corporate and lobbyist cash.

If we as a country really want to be For the People, the Senate must bring H.R. 1 to a vote and we must move towards a system of Smart Capitalism that works For the People. All of them.

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Good afternoon. Here are the latest news and updates that our team at Future Majority is tracking.

Despite COVID-19 concerns, the Wisconsin primary is set to go on:

The Wisconsin Democratic Primary will still go on this Tuesday, April 7th, despite growing concerns for voters and poll workers of the threat of COVID-19.

A federal judge ruled that he could not change the date of the primary, but extended the absentee ballot deadline from April 7th to April 13th and ordered Wisconsin to waive their equipment that absentee voters must have a witness sign their ballot.

We’ll be tracking the results in this key state and the impact of the pandemic on in-person and absentee voting. The most recent poll from Marquette Law School shows former Vice President Joe Biden with a commanding lead over Senator Bernie Sanders:

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Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic remains split:

A new Navigator daily tracking poll shows the country is divided on Trump’s handling of COVID-19:

Approve: 48%
Disapprove: 48%

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It’s slightly better than the poll’s finding of his overall job approval:

Approve: 47%
Disapprove: 51%

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His approval of the way he is handling health care continues to drop, with a majority of Americans disapproving:

Approve: 42%
Disapprove: 55%

Here is what to expect for the rest of the Democratic primary calendar, pending any additional postponements:

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Good afternoon. Here are the latest news and updates that our team at Future Majority is tracking.

Despite COVID-19 concerns, the Wisconsin primary is set to go on:

The Wisconsin Democratic Primary will still go on this Tuesday, April 7th, despite growing concerns for voters and poll workers of the threat of COVID-19.

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Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic remains split:

A new Navigator daily tracking poll shows the country is divided on Trump’s handling of COVID-19:

Approve: 48%
Disapprove: 48%

$\"\"$

It’s slightly better than the poll’s finding of his overall job approval:

Approve: 47%
Disapprove: 51%

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His approval of the way he is handling health care continues to drop, with a majority of Americans disapproving:

Approve: 42%
Disapprove: 55%

Here is what to expect for the rest of the Democratic primary calendar, pending any additional postponements:

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American Independent Reports: McConnell gets $50,000 from pharma after blocking bill to lower drug prices

In September 2018, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a groundbreaking bill, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act. The bill would allow the government to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies on prescription drug costs for Medicare, restrict price hikes, and limit out-of-pocket costs. The same day, Mitch McConnell said the bill would not pass the Senate.

On Oct. 16, McConnell received a $2,500 check from Takeda Pharmaceuticals' political action committee, according to McConnell's reports to the Federal Election Commission.

The same campaign finance filings show that a few weeks after that, multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis' PAC also sent $2,500 to McConnell. Then, a PAC for another pharma company, Emergent BioSolutions, kicked in $2,500.

By the end of December, McConnell's campaign reported, he had received at least $30,000 more from the corporate political action committees of Bluebird Bio ($2,500), Boehringer Ingelheim ($5,000), Greenwich Biosciences ($2,500), Teva USA ($10,000), and UCB ($2,500).

According to filings from his Bluegrass Committee leadership PAC, Merck & Co. also contributed $5,000 to support McConnell and Sanofi donated $2,500.

That's not it. McConnell also received another $12,600 from pharmaceutical CEOs and lobbyists.

It is clear that Mitch McConnell is funding his campaign on the backs of the American people. We need to tell Mitch to do his job.

To see more content like this, help support Future Majority here.

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American Independent Reports: McConnell gets $50,000 from pharma after blocking bill to lower drug prices

On Oct. 16, McConnell received a $2,500 check from Takeda Pharmaceuticals' political action committee, according to McConnell's reports to the Federal Election Commission.

The same campaign finance filings show that a few weeks after that, multinational pharmaceutical company Novartis' PAC also sent $2,500 to McConnell. Then, a PAC for another pharma company, Emergent BioSolutions, kicked in $2,500.

By the end of December, McConnell's campaign reported, he had received at least $30,000 more from the corporate political action committees of Bluebird Bio ($2,500), Boehringer Ingelheim ($5,000), Greenwich Biosciences ($2,500), Teva USA ($10,000), and UCB ($2,500).

According to filings from his Bluegrass Committee leadership PAC, Merck & Co. also contributed $5,000 to support McConnell and Sanofi donated $2,500.

That's not it. McConnell also received another $12,600 from pharmaceutical CEOs and lobbyists.

It is clear that Mitch McConnell is funding his campaign on the backs of the American people. We need to tell Mitch to do his job.

To see more content like this, help support Future Majority here.

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Russian aluminum company Rusal, partly owned by Russian oligarch and Putin crony Oleg Deripaska (who’s currently under sanctions by the U.S. government), is putting $200 million into a Kentucky aluminum mill plant to be built by Braidy Industries, a company that’s owned by Craig Bouchard, a buddy of Gov. Matt Bevin (R-KY). Rusal will own 40 percent of the aluminum plant.

