Farewell to the 118th Congress
This is the last week Congress is in session for the 118th Congress. They’ll be considering a spending bill that will hopefully be uncontroversial - even your legislators want to be home for the holidays.
Although the presidential inauguration isn’t until Monday, January 20th, House and Senate members get sworn in at the beginning of the first work week: Monday, January 3rd. That means you can start calling your members in the 119th Congress in the first week of the year.
However. Those of you with new members might have new phone numbers to call - though not necessarily, sometimes a rep will “inherit” the physical office and phone numbers from a former rep from the same district. We’ll have these new members and their D.C. office numbers updated within a day or two. Local offices will take more time, we’ll have local office numbers for new members added as they become available.
In addition, proposed legislation for the 118th Congress expires at the end of the session, so while we can expect long-proposed legislation (extending the ERA deadline, Medicare for all, etc) to be reintroduced, topics will return to the site once we can provide the correct information on bill numbers for the 119th Congress.
So what can you call in the waning days of the 118th Congress? While we wait to hear what will be introduced in 2025, focus on reaching representatives in your state this week:
Here’s your best bets for making your voice heard before the new year:
Call Your Governor: Deny Assistance for Mass Deportations
Governors have a unique position as executives of their respective states, and they wield significant power outside of the federal branches of government. These officials will be the front line against executive orders that the upcoming White House will issue, attempting to work its way around any checks and balances from Congress or the Courts.
Trump has promised (and Stephen Miller has recently reiterated) a mass deportation scheme across the United States soon after Inauguration Day and inevitably it will involve state assistance to find, round up and deport immigrants.
Tell your Governor to refuse requests by the Administration to round up immigrants as part of this cruel plan.
State Reps: No Book Bans and Opposing Anti-Trans Legislation
Both of these topics will be evergreen under a Trump administration where state MAGA extremists will be emboldened to push legislation removing opposing viewpoints and seeking to consolidate power.
Use this bill tracker for book ban legislation and this bill tracker for anti-trans legislation if you want to speak on specifics in your state, or just use our script to oppose these kinds of laws in general.
Find us on social media: Instagram, Bluesky, Mastodon and Threads. You can find your reps numbers using our website or download our iOS app or android app to call your reps directly.
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