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TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 10AM
Resolution against Medicaid Cuts
Board of County Commissioner Meeting
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HUGE Turnout for 'No Kings' Protest in Durango!
THANK YOU!
Wow. We are blown away by this community's commitment to our Democracy! You showed up en masse. You chanted, you took actions and you supported our community and our country. We are truly humbled and blessed to be living in such a caring community.
Thank you to ALL of the volunteers who were street monitors, manned tables, helped with set up and take down, and those who donated to help defray costs of permits, etc. We could not make this happen without ALL of you!
With much gratitude, your Indivisible Durango Team
LOST AND FOUND
We had a few things turned in to Lost and Found. Contact us for more information and to identify items.
URGENT LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS!
Members of Congress (MOC) need to hear from you...
EVERY DAY!
Is it worth 10 minutes of your time to help save our Country?
There is so much at stake and we NEED your advocacy!! Please take 10 minutes to contact your representatives. If you can do this daily, even better!!
Please KEEP calling! 5 Calls, Every Day.
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U.S. Senate Call to Action
Calling is best, email second best, or do both!
ISSUE: PUBLIC LANDS SELL-OFF
SENATE BILL Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (SENR) bill for the Reconciliation Budget
Public lands in Southwest Colorado could be up for sale - The Durango Herald
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT:
SENR bill: Subtitle C – Lands, on page 30 of the full bill, (condensed version) lists the mandatory disposal of BLM and FS lands. There are 250 million acres listed as being eligible for sale; of that, the bill mandates a minimum of 3.3 million acres be sold. Lands in the San Juan National Forest and BLM Southwest Colorado district are included in the eligible acreage, see this map. Lands that are eligible for sale include recreation areas and grazing lands. As reported in The Durango Herald: Areas such as Animas Mountain, Horse Gulch, Falls Creek and Big Canyon – all partly or fully managed by BLM – are subject to sale. Ranchers who maintain grazing permits on public lands could potentially see those lands sold to private buyers.
Other public land issues in the SENR bill include:
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Cuts industry fees that pay to use our public land resources
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Lets developers buy their way around the courts
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Ramps up logging and oil & gas development (exempted from judicial review)
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includes rollbacks to protections for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Timing: The bill is still being debated in the Senate Committee; call and email so the sell-off will be removed from the bill and never make it to the full Senate vote. However, the Senate seeks to vote on the full reconciliation bill by July 4.
SUGGESTED MEMBER SCRIPT:
“Hi, my name is (full name). I'm a constituent from (city & zip code). I insist you oppose the inclusion of public land sales in the Senate budget reconciliation bill that would mandate the sale of 3.3M acres of public land. This is ILLEGAL. It bypasses the Federal Land Facilitation Transaction Act that specifically states that all proceeds from the sale of public lands MUST go back into the conservation of public lands. Keep public lands in public hands.”
For Bennet and Hickenlooper, please call to thank them so they have numbers showing the wide support for our public lands.
WHICH PEOPLE TO CONTACT: US Senators and ALL of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee members.
Senator Michael Bennet
(970) 259-1710 (Durango)
(202) 224-5852 (DC Office)
http://www.bennet.senate.gov/
Senator John Hickenlooper
970-880-7236 (Durango) 202-224-5941 (DC Office)
www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/email-john/
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources:
Republicans
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Mike Lee, Chair, 202-224-5444 UT
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John Barrasso 202-224-6441 WY
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James Risch 202-224-2752 ID
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Steve Daines 202-224-2651 MT
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Tom Cotton (202) 224-2353 AR
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Dave McCormick 202-224-6324 PA
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Jim Justice 202-224-3954 WV
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Bill Cassidy (202) 224-5824 LA
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Cindy Hyde-Smith (202) 224-5054 MS
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Lisa Murkowski (202)-224-6665 AK
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John Hoeven (202) 224-2551 ND
Democrats
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Martin Heinrich, Ranking Member (202) 224-5521 NM
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Ron Wyden (202) 224-5244 OR
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Maria Cantwell (202) 224-3441 WA
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Mazzie Hirono (202) 224-6361 HI
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Angus King, Jr. (202) 224-5344 ME
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Catherine Cortez Masto (202) 224-3542 NV
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John Hickenlooper (202) 224-5941 CO
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Alex Padilia (202) 224-3553 CA
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Ruben Gallego 202-224-4521 AZ
Use "5 Calls"
Use the app from 5Calls.org to look for our members' phone numbers and topics of concern this week -- or speak from your heart about a personal story or dilemma.
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Call daily! It may not seem useful, but it's having a huge impact - HUGE.
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Leave your name and zip code and a message with your concern.
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If you get a person, ask for specific actions - and ask for follow up.
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Ask when that MOC will be in SW Colorado! We want to see them!