Rusal is the same Russian company Mitch McConnell voted earlier this year to lift U.S. sanctions on. And Deripaska is the same Russian oligarch still under U.S. sanctions and the same Russian oligarch who had significant business ties to former Trump campaign chairman and convicted felon Paul Manafort.

The great Republican sellout to Russia is still ongoing folks. Their corrupt embrace of Trumpism is a virus, and it is now spreading to the states with the help of Republican Mitch McConnell.

Kentucky taxpayers have already subsidized Braidy Industries aluminum plant thanks to $15 million they received from Governor Bevin in a desperate attempt to look like a job creator in an election year. Now, Mitch McConnell has greased the wheels by lifting sanctions on the Russian company that today announced a $200 million infusion into Braidy.

Coincidence?

No.

Corruption.

When asked about the cloud hanging over the investment, Braidy CEO Craig Bouchard offered some Trumpian nonsense to defend his deal with the devil:

“If you remember Hannah Montanna, everybody loved her at the time. Then she became a teenager -- Miley Cyrus -- and the media got on her a little bit, and now she is a beautiful married woman. I expect that Rusal comes out of this as the superstar company in our industry.”

What?!

When Trump announced earlier this year he was lifting sanctions on Deripaska, there was a bipartisan effort in the Senate to stop it. Republicans and Democrats joined together to say an attack on this nation must be punished.

Mitch McConnell did not join that effort. Now we know why.

McConnell is forcing the American people into a deal with the same country that attacked our democracy less than three years ago, and he apparently doesn’t care if he puts the people of his own state in bed with the oligarchs who think they can interfere in our elections and get away with it.

What does Matt Bevin have to say about Rusal?

“This is a seed that has been in the ground. The germination so often seems invisible to people, but good things have been happening,” Bevin said. “We are going to see in the days immediately ahead as the first little shoots start to come up out of the soil, and it’s exciting to see this and it’s a blessing for me to be a small little part of this.”

Yes, Gov. Bevin, this is a seed, but it has been planted by the very people who want to destroy our democracy. That you and Mitch would help them, speaks volumes about the state of the Republican Party today.

Whether it’s winning elections or bailing them out of bad deals, it seems there’s nothing Republicans won’t ask the Russians to help them do.

Trump’s corruption is a virus, and we can see that it is clearly spreading from Washington to the states. Today it’s Kentucky. Who knows which state it will be tomorrow?

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Russian aluminum company Rusal, partly owned by Russian oligarch and Putin crony Oleg Deripaska (who’s currently under sanctions by the U.S. government), is putting $200 million into a Kentucky aluminum mill plant to be built by Braidy Industries, a company that’s owned by Craig Bouchard, a buddy of Gov. Matt Bevin (R-KY). Rusal will own 40 percent of the aluminum plant.

The great Republican sellout to Russia is still ongoing folks. Their corrupt embrace of Trumpism is a virus, and it is now spreading to the states with the help of Republican Mitch McConnell.

Coincidence?

No.

Corruption.

When asked about the cloud hanging over the investment, Braidy CEO Craig Bouchard offered some Trumpian nonsense to defend his deal with the devil:

“If you remember Hannah Montanna, everybody loved her at the time. Then she became a teenager -- Miley Cyrus -- and the media got on her a little bit, and now she is a beautiful married woman. I expect that Rusal comes out of this as the superstar company in our industry.”

What?!

Mitch McConnell did not join that effort. Now we know why.

What does Matt Bevin have to say about Rusal?

“This is a seed that has been in the ground. The germination so often seems invisible to people, but good things have been happening,” Bevin said. “We are going to see in the days immediately ahead as the first little shoots start to come up out of the soil, and it’s exciting to see this and it’s a blessing for me to be a small little part of this.”

Whether it’s winning elections or bailing them out of bad deals, it seems there’s nothing Republicans won’t ask the Russians to help them do.

Trump’s corruption is a virus, and we can see that it is clearly spreading from Washington to the states. Today it’s Kentucky. Who knows which state it will be tomorrow?

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Second in a series

As House Democrats approach their 100th day in the majority on April 13, Future Majority is taking a look at what they’ve achieved in a short period of time and in the face of constant GOP obstruction and rampant chaos and corruption emanating from the Trump White House.

As Trump and the GOP worked to tear down the Affordable Care Act -- work that continues to this day -- harmed millions of people with a costly, unnecessary and unprecedented 35-day government shutdown, and concealed the fact that the president wrote hush money checks to an adult film actress while sitting in the Oval Office, Democrats governed.

Here are a few more examples of the hard work Democrats have put in on behalf of the American people:

Accomplishment: Protected the Affordable Care Act

Democrats passed a resolution condemning Trump administration attacks on the Affordable Care Act and the millions of Americans who have benefitted from it. Trump wants to eliminate health care for more than 20 million Americans and jeopardize the health care of tens of millions more with pre-existing conditions. Democrats fought back - and will continue to - as the GOP proved yet again they do not care about the American people or their health care.

