Here’s what’s happening in Congress this week: Nothing

Two-plus weeks into the government shutdown, Republicans are still unwilling to negotiate extension to ACA healthcare subsidies in the budget. OMB director Russel Vought and Republicans are using this as an opportunity to fire even more federal workers with their goal of targeting an additional 10,000 for layoffs, including nearly all special education services employees from the Department of Education.

Call: Fund Healthcare in the budget ↗

Call: Protect workers in the Dept of Education ↗

Meanwhile in the House, Speaker Mike Johnson has kept the House out of session in order to delay seating Arizona’s new representative from the 7th Congressional district, Adelita Grijalva. Why this matters: Grijalva would be the final name needed to force a vote on releasing the full Epstein files.

Call: Demand Rep. Grijalva be sworn in ↗

Busy this weekend? Join hundreds of thousands of your fellow fans of democracy in a second round of No Kings protests this Saturday, October 18th. There are events all around the country and likely one near. Trump has declared it a “low turnout” event, so you know it’s already getting under his skin.

Find a protest event near you ↗

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