Community Action: Block the BAAJA Blast
The Senate has advanced the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA). Proponents claim the bill would “modernize” permitting for things such a electricity transmission lines and energy pipelines. Opponents warn the legislation would slash essential environmental and endangered species protections and undermine tribal sovereignty, just to benefit Big Oil and the AI giants.
Elizabeth Bast, executive director of Oil Change International, has called the bill “a massive giveaway to fossil fuel companies and Big Tech” negatively affecting “communities, the climate, and people’s energy bills.” Tribal nations also oppose the bill, warning that BAAJA would “threaten sacred sites and cultural resources.”
👉 To urge a “No” vote on BAAJA and insist that any future iterations of the bill preserve environmental protections and honor tribal rights, contact your senators.
Call Senator Durbin in DC 202-224-2152, email him, or use a local office number
618-351-1122 - Carbondale, IL
312-353-4952 - Chicago, IL
309-786-5173 - Rock Island, IL
217-492-4062 - Springfield, IL
Call Senator Duckworth in DC 202-224-2854, email her, or use a local office number:
618-722-7070 - Belleville, IL
618-677-7000 - Carbondale, IL
312-886-3506 - Chicago, IL
309-606-7060 - Rock Island, IL
217-528-6124 - Springfield, IL
Script: Hi, my name is [NAME], and I’m a constituent from [CITY]. I’m calling to urge Senator [NAME] to vote ‘No’ on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (BAAJA). This bill threatens critical environmental and endangered species protections while undermining tribal sovereignty to benefit Big Oil and Big Tech. Please ensure that any legislative text preserves our environment and fully honors tribal rights."
Community Action: No Federal School Vouchers for Illinois
No matter our zipcode, our religion or our race, what most Illinois families want is a well-resourced public school right where they live and play. Strong public schools benefit all of our communities.
Unfortunately, the Trump administration wants to take funding away from public schools that welcome and educate all kids, and give billions in federal tax dollars to private schools that can—and do—discriminate and exclude.
The new federal school voucher program is a key education policy goal of the Trump administration, and it’s part of their plan to privatize the public education system as a whole. Read our Q&A here: “What to know about the new federal school voucher program”
Each state can choose whether to participate in the federal voucher program, a decision that our Governor and the IL General Assembly have the power to make.
We'd like Governor Pritzker to publicly commit to keeping Illinois out of a program that will fund discrimination and harm our public schools. And we'd like the General Assembly to put into state law a prohibition on Illinois participating.
Action via Illinois Families for Public Schools
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