Oversight: Had former Trump personal Michael Cohen testify under oath

Democrats brought Trump’s “fixer” to testify about the president’s immorality and criminal behavior in front of the entire country, including the surprising fact that Trump signed checks to Michael Cohen reimbursing him for the payoff to Stormy Daniels while sitting behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. The response from the GOP? Crickets. This is what real oversight looks like. It’s what the Constitution requires. And it’s what Republicans failed to do for the first two years of the Trump administration.

Accountability: Shared stories from millions of Americans struggling as a result of the Trump Shutdown

Democrats held the line on Donald Trump’s disastrous government shutdown and helped shine a spotlight on the plight of government workers and millions of others who were struggling to pay their bills, make their mortgage payments and feed their families as Trump forced them to go without paychecks for more than a month. We continue to learn of the disastrous impact on our country from Trump’s irresponsible and dangerous government shutdown, including an FAA unable to warn pilots in a timely manner of a software flaw in the auto-pilot system of the Boeing 737 Max 8. Trump put people in danger and harmed families in a reckless attempt to force Congress to give him money to build his vanity wall at the Southern border.

From healthcare to oversight, Democrats are keeping the promises they made to voters in the midterm elections, and they will continue to fight for America and the American people.

Let us know what you think about the Democrats first 100 days -- a period marked by a relentless push to make progress for the American people, provide oversight on a dangerous administration run amok and hold Trump and his chaotic and corrupt administration accountable.

We’ll share more key Democratic accomplishments tomorrow -- tune in.

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Second in a series

As House Democrats approach their 100th day in the majority on April 13, Future Majority is taking a look at what they’ve achieved in a short period of time and in the face of constant GOP obstruction and rampant chaos and corruption emanating from the Trump White House.

Here are a few more examples of the hard work Democrats have put in on behalf of the American people:

Accomplishment: Protected the Affordable Care Act

Oversight: Had former Trump personal Michael Cohen testify under oath

Accountability: Shared stories from millions of Americans struggling as a result of the Trump Shutdown

From healthcare to oversight, Democrats are keeping the promises they made to voters in the midterm elections, and they will continue to fight for America and the American people.

We’ll share more key Democratic accomplishments tomorrow -- tune in.

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It’s hard to describe how events have turned in the past several weeks in the United States. What once seemed like a far-off threat, the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a major toll in the U.S., and life as we know it has been altered.

The U.S. is now the global leader in COVID-19 cases. The economy has taken a nosedive, much of the country is under shelter-in-place orders, schools are closed indefinitely and millions of Americans have lost their jobs. Tragically, thousands of Americans have lost their lives.

But things perhaps could look different if not for key missteps and weeks of downplaying the risk of the pandemic by the Trump administration. In the attached memo, our team is keeping an updated timeline of events that led to this outbreak that continues to plague our country.

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As our country faces the devastating impacts of COVID-19, many anti-abortionists have decided to turn a public health crisis into an abortion debate.

It is during times like these that access to reproductive health is more important than ever. The negative health and economic impacts posed by COVID-19 are only exacerbated when Americans are stripped of their freedom to choose.

We need states to step up to protect the right to access reproductive healthcare. In a new memo, the Future Majority team takes a in-depth look into reproductive health during COVID-19, including:

How states have politicized the pandemic by attacking abortion rights
Who is fighting back
Recommendations for how states can protect abortion access during a pandemic

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As our country faces the devastating impacts of COVID-19, many anti-abortionists have decided to turn a public health crisis into an abortion debate.

We need states to step up to protect the right to access reproductive healthcare. In a new memo, the Future Majority team takes a in-depth look into reproductive health during COVID-19, including:

How states have politicized the pandemic by attacking abortion rights
Who is fighting back
Recommendations for how states can protect abortion access during a pandemic

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NBC News Reports: Trump administration's lack of a unified coronavirus strategy will cost lives, say a dozen experts

The Trump administration has failed to implement a national response to COVID-19, forcing states to come up with their own plans. This has put thousands of Americans at risk of contracting the virus.

We need a unified strategy to protect Americans and yet, so far, the federal government has no leveraged its authority or influence at all. In fact, we are still lacking sufficient supplied of medical equipment for healthcare workers on the front lines and he still has not required all 50 states to implement a shelter-in-place rule.

\"This is a problem that we should be dealing with over the entire nation,\" said William Haseltine, a biologist famed for his work on HIV and AIDS. \"This is a national problem — it needs a national response.\"

The Trump administration has not nationalized the medical logistics system and still has not implemented a national testing strategy.

