Hello! As someone who is incredibly worried about the state of the US, and as someone who believes Schumer will cave on the upcoming shutdown in return for nothing (as he did previously this year), I am advocating for people to contact our US Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell to pressure Schumer to actually leverage this upcoming funding vote. Schumer is currently signalling that he will cave. I am also advocating for our senators to remove him from his Senate Minority leadership position, as he cannot meet the moment.

What should be leveraged? I personally am advocating for funding for the ACA and stopping funding to ICE. Regardless of what specifically can be obtained from this, something can be obtained. (I also advocated for the senators to stop funding Israel and their genocide of Palestine, though that obviously has nothing to do with this upcoming funding fight.)

I called my House rep as well, as perhaps she and others can form a caucus of House Democrats to confront Schumer, who is the minority leader of the Senate chamber.

This is about the existence of our democracy, protecting civic freedoms, and everything else the Trump administration is trying to take away from us.

I’d suggest calling the DC office, and you can also call a number of local offices as well.

Patty Murray

Office list link, in case it’s difficult to copy these numbers on Reddit

Washington, D.C. Office – Phone: (202) 224-2621 – Toll Free: (866) 481-9186

Everett Office – Phone: (425) 259-6515

Seattle Office – Phone: (206) 553-5545 – Toll Free: (866) 481-9186

Spokane Office – Phone: (509) 624-9515

Tacoma Office – Phone: (253) 572-3636

Vancouver Office – Phone: (360) 696-7797

Richland Office – Phone: (509) 453-7462

Olympia Office – Phone: (360) 205-2878

Maria Cantwell

Office list link, in case it’s difficult to copy these numbers on Reddit

Washington, DC – Phone: (202) 224-3441

Seattle – Phone: (206) 220-6400

Spokane – Phone: (509) 353-2507

Tacoma – Phone: (253) 572-2281

Everett – Phone: (425) 303-0114

Vancouver – Phone: (360) 696-7838

Richland – Phone: (509) 946-8106

Your US House Representative

Find your representative here, then you can search their name with the word “offices” at the end and you should be able to find their offices you can call. Again, it’s not as important as calling our senators, but having a united front of Democrats in both chambers can help!