Friends,

Find below our social media toolkit for the HR1 Anniversary and for the launch of our coalition report: Fixing Our Broken Democracy. This report outlines how democracy reform would allow progress on the issues voters care about most – from stopping climate change and ensuring all Americans can exercise their right to vote, to ensuring affordable health care and enacting gun control legislation. This report covers ten topics, with a special bonus on the census.

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The report and graphics are attached, with social media below.

An ENORMOUS thank you to everyone who put so much effort into pulling this report together with such quick turnaround – drafting, editing, designing, creating social and graphics. This was really an extraordinary team effort!

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Jana

DFAD H.R. 1 Anniversary Toolkit 

Below find anniversary talking points, social media content for the DFAD Report “Fixing Our Broken Democracy”, Anniversary social media, & graphics!

Talking Points on the Anniversary 

• The House passed the For the People Act (H.R. 1) on March 8th, 2019. Over the last year, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has blocked action on its Senate companion, S. 949, introduced by Sens. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR).

• The For the People Act is the most comprehensive package of anti-corruption reforms since Watergate. It will end the dominance of big money in politics, protect the right to vote, and restore ethics and accountability in Washington.

• The For the People Act contains three main pillars:

·        Ensuring all Americans can have their voices heard by reforming our voting and election laws by strengthening election security, ending partisan gerrymandering, and enacting automatic voter registration;

·        Getting big money out of politics by creating a new small-donor matching funds system for federal candidates, requiring super PACs and “dark money” political organizations to make their donors public, and strengthening oversight rules to ensure those who break campaign finance laws are held accountable; and

·        Ending corruption and holding public officials accountable by expanding conflict-of-interest laws, banning members of Congress from serving on corporate boards, and requiring major party presidential candidates to publicly disclose their tax returns.

• To make progress on issues Americans care about--from lowering drug prices to tackling climate change--we must fight the corruption in Washington and fix our broken democracy. 

• Senator Mitch McConnell has blocked action on H.R. 1 and nearly 400 more House-passed bills that would make Americans' lives better. His refusal is directly related to the power and dominance of super PACs and dark money political organizations. The wealthy special interests opposed to ending corruption in Washington are the same ones trying to block progress on the change Americans want to see.

• This sort of obstruction and gridlock is why voters are losing faith in their government. It’s time for Mitch McConnell to stop doing the bidding of wealthy special interests and stand up for Americans tired of the status quo in Washington. He should bring up S. 949, the For the People Act, for a vote immediately.

Talking Points on the DFAD Report: Fixing Our Broken Democracy

The report - Fixing Our Broken Democracy -  is available here. 

• In the year since the House of Representatives passed the For the People Act, Senate Republicans have refused to take a vote on this important democracy reform bill and failed to make progress on the issues that matter most to Americans. 

• The Declaration for American Democracy has released a series of issue briefs that examine the most important issues at the top of voters’ minds and explain why lawmakers are failing to act on their priorities. 

• The topics include: healthcare, racial justice, climate change, fighting for a living wage, gun safety, national security, poverty, LGBTQ Americans, reigning in Wall Street and science. 

• The Declaration for American Democracy (DFAD), an unprecedented coalition of more than 145 organizations including democracy, environmental, faith, labor, good government, civil rights, and other groups, is calling for action on a comprehensive and transformational package of democracy reforms. 

Sample Social Media Content for HR 1 Anniversary 

• One year ago today, @HouseDemocrats made history by passing #HR1, the #ForThePeople Act – a transformative anti-corruption and clean elections bill. But to maintain the status quo in Washington, @senatemajldr continues to block the bill. It’s time for a Senate vote!
  
  
  
• It’s been one year since the House passed #HR1 to end the dominance of big money in politics and make it easier to vote. It’s time for @senatemajldr to stop stonewalling and bring this critical bill up for a vote.
  
  
  
• One year ago, @HouseDemocrats passed #HR1 to end the dominance of big money in politics, restore ethics, and protect the right to vote. Since then, progress has stalled on the issues voters care about - it’s time for @senatemajldr to bring the bill up for a vote. 

Sample Social Media Content for DFAD Report: Fixing Our Broken Democracy

REPORT LINK: https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF  

Press Release: http://bit.ly/334rRFs 

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• Today, @DemanDemocracy outlines the key issues voters want to see progress on but have been stalled in McConnell’s graveyard like the #ForThePeopleAct. It’s time for @senatemajldr to bring #HR1 up for a vote. Read more: https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF
  
  
• 1 year since the #ForThePeople Act passed: The interests of big pharma and insurance companies overshadow the needs of voters in America. It’s time for @senatemajldr to bring #HR1 up for a vote. https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF 
• 1 year since the #ForThePeople Act passed: People continue to be denied their right to vote and have their voice heard in our democracy. It’s time for @senatemajldr to bring #HR1 up for a vote. https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF 
• 1 year since the #ForThePeople Act passed: those that are responsible for polluting our air, our water, and resisting efforts to combat climate change have more influence than everyday Americans.  It’s time for @senatemajldr to bring #HR1 up for a vote. https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF
  
  
• 1 year since the #ForThePeople Act passed: our government responds to the financial demands of corporations and the wealthy but neglects the basic needs of working families. It’s time for @senatemajldr to bring #HR1 up for a vote. https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF
  
  
• 1 year since the #ForThePeople Act passed: the powerful gun lobby has blocked action on the gun violence that is tearing our communities apart. It’s time for @senatemajldr to bring #HR1 up for a vote. https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF
  
  
• 1 year since the #ForThePeople Act passed: the shortcomings in our democracy have allowed foreign actors to meddle in our elections. It’s time for @senatemajldr to bring #HR1 up for a vote. https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF
  
  
• 1 year since the #ForThePeople Act passed: low-income Americans are limited in how they can participate in elections and shape federal policies and priorities to reduce poverty. It’s time for @senatemajldr to bring #HR1 up for a vote. https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF
  
  
• 1 year since the #ForThePeople Act passed: we’ve seen this administration roll back LGBTQ progress, erect barriers, and gut existing legal protections that took many decades to achieve. It’s time for @senatemajldr to bring #HR1 up for a vote. https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF
  
  
• 1 year since the #ForThePeople Act passed: Wall Street continues to grow in power and influence. We need a financial system that works for working people, not big banks. It’s time for @senatemajldr to bring #HR1 up for a vote. https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF
  
  
• 1 year since the #ForThePeople Act passed: we’ve seen the government do the bidding of the special interests they are meant to regulate, instead of putting the public interest and science first. It’s time for @senatemajldr to bring #HR1 up for a vote. https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF
  
• In order to achieve the goals of the #ForThePeople Act and make the government work for the people, all people must be counted in this year’s census. https://bit.ly/3cJ0chF 

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