\"This is not a partisan issue,\" said Kenneth Bernard, a retired Navy rear admiral and biosecurity expert who served in the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. \"There needs to be a central command presence on this. There needs to be a person who can act as a focal point for tests, personal protective equipment and countermeasures — acquisition and distribution. Right now, it's too fragmented and fractured, and that's counterproductive, because the states are competing against the federal government for the same sources of materials.\"

When will our government step up and provide Americans with a clear plan of action?

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NBC News Reports: Trump administration's lack of a unified coronavirus strategy will cost lives, say a dozen experts

The Trump administration has failed to implement a national response to COVID-19, forcing states to come up with their own plans. This has put thousands of Americans at risk of contracting the virus.

\"This is a problem that we should be dealing with over the entire nation,\" said William Haseltine, a biologist famed for his work on HIV and AIDS. \"This is a national problem — it needs a national response.\"

The Trump administration has not nationalized the medical logistics system and still has not implemented a national testing strategy.

\"This is not a partisan issue,\" said Kenneth Bernard, a retired Navy rear admiral and biosecurity expert who served in the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. \"There needs to be a central command presence on this. There needs to be a person who can act as a focal point for tests, personal protective equipment and countermeasures — acquisition and distribution. Right now, it's too fragmented and fractured, and that's counterproductive, because the states are competing against the federal government for the same sources of materials.\"

When will our government step up and provide Americans with a clear plan of action?

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Business Insider Reports: The US economy lost 701,000 jobs in March even before the coronavirus shutdown spurred historic unemployment

For the first time since 2018, the US labor market has contracted as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said that last month, the Us lost 701,000 nonfarm payroll jobs last month. Moreover, US unemployment rates have risen to 4.4% - they were 3.5% in February.

$\"\"$

This report does not show the extent of COVID19, as the report includes anyone who worked during the week of March 14th, even if they were laid off midweek.

And numerous changes since that week have sent the labor market and overall economy into a deep freeze. On March 16, President Donald Trump recommended strict guidelines to slow the coronavirus' spread that included closing schools, avoiding large groups, avoiding nonessential travel, and staying away from bars and restaurants. Initially, the measures were to last 15 days, but Trump later extended them through April 30.

To read more, check out the article here.

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Business Insider Reports: The US economy lost 701,000 jobs in March even before the coronavirus shutdown spurred historic unemployment

$\"\"$

This report does not show the extent of COVID19, as the report includes anyone who worked during the week of March 14th, even if they were laid off midweek.

\nAnd numerous changes since that week have sent the labor market and overall economy into a deep freeze. On March 16, President Donald Trump recommended strict guidelines to slow the coronavirus' spread that included closing schools, avoiding large groups, avoiding nonessential travel, and staying away from bars and restaurants. Initially, the measures were to last 15 days, but Trump later extended them through April 30. \n

To read more, check out the article here.

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Today in another episode of the low-ratings Twitter reality show Keeping Up With The Shenanigans, Trump raged against Democrats as \"THE DO NOTHING PARTY\"...

Hmm. Perhaps Trump really is living in the Upside Down?

We at Future Majority, however, live in the real world so we thought we'd offer the obviously confused president a reality check.

On April 13, House Democrats hit the 100 day mark with Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the helm. She's presided over an unprecedented amount of accomplishment for the American people, oversight of the Executive Branch and holding Trump and his administration accountable.

She's done this all while navigating a daily stream of chaos, corruption and obstruction of justice coming from the unhinged president that temporarily inhabits the White House.

In April, we wrote a three-part series about the numerous Democratic accomplishments starting with passage of H.R. 1, the For the People Act - the most sweeping package of anti-corruption legislation since Watergate.

You can read them here, here and here.

In addition to a laser focus on the For the People agenda, House Democrats have worked to protect the Affordable Care Act, passed meaningful gun safety legislation, and have fought to protect military families from a Trump multi-billion dollar money grab to build his vanity wall that would have taken money from sorely needed military family housing upgrades.

From healthcare to oversight to fighting for Veterans and military families, Democrats are keeping the promises they made to voters in the midterm elections.

Republicans? In the real world, it is clear they are THE DO NOTHING PARTY, Mr. Trump.

Perhaps Trump needs to chat with his good friend the Grim Reaper (AKA Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority \"Leader\") if he truly has concerns about a party that does nothing.

We'll give the self-identified Grim Reaper credit - when it comes to blocking legislation and protecting a justice obstructing corrupt president - he's a flipping master.

Sadly, Trump, McConnell and the GOP as a whole prove every day they are not For the People.

Democrats fight For the People. Do you agree?

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Today in another episode of the low-ratings Twitter reality show Keeping Up With The Shenanigans, Trump raged against Democrats as \"THE DO NOTHING PARTY\"...

Hmm. Perhaps Trump really is living in the Upside Down?

We at Future Majority, however, live in the real world so we thought we'd offer the obviously confused president a reality check.

She's done this all while navigating a daily stream of chaos, corruption and obstruction of justice coming from the unhinged president that temporarily inhabits the White House.

