Friday, July 29 - Pass the Inflation Reduction Act / Rally to End the Torture at Menard Prison 8/1
Actions You Can Take Today
Action 1: Tell Senators to pass the Inflation Reduction Act now!
Action 2: Rally to End the Torture at Menard Prison on Monday, August 1 at 6 p.m. at 190 N State St
Action 1: Pass the Inflation Reduction Act
On Wednesday, Sens. Schumer and Manchin announced that they had reached an agreement on a reconciliation package, including details on how this bill would lower health care and energy costs for families. There’s even legislative text, which is being reviewed by the Senate Parliamentarian. This is real!
Here are the really good things in this bill:
A 15% Corporate Minimum Tax ensuring the ultra-rich pay their fair share
Closing the Carried Interest Loophole that is a giveaway to Wall Street investors, and cracking down on wealthy tax cheats
Investments in cleaner energy solutions that put us on the path toward a 40% reduction in emissions by 2030
Permission for Medicare to negotiate drug prices (lowering prescription drug prices)
Continued lower Affordable Care Act premiums for millions of Americans
And more…
Of course this bill isn’t everything we want, but it is a potential monumental step forward for a reconciliation package we thought was all but scuttled. And as a reminder, because this is reconciliation, Democrats can pass it with just 50 votes in the Senate, meaning Mitch McConnell and his Republican friends will be furious, but there’s nothing they can do to stop it.
But it is only potential. We need to put in the work to make sure it gets across the finish line over the next two weeks.
You can help by calling your Senators to tell them to pass the Inflation Reduction Act now!
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Action 2: Rally to End the Torture at Menard Prison Monday
Join us on Monday, August 1st at 6 PM to demand an end to the torture at Menard Prison. Our loved ones held at Menard have experienced harassment, mistreatment, neglect, abuse, repression, and, in the case of Michael Jefferson and many more, death at the hands of Menard staff and the Illinois Department of “Corrections” (IDOC). We are calling on IDOC Director Rob Jeffreys and Governor Pritzker to act NOW to address these conditions and bring our loved ones home!
Our demands are:
Transfer Michael Minnifield, Isaiah Brady, and Chaz Thrailkill out of Menard immediately!
Conduct an independent investigation into the conditions at Menard!
Pass the Isolated Confinement Restriction Act HB 3564 NOW!
Hold guards who have abused our loved ones accountable!
Shut Down Menard!
We ask all those who are able to come out and join us as we bring these demands forward in a demonstration. We need every person who can to join us in raising these demands, until Rob Jeffreys and JB Pritzker ACT to address the needs of our loved ones, and until this crisis has the attention it needs. RSVP for the event on Facebook.
Action via Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
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