#call script

Please call your senators about it and tell them not to support the bill.

For a basic script, use this (feel free to add a bit about it being super racist if you have a senator who will be receptive to that)

Hi. I'm calling today from [state your person represents] as a constituent of [name of your person]. I heard about HR 29, or the Laken Riley Act, and was calling to express my deep concern for it, as it would seriously harm [name of your person]'s constituents in my community, by forcing law enforcement to go ahead with detentions they deem unnecessary, which would waste [name for people who live in your state]'s tax dollars. Because of this, I'm calling on [him/her] to vote NO when the bill comes to a floor vote. (They'll say that they'll pass it along) Thank you, I appreciate that. Have a good day. *hang up*

For templates to make more individualized scripts, go to this link (also pinned on my blog).

HR 7521 - Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act is up for a Senate vote next. Biden has said he will sign it into law if it makes it to his desk.

Here is a website with a petition to sign and a call bot you can use to contact various senators to urge them to vote against HR 7521.

Fleshed out call script (dontbantiktok.com and their call bot each offer a partial script; I've combined them and added some missing pieces):

In the wake of the horrifying shooting in Las Vegas, some Republicans in Congress have expressed openness to banning bump stocks, used by the shooter to convert semiautomatic weapons to automatic. Since automatic weapons are already banned in the United States, this is an obvious, bipartisan reform that could help make shootings less deadly. 

The bill already has 38 cosponsors in the Senate, but we need more if we want to build enough momentum to get it to the floor. Call both your Senators and ask them to cosponsor the bump stock ban!

Here’s your script:  “Hi, my name is [your name] and I’m a constituent from [your town]. I’m calling to ask if Senator so-and-so has taken a position on Senator Feinstein’s bill banning bump stocks like the ones used in the Las Vegas shooting?”

If undecided: “I really hope that Senator so-and-so will cosponsor this bill. There’s no reason anyone needs to be able to fire hundreds of rounds a minute, especially since automatic weapons are already illegal. Thank you.”

If opposed: “That’s terrible. There’s no reason anyone needs to be able to fire hundreds of rounds a minute, especially since automatic weapons are aleady illegal. I hope that Senator so-and-so will reconsider and cosponsor this bill to make future shootings less deadly.”

Republicans in the House of Representatives have a horrible new idea that’s largely flown under the radar: A new piece of legislation that changes how businesses are required to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Currently, businesses have to make their buildings accessible - if they don’t, they’re breaking the law. H.R. 620 shifts the burden to people with disabilities who are denied access. If a person in a wheelchair found a business that denied them access, they’d have to carefully document it, submit a complaint, and then wait SIX MONTHS to see if the building made “substantial progress” towards accommodation before seeking a court order to make the business comply with the ADA. That’s an enormous task to force onto disabled people just trying to live their lives, and it means that fewer businesses will accommodate people with disabilities.

H.R. 620 passed the House Judiciary Committee next week. Now, it’s heading to the floor. Call your Representative and urge them to oppose it!

This is HUGE: Last night, the Senate voted down their bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Your calls made a difference. Democrats stayed unified, and three Republicans crossed party lines to stop a bill that would have caused millions of people to lose their insurance.

Now it’s time for some positive reinforcement. If your senator voted against this bill, call them to thank them for defending our health care!