You can read them here, here and here.

From healthcare to oversight to fighting for Veterans and military families, Democrats are keeping the promises they made to voters in the midterm elections.

Republicans? In the real world, it is clear they are THE DO NOTHING PARTY, Mr. Trump.

Perhaps Trump needs to chat with his good friend the Grim Reaper (AKA Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority \"Leader\") if he truly has concerns about a party that does nothing.

We'll give the self-identified Grim Reaper credit - when it comes to blocking legislation and protecting a justice obstructing corrupt president - he's a flipping master.

Sadly, Trump, McConnell and the GOP as a whole prove every day they are not For the People.

Democrats fight For the People. Do you agree?

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Final in a series:

This week, Future Majority has taken a closer look at all the accomplishments House Democrats have to show for their first 100 days in the majority.

While standing firm against the presidential childishness that led to a destructive and pointless 35-day government shutdown, Democrats have set the tone for how they will govern -- and they won’t let up. Democrats listened to voters in the 2018 midterms and set about producing for them, passing sweeping legislation, providing Constitutionally-mandated oversight and holding Trump and the GOP accountable.

Here are a few more examples of the hard work Democrats have put in on behalf of the American people:

Accomplishment: Passed a pair of gun safety bills

After years of shameful congressional inaction from Republicans, Democrats passed meaningful gun safety legislation, including two background check bills that expand background checks to private gun sales and close the so-called “Charleston loophole” that allowed Dylann Roof to purchase a gun in 2015 and murder nine people at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, South Carolina even after a prior arrest and drug posession.

H.R. 1112, the Charleston Loophole Bill, sponsored by Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) closed the loophole in the current law through which some firearms are transferred by licensed gun dealers before required background checks have been completed.

Americans families demanded change for their children, and Democrats are delivering.

Accomplishment: Voted against Trump’s fake national emergency & protected military families

Democrats voted against Trump’s childish, unnecessary and fake national emergency at the Southern border. Trump’s attempts to divert $3.6 billion from military construction projects, which included much needed upgrades for housing for military families, was and is an affront to military families.

This fight isn’t over, and Democrats have already moved aggressively to fight Trump’s dereliction of duty and wasteful obsession in court.

Accomplishment: Voted to end the U.S.-backed war in Yemen

And Democrats voted for the first time to take back congressional war powers and end the U.S.-engagement in the Saudi-backed war in Yemen.

The vote was a massive rebuke to Trump and his corrupt buddies in Saudi Arabia.

As we’ve said all week, Democrats are keeping the promises they made to voters, and they will continue to fight for America and the American people.

The first 100 days were just a start.

Democrats are determined to bring real relief to the American middle class while holding Trump and his cronies accountable by doing the kind of oversight the Constitution requires.

Stay tuned, as we will continue to share more key Democratic accomplishments.

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Final in a series:

\nThis week, Future Majority has taken a closer look at all the accomplishments House Democrats have to show for their first 100 days in the majority.

Here are a few more examples of the hard work Democrats have put in on behalf of the American people:

Accomplishment: Passed a pair of gun safety bills

Americans families demanded change for their children, and Democrats are delivering.

Accomplishment: Voted against Trump’s fake national emergency & protected military families

This fight isn’t over, and Democrats have already moved aggressively to fight Trump’s dereliction of duty and wasteful obsession in court.

Accomplishment: Voted to end the U.S.-backed war in Yemen

And Democrats voted for the first time to take back congressional war powers and end the U.S.-engagement in the Saudi-backed war in Yemen.

The vote was a massive rebuke to Trump and his corrupt buddies in Saudi Arabia.

As we’ve said all week, Democrats are keeping the promises they made to voters, and they will continue to fight for America and the American people.

The first 100 days were just a start.

Democrats are determined to bring real relief to the American middle class while holding Trump and his cronies accountable by doing the kind of oversight the Constitution requires.

Stay tuned, as we will continue to share more key Democratic accomplishments.

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Our video highlighting all the work the House of Representatives has done For the People has received tons of great feedback.

While Trump has referred to Democrats as “do nothing” and Mitch McConnell has blocked 400 bills in the Senate, the House has kept their promise to the American people. Within the last 9 months since being sworn in, the House of Representatives has passed over 230 bills and sent them to the Senate.

It is clear that the House is working hard For the People, while McConnell continues to refuse to do his job.

Will you share this video with your friends on social media? Click here to share on Twitter and click here to share on Facebook!

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Our video highlighting all the work the House of Representatives has done For the People has received tons of great feedback.

It is clear that the House is working hard For the People, while McConnell continues to refuse to do his job.

Will you share this video with your friends on social media? Click here to share on Twitter and click here to share on Facebook!

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The unfettered corruption Trump brought to Washington is contagious.

