Hi all,

Following up on Izembek developments with TWS’s statement and sample tweets below:

With the government shutdown, @SecretaryZinke moves behind closed doors to destroy Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. http://wapo.st/2Dx9lv9

Bulldozing wilderness: @SecretaryZinke just make an outrageous backroom deal to give away Alaska's Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. http://wapo.st/2Dx9lv9

Even a government shutdown doesn't keep @SecretaryZinke from signing deal to destroy a wilderness area in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. http://wapo.st/2Dx9lv9

@SecretaryZinke continues selling out our public lands even during the federal shutdown. Backroom deal paves way for road through wilderness area in Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. http://wapo.st/2Dx9lv9

Thanks,

America

America May Fitzpatrick

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From: cdp@groups.b-team.org [mailto:cdp@groups.b-team.org] On Behalf Of Julia Alschuler
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2018 11:32 AM
To: Combined Defense Project <cdp@groups.b-team.org>
Subject: [cdp] CDP Call Notes: #TrumpShutdown Day 3 Edition!

>> If you say one thing today: President Trump and Republicans in Congress must put America’s future ahead of fringe special interests. That means resolving the issues before them now: giving DREAMers a path to stay in the only country they’ve ever known, funding health insurance for 9 million children, and restoring a functioning federal government that protects the health of families and American's great outdoors over corporate interests.

>> If you only do one thing today: It is critical that we help drive the narrative on the #Trumpshutdown. We must make sure it falls to the rightful owner -- Trump and the Republicans. Please use the guidance to issue a statement and flood your social media channels with the #TrumpShutdown and our key points. 

TrumpShutdown Messaging Toolkit

https://docs.google.com/document/d/16bzmyX9dEm5yePagBFL44tu2xO3LVN1boK0Tq7tqMeQ/edit#

[See DACA section for immediate asks in advance of the CR ask]

>>Help needed:

Letters:

• Sign on to letter on attacks on clean water safeguards, including the Clean Water Rule rider, in the FY18 budget negotiations. You can view the letter and sign on here before January 23 at noon. 
• Sign letter on the Healthy Fields and Farm Economics Act and importance of protecting clean water in the farm bill by COB January 26 here. 
• Sign monuments joint letters opposing these bills if you haven’t already (for markup/floor if needed)

·

• HR 4532 (link to sign)
• HR 4558 (link to sign)
• HR 3990 (link to sign)

On the Horizon…

Jan 30: SOTU
Jan 30: Pruitt at EPW 
Feb 21: CPP hearing in Kansas City,MO
Feb 28: CPP hearing in San Francisco
March 27: CPP hearing in Gillette, WY
April 30: EPA Ozone designations 

Week Ahead brought to you by Sean Alcorn 

House Floor & Committee Activity

• The House is technically on recess, but is on notice to assemble when needed if there’s a CR for them to pass.
• No committee activity is scheduled (at least, not in our issue areas).

Senate Floor Activity

• The Senate convenes at 10 AM Monday, with a noon cloture vote on a version of the CR that lasts until February 8^th.
• What happens after that cloture vote depends on how the vote goes – the shutdown could be over in the next day or two, or it could continue on into the week.

Senate Committee Activity

• On Tuesday at 10 AM the Energy & Natural Resources committee will be holding a hearing on “the Performance of the Electric Power System Under Certain Weather Conditions.”
• On Wednesday at 10 AM the Commerce committee will be holding a field hearing (at the Washington Convention Center) on “Driving Automotive Innovation and Federal Policies.”
• On Wednesday at 10:30 AM the Budget committee will be holding an oversight hearing on the Congressional Budget Office.
• On Thursday at 10 AM the Energy & Natural Resources committee will be holding a field hearing (again at the Washington Convention Center) on “the Opportunities and Challenges facing Vehicle Technologies.”

Intel 

• On Friday the BOEM acting Director said that Zinke's Florida tweet was not a formal action and drilling off the coast of FL was still on the table. Axios is also reporting a rift between Zinke and the White House on his rouge decision to remove Florida. 

• Important to continue to elevate that this is a radical proposal that attacks all of our shores that is being carried out through a clearly sham process -- make sure Trump is feeling the heat. 
• Public listening sessions are postponed this week due to the shutdown 
• Pallone sent a letter from 150 members of Congress asking admin to undo plan 
• Rubio and Dunn sent a letter from the state congressional delegation to Mattis to make sure drilling doesn't impact military activities off of FL coasts 

• Despite the shutdown Zinke signed an agreement to do the Izembeck land transfer for King Cove road

• This is happening in the dark of night during a shutdown 
• They will need to finalize landswap after the appraisals -- continued opportunities to message. 

