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Since October 1st, the Federal Government has been shut down. I was hopeful that after the protests of October 18th, our Federal Representatives would return to Washington and, together, figure out a way to get our government employees and programs back to being funded, as they have done in the past.
Meanwhile, as we head into the second month, food programs like SNAP—providing supplemental food funding for 1.1 million, or about 15% of Massachusetts residents (according to mass.gov)—will go unfunded. Government employees will miss paychecks, and several agencies will continue to limp along in their missions.
What Can We Do?
There is a quick and easy action that we all can take to put constituent pressure on our Federal Representatives. Making a simple phone call, you will have the option to leave a voicemail with a brief comment asking Congress to work together to reopen the government. It only takes a minute.
Leave a Message For Your Senator
The current holdup is in the Senate; here are the D.C. office numbers of our Federal Senators. Please be respectful in your message.
Senator Warren: (202) 224-4543
Senator Markey: (202) 224-2742
Sincerely,
Jim Mirabile
Chair, Hopkinton Republican Town Committee (HRTC)
PS, Please consider supporting Project Just Because locally at this time of extra need.
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The House, Senate and Executive branch are under one party control.
They are the only ones who can fix it.
EIE,
A continuing budget resolution requires a 60 vote majority to pass in the Senate, which the GOP does not have. That is why we are at this impasse.
Thanks for your comment.
BUT ITS NOT A CLEAN CR LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO CONVINCE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE..
Break the filibuster or restore the ACA (
aka Romneycare).
True Americans stand for the principles of the great experiment and don’t legislate away from humanity.
Also push for them to restore to SNAP programs as more than 1 million MA residents, seniors and children primarily, need the program in order to have enough food to eat. I saw the stats indicating that 71 Hopkinton residents rely on it.
Senator Markey’s phone number is missing a digit.
Thanks. It’s been fixed.
ROTFL, paraphrasing Charles Weller, “Jim, now is the time for all good Republicans to come to the aid of their Country.” Please call Speaker Mike Johnson, who, I believe (and stand ready to be corrected) hasn’t had The House in session since 19 Sept, now over 44 days…
His number: 202.225.2777
Trump could fund SNAP if he wanted to, just like all the other things he decided to fund/do regardless of congress.
Ya’ll know this but pretend otherwise to make a political point on the backs of desperate hungry children. Voter retribution is coming.