It has already infected the Trump Cabinet, including the Department formerly known as Justice and the Treasury Department. And now the Trump corruption is spreading like wildfire throughout the Republican Party as a whole and creeping into states like Kentucky.

Here’s a step by step look at just how this unprecedented presidential corruption has spread under Trump:

Trump attempts multiple times - starting with the firing of FBI Director James Comey - to obstruct the Russia investigation.
Trump forces then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions (who’d famously recused himself from oversight of the Russia investigation) to resign.
Trump appoints William Barr as Attorney General (who famously wrote a 19-page memo trashing the Russian investigation and sent it to Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein) to help get him out of the Russia mess.
Attorney General Barr lies to Congress and the American people about what the Mueller Report uncovered (including multiple attempts by the Trump campaign to get dirt on Hillary Clinton from the Russians, and at least 10 attempts by Trump to obstruct justice and thwart the investigation).
Barr refuses to release an un-redacted version to Congress.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin refuses to comply with a subpoena to turn over Trump’s tax returns to Congress.
Trump sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an attempt to prevent the banks from responding to congressional subpoenas about his financial records.
Barr refuses to comply with a subpoena to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
As the House Judiciary Committee prepares to hold the Attorney General in contempt of Congress, Barr urges Trump to exert executive privilege over the Mueller Report.
Trump invokes executive privilege over the Mueller Report - having (for now) successfully thwarted efforts by Congress to allow the American people to see the full scope of the president’s misdeeds and multiple attempts at obstruction of justice as detailed in the report.
The country enters a Constitutional crisis, and Donald Trump comes one corrupt step closer to an imperial presidency and the death of American democracy.

Reminder: We live in the United States of America...a democracy.

Tell us - do you think Trump’s corruption caused this Constitutional crisis?

Note: Tomorrow we’ll show how Trump’s particularly noxious brand of corruption -- which all ties back to Russia -- is spreading to the states, starting with Kentucky and Mitch McConnell.

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The unfettered corruption Trump brought to Washington is contagious.

Here’s a step by step look at just how this unprecedented presidential corruption has spread under Trump:

Trump attempts multiple times - starting with the firing of FBI Director James Comey - to obstruct the Russia investigation.
Trump forces then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions (who’d famously recused himself from oversight of the Russia investigation) to resign.
Trump appoints William Barr as Attorney General (who famously wrote a 19-page memo trashing the Russian investigation and sent it to Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein) to help get him out of the Russia mess.
Attorney General Barr lies to Congress and the American people about what the Mueller Report uncovered (including multiple attempts by the Trump campaign to get dirt on Hillary Clinton from the Russians, and at least 10 attempts by Trump to obstruct justice and thwart the investigation).
Barr refuses to release an un-redacted version to Congress.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin refuses to comply with a subpoena to turn over Trump’s tax returns to Congress.
Trump sues Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an attempt to prevent the banks from responding to congressional subpoenas about his financial records.
Barr refuses to comply with a subpoena to testify before the House Judiciary Committee.
As the House Judiciary Committee prepares to hold the Attorney General in contempt of Congress, Barr urges Trump to exert executive privilege over the Mueller Report.
Trump invokes executive privilege over the Mueller Report - having (for now) successfully thwarted efforts by Congress to allow the American people to see the full scope of the president’s misdeeds and multiple attempts at obstruction of justice as detailed in the report.
The country enters a Constitutional crisis, and Donald Trump comes one corrupt step closer to an imperial presidency and the death of American democracy.

Reminder: We live in the United States of America...a democracy.

Tell us - do you think Trump’s corruption caused this Constitutional crisis?

Note: Tomorrow we’ll show how Trump’s particularly noxious brand of corruption -- which all ties back to Russia -- is spreading to the states, starting with Kentucky and Mitch McConnell.

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Today, AP broke the news that new election systems in states like Pennsylvania run on systems still run on old software that will soon be vulnerable to hackers.

In March, Democrats in the House passed HR 1 - the For the People Act - which addresses election security and helps guarantee the integrity of the ballot box. But, in the Senate, that bill has yet to receive a vote.

Will you sign the petition and send a message to your Senators to pass HR1 to make sure our elections are free and fair?

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Today, AP broke the news that new election systems in states like Pennsylvania run on systems still run on old software that will soon be vulnerable to hackers.

Will you sign the petition and send a message to your Senators to pass HR1 to make sure our elections are free and fair?

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Since the media shows little interest in reporting all the good work House Democrats are doing, Future Majority produced a video to highlight their amazing efforts on the issues affecting families.

After you watch the video, will you share it with your friends on social media?

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Since the media shows little interest in reporting all the good work House Democrats are doing, Future Majority produced a video to highlight their amazing efforts on the issues affecting families.

After you watch the video, will you share it with your friends on social media?

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What the heck happened today?

From where we’re sitting, it sure looked like Bill Barr continued his brazen cover-up and Senate Republicans continued to help him get away with it. Barr proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that he’s one of the most corrupt of all the Trump-Swamp creatures. He’s supposed to be our lawyer, but he sounds just like Rudy Giuliani.

