Issues
Protecting Important Democratic Issues
THIS YEAR VOTE FOR US CONGRESS (HOUSE & SENATE), PA LEGISLATURE (GENERAL ASSEMBLY & SENATE), AND STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICES
WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
DID YOU KNOW?
- After the Supreme Court ruling on June 24, 2022 that states now determine our reproductive freedom.
- 99% of US House Republicans voted against a federal law protecting abortion rights.
- 97% of US House Republicans voted against protecting interstate travel for reproductive health care.
- 96% of US House Republicans voted against protecting access to CONTRACEPTION.
- Republicans tried in 2020 and 2022 to force through extreme state constitutional amendment ballot measures that would severely restrict abortion rights, only defeated by Democrats’ one vote PA House majority.
***Read the bills at clerk.house.gov, under Legislative Action.
To see how your Representative voted, visit Roll Call Votes.
DEMS WANT!!!
- Every woman to have access to high quality reproductive health care services, including safe and legal abortion.
- Paid sick days and universal family and medical leave.
- To protect the rights of pregnant women in the workplace, including accommodations for pregnant and breastfeeding workers.
- And access to contraception.
PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO VOTE!
DID YOU KNOW?
- Republican-controlled legislatures passed 31 new laws restricting voter access last year, with many more bills to come. Some bills would allow state legislatures to reject election results outright.
- Bills by Republicans are designed to suppress Democrats, voters of color, senior voters, and poor voters by:
- Eliminating or severely restricting Vote by Mail and ballot Drop Boxes
- Aggressively purging voter rolls Requiring proof of citizenship, Making it a crime to assist voters with returning mail-in ballots, including helping people with disabilities
DEMS WANT!!!
- MORE Democrats in Congress, to pass the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act which provides federal protection against state voter suppression laws
- Democratic Governors, to veto voter restriction laws passed by Republican state legislatures
- Democratic-controlled state legislatures to ensure your right to VOTE!!!
WHAT YOU CAN DO- VOTE for all the Democrats on your ballot!
SENSIBLE GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION
DID YOU KNOW?
- Since 2020, firearms are the #1 killer of American children and teens.
- American children are 9 times more likely to die from guns than children in other developed nations.
- Since 2017, more school age children have been killed by guns than police officers and active military personnel.
- 9 out of 10 firearm suicide attempts result in death.
DEMS WANT!!!
- Bans and regulation on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.
- Universal Background Check laws.
- No guns in K-12 schools.
- Elimination of the private sale / gun show loopholes.
- Laws that promote secure gun storage, safety locks and finger identification.
- Red flag laws.
WHAT YOU CAN DO- VOTE FOR ALL THE DEMOCRATS ON YOUR BALLOT!
JOIN THE FIGHT TO RE-BALANCE OUR CLIMATE
DID YOU KNOW?
- Everyone paying attention to the weather knows our climate is changing
- The US has produced more greenhouse gas than any other nation
- Methane from fracking is a more destructive greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide
- Methane is leaking from hundreds of uncapped wells in Pennsylvania
- IF we don’t act now: There will be- Severe floods, Severe droughts, Frequent and devastating wildfires,
- Heat waves and frigid polar vortexes, Severe storms, tornados, and hurricanes Famine and starvation
DEMS WANT!!!
- MORE Democrats in Congress, so they can increase U.S. investment in climate action
- They will cut greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030. ALL Republican Senators voted against it.
- Democratic Governors to veto Republican-passed legislation that protects polluters instead of people and the planet Democratic-controlled State Legislatures to pass regulations favorable to clean energy production
- Membership in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cooperative, market-based effort among the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia to cap and reduce CO2?emissions from the power sector. It represents the first cap-and-invest regional initiative implemented in the United States. Republicans are in court to try to pull PA from this important initiative.
ARE YOU COUNTING ON SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE?
DID YOU KNOW?
- Social Security and Medicare are landmark programs which protect American senior citizens by providing a guaranteed income and access to affordable healthcare.
- It’s YOUR money – not an “entitlement.”
- Heads Up!! Republicans want to cripple or eliminate both Social Security and Medicare.
- Republicans plan to eliminate funding for Social Security and Medicare.
DEMS WANT!!!
- Democrats will preserve these programs that we have already paid for.
- SOLUTIONS -MORE Democrats in Congress to pass legislation to protect & preserve our social safety nets.
- Democrats just passed the Inflation Reduction Act, allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices to be more affordable for seniors.
- Not a single Republican voted for this bill. Not in the House and not in the Senate.
PROTECTING OUR COURTS
DID YOU KNOW?
Extremists on PA courts will:
- Make it more difficult to vote.
- Take us back to gerrymandered legislative maps.
- Uphold laws that deny reproductive care.
- Overturn sensible regulations on assault weapons.
- Uphold book bans.
- Undermine privacy protections.
- Refuse to hold polluters accountable.
- Side with insurers and large companies over PA families and workers.
- Lower the quality of our public schools.
- Weaken our access to healthcare, including reproductive care such as contraception and abortion.
- Weaken protections for consumers and workers.
- Make it easier to discriminate, harass and retaliate
DEMS WANT!!!
- Protect our Pennsylvania’s state courts from the risk of corruption by dark money forces that put extremists on the US Supreme Court.
- Protection of our rights and advance the cause of justice without prejudice or favoritism.
WHAT YOU CAN DO- VOTE FOR ALL THE DEMOCRATS ON YOUR BALLOT!
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