Shutdown 

Intel

• The Senate will vote on a three week CR and CHIP extension today 
• A group of moderates worked on an agreement over the weekend that would fund the government until Feb 8 and secure a standalone vote on DACA
• Still unclear if this will pass 

Agency impacts

EPA

• EPA is using carry over funds to stay open until 1/26
• This is counter to precident but not nessecarily illegal
• Unclear how funds will be moved around and departments will be prioritized - no transparency 
• There may be an opportunity down the road to learn more and keep the story going 
• Pruitt canceled his international trip
• Wash Po editorial

Interior 

• NPS is open with limited capacity

• No ranger presence threatening people and places 

• MOU signed with NY and AZ to keep parks open, not surprising

• Important to make impacts local and look for visuals to send to reporters (confused visitors, trash cans overflowing)

Action: Look for IMPACTS of shutdown

• Drive people to submit their stories to ourenvironment.org 
• Look for ways that diminished agency capacity is harming health, safety and recreation

• Key talking points: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16bzmyX9dEm5yePagBFL44tu2xO3LVN1boK0Tq7tqMeQ/edit#

• Continue to drive key facts and pushback on political motivations of agencies to media 
• Send key clips to CDP listserve so we can compile and send up to the Hill! 

DACA

Turn up the volume!! Support Dreamers by owning Trump narrative shutdown and weaving together DACA, healthcare and border wall 

Immediate asks ahead of CR vote:

Talking points on why a no vote on a three-week CR is essential: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12v8lFYNfcE44phSTSbKw4Hr3Zlg3JfmXXfDNm9HVibM/edit?usp=sharing

• Senators trying to move a deal. Klobuchar, Stabenow, Hassan, Baldwin need to feel the heat ASAP. Grasstops calls ASAP.
• Udall’s office needs some thank you calls if you’re in NM
• Light up the phones between now and noon ET. Our side is not making enough noise! They need to hear from us ahead of the vote.

A) Additional public statements/social media activity using #TrumpShutdown messaging (see below).

B) Principal-level outreach to a few key offices where groups have influence. If you have strong relationships with some of the Senate offices that voted against the CR w/o Dream attached, please reach out and thank them. We also need principal-level calls from state and national leaders to the Members below with the basic message that Dems are winning and need to stick together and vote against the three-week CR or they lose leverage.

Baldwin

Brown

Casey

Coons

Feinstein 

Hassan 

Heinrich 

Kaine

King 

Klobuchar 

Mccaskill 

Nelson 

Peters

Shaheen 

Stabenow  

Tester

Warner 

C) Public shows of support to senators in VA, WI, MN, OH, and NM. 

D) Join our partners call tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. Eastern to remain plugged in. Call details are forthcoming. Email Monica Barrera monica@dcimmigrationhub.com

E) Participate in and amplify/uplift #Trumpshutdown events happening across the country and plan your own events. Email Diali at Diali.avila1@gmail.com to add events to the shared calendar: #TrumpShutDown actions.

RESOURCES

1) Talking points on why a no vote on a three-week CR is essential: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12v8lFYNfcE44phSTSbKw4Hr3Zlg3JfmXXfDNm9HVibM/edit?usp=sharing

2) Updated talking points on the #TrumpShutdown overall: UPDATED TOPLINES

Recommendation: We do NOT want to have a shutdown message fight over details of immigration policy. Our main message should be a 10,000 foot broad, political, attack on Republicans then followed later by more specifics, about DACA *and* CHIP, disaster aid and other relevant priorities.

See also: Messaging guidance from MoveOn.org

3) Updated digital toolkit for social media activity: UPDATED #TrumpShutdown Digital Toolkit and Click-To-Tweet for Dems that need to hold the line.

Next steps 

• Prep for in state earned media. Voices might include Former officials, Gov’t Employees/Unions (EPA, NPS, other), Local/State electeds, Business leaders, and Health professionals. Tactics that should be considered are editorial/reporter outreach, Op-Eds/LTEs, Stand-ups, and Radio/TV tour.

• Key states: Arizona, Tennessee, Maine, New Jersey, Nevada 

• Help us identify and amplify emerging opportunities to highlight the real-world impacts of a government shutdown. If you have a shutdown story to share, then please use OurEnvironment.org or send it to the CDP listserve.

  >> Let CDP know if you are working on outreach or field activities

Open Comment Periods

Topic	Agency	Status	Deadline
National Climate Assessment Volume 2	U.S. Global Change Research Program	Open	1/31
Offshore drilling safety rules	DOI	Open	1/29
Clean Power Plan	EPA	Open	4/26
Clean Power Plan Proposed Rule Making	EPA	Open	2/26
Proposed NEPA Rulemaking	Forest Service	Open	2/2
Offshore 5-year plan proposal	Interior	Open	3/8
Bears Ears Reductions	BLM	Open	3/19
Grand Staircase-Escalante Reductions	BLM	Open	3/19

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