Some highlights -- or lowlights -- from Barr’s credibility-shattering testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee:

Barr thinks Trump is the real victim here (of the media, naturally)
Barr thinks it’s okay for Trump to obstruct justice because he felt he was being falsely accused (um...that’s not how the law works)
Barr admitted he’d been working on a decision exonerating Trump of obstruction of justice before the Mueller report was even completed (heck, we knew this in June 2018 when Barr sent an unsolicited 19-page memo to Rosenstein blasting the unfinished report)
Barr and Deputy AG Rosenstein did not even read the underlying evidence unearthed by Mueller and his team (wait...WHAT?!?!)
Barr lied and said Mueller’s recent letter to him was to take issue with the press characterization of the Mueller report. Mueller was in fact taking issue with Barr’s characterization of the report's findings, which gave the American people an incorrect view of what Mueller actually uncovered about Trump’s attempts to obstruct justice. (The AG is now actively lying to Congress and the American people about EVERYTHING.)

But there’s more...

Barr is refusing to attend the upcoming House Judiciary Committee hearing (so in addition to being totally corrupt...he’s a total chicken*$&!)
Barr railed against the justice system being used as a political pawn but rushed to defend his corrupt boss while lying to Congress and the American people about the Mueller report’s findings (Hypocrisy much?)
Barr refused to say whether he thought it was morally okay for a president to ask his White House Counsel to lie. He also refused to say whether he thought it was morally okay to direct his staff to fire a special counsel that was investigating him. (Perhaps, Barr needs a refresher course on morality?) And don’t get us started on his hemming and hawing when the topic came to foreign governments interfering in our elections.

In summary -- the Attorney General of the United States of American -- William Barr -- today proved himself corrupt and having zero credibility.

We think he should resign. Do you? Tell us now and share this article.

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What the heck happened today?

Some highlights -- or lowlights -- from Barr’s credibility-shattering testimony today before the Senate Judiciary Committee:

Barr thinks Trump is the real victim here (of the media, naturally)
Barr thinks it’s okay for Trump to obstruct justice because he felt he was being falsely accused (um...that’s not how the law works)
Barr admitted he’d been working on a decision exonerating Trump of obstruction of justice before the Mueller report was even completed (heck, we knew this in June 2018 when Barr sent an unsolicited 19-page memo to Rosenstein blasting the unfinished report)
Barr and Deputy AG Rosenstein did not even read the underlying evidence unearthed by Mueller and his team (wait...WHAT?!?!)
Barr lied and said Mueller’s recent letter to him was to take issue with the press characterization of the Mueller report. Mueller was in fact taking issue with Barr’s characterization of the report's findings, which gave the American people an incorrect view of what Mueller actually uncovered about Trump’s attempts to obstruct justice. (The AG is now actively lying to Congress and the American people about EVERYTHING.)

But there’s more...

Barr is refusing to attend the upcoming House Judiciary Committee hearing (so in addition to being totally corrupt...he’s a total chicken*$&!)
Barr railed against the justice system being used as a political pawn but rushed to defend his corrupt boss while lying to Congress and the American people about the Mueller report’s findings (Hypocrisy much?)
Barr refused to say whether he thought it was morally okay for a president to ask his White House Counsel to lie. He also refused to say whether he thought it was morally okay to direct his staff to fire a special counsel that was investigating him. (Perhaps, Barr needs a refresher course on morality?) And don’t get us started on his hemming and hawing when the topic came to foreign governments interfering in our elections.

In summary -- the Attorney General of the United States of American -- William Barr -- today proved himself corrupt and having zero credibility.

We think he should resign. Do you? Tell us now and share this article.

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In the aftermath of this month's mass shootings, did you know that 70% of all voters support banning military weapons according to a new poll? Learn more in the piece published by Countable below, and share your opinion above.

What’s the story?

70% of all voters would support banning assault weapons, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.
The poll was conducted Aug. 5-7, in the immediate aftermath of two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.

What are the numbers?

86% of Democrats would back such a ban.
55% of GOP voters would support banning assault weapons, and 54% said they’d support stricter gun laws more generally. (Politico notes that this finding contradicts President Donald Trump’s claims that there’s “no political appetite” for such restrictions.)
90% of Republican voters said they would back universal background checks for weapons purchases.
23% of potential voters opposed an assault weapons ban.
89% of voters want to block gun sales to people who have been reported as dangerous to law enforcement by mental health providers.
84% support banning people convicted of violent misdemeanors from purchasing guns.

What do you think?

52% of respondents think it’s either not very likely or not likely at all that Congress will act. Tell Congress what you think above, then share your thoughts below.

—Josh Herman

(Photo Credit: iStock / SlobodanMiljevic)

Originally published by Countable

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\nIn the aftermath of this month's mass shootings, did you know that 70% of all voters support banning military weapons according to a new poll? Learn more in the piece published by Countable below, and share your opinion above.\n

What’s the story?

\n70% of all voters would support banning assault weapons, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll.\n
The poll was conducted Aug. 5-7, in the immediate aftermath of two mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio.

What are the numbers?

86% of Democrats would back such a ban.
55% of GOP voters would support banning assault weapons, and 54% said they’d support stricter gun laws more generally. (Politico notes that this finding contradicts President Donald Trump’s claims that there’s “no political appetite” for such restrictions.)
90% of Republican voters said they would back universal background checks for weapons purchases.
23% of potential voters opposed an assault weapons ban.
89% of voters want to block gun sales to people who have been reported as dangerous to law enforcement by mental health providers.
84% support banning people convicted of violent misdemeanors from purchasing guns.

What do you think?

52% of respondents think it’s either not very likely or not likely at all that Congress will act. Tell Congress what you think above, then share your thoughts below.

—Josh Herman

(Photo Credit: iStock / SlobodanMiljevic)

Originally published by Countable

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As we previewed yesterday, Democrats are approaching the 100-day mark of the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives. They reach this pivotal milestone on April 13.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has heroically presided over 100 days of accomplishment, oversight and accountability, all while fighting chronic GOP obstruction, shining a light on GOP corruption and navigating the steady stream of chaos from the White House and an unhinged president.

From healthcare to oversight, Democrats are keeping the promises they made to voters in the midterm elections, and they will continue to fight for America and the American people.

Here are just a few highlights of House Democrats’ accomplishments and providing the Constitutionally-required oversight of this administration that has been missing for two years:

Accomplishment: Passed the For the People Act

In March, House Democrats passed the cornerstone of their legislative agenda: H.R. 1 -- the For the People Act -- critical anti-corruption legislation that would make it easier for people to vote, put an end to corruption in Trump’s Washington, reign in foreign influence on our elections, require secretive dark money groups to disclose their donors, tamp down on lobbyists and special interests and require presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns. In short, it is the single most comprehensive piece of anti-corruption legislation since Watergate.

Oversight: Demanded American taxpayers get to see the full, unredacted Mueller Report

Democrats passed a resolution demanding the full Mueller Report on the Russian attack on American democracy be shared with Congress and the American people. Democrats did this in the face of a suspected coordinated effort by Trump’s politically-appointed Attorney General William Barr to cover up key findings of the Mueller report and protect the president.

Accountability: Holding a corrupt and rule-breaking White House accountable for their actions

Democrats issued subpoenas to Trump administration officials who have jeopardized our national security by treating the White House security clearance process like a game. Trump and his staff think the rules do not apply to them - they do. And House Democrats are holding them accountable and bringing their dangerous shenanigans into full view of the American people.

Let us know what you think about the Democrats first 100 days -- a period marked by a relentless push to make progress for the American people, provide oversight on a dangerous administration run amok, and hold Trump and his chaotic and corrupt administration accountable.

We’ll share more key Democratic accomplishments tomorrow -- stay tuned!

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As we previewed yesterday, Democrats are approaching the 100-day mark of the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives. They reach this pivotal milestone on April 13.

From healthcare to oversight, Democrats are keeping the promises they made to voters in the midterm elections, and they will continue to fight for America and the American people.

Here are just a few highlights of House Democrats’ accomplishments and providing the Constitutionally-required oversight of this administration that has been missing for two years:

Accomplishment: Passed the For the People Act

In March, House Democrats passed the cornerstone of their legislative agenda: H.R. 1 -- the For the People Act -- critical anti-corruption legislation that would make it easier for people to vote, put an end to corruption in Trump’s Washington, reign in foreign influence on our elections, require secretive dark money groups to disclose their donors, tamp down on lobbyists and special interests and require presidential candidates to disclose their tax returns. In short, it is the single most comprehensive piece of anti-corruption legislation since Watergate.

Oversight: Demanded American taxpayers get to see the full, unredacted Mueller Report

Democrats passed a resolution demanding the full Mueller Report on the Russian attack on American democracy be shared with Congress and the American people. Democrats did this in the face of a suspected coordinated effort by Trump’s politically-appointed Attorney General William Barr to cover up key findings of the Mueller report and protect the president.

Accountability: Holding a corrupt and rule-breaking White House accountable for their actions

Democrats issued subpoenas to Trump administration officials who have jeopardized our national security by treating the White House security clearance process like a game. Trump and his staff think the rules do not apply to them - they do. And House Democrats are holding them accountable and bringing their dangerous shenanigans into full view of the American people.

Let us know what you think about the Democrats first 100 days -- a period marked by a relentless push to make progress for the American people, provide oversight on a dangerous administration run amok, and hold Trump and his chaotic and corrupt administration accountable.

We’ll share more key Democratic accomplishments tomorrow -- stay tuned!

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