<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="ydpc26acc6bMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b class="">WEEKLY CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACTION: </b>Join us <b class="">on Tuesday, December 5</b> at noon<b class=""> </b>to visit offices of Senators Collins and King. <b class="">Meet <u class="">inside</u> the Federal Building </b>on Harlow Street in the lobby (go through Security screening and take a left) <b class="">at 11:45 a.m.</b></p><p class="ydpc26acc6bMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 6pt;"><b class=""><u class="">Thank Senator King<br class=""></u></b>We’ll thank Senator King for his passionate and principled defense of <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/11/30/sen_angus_king_the_faster_a_bill_moves_through_the_senate_the_worse_it_will_be.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">legislative due process</a>.</p><p class="ydpc26acc6bMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 6pt;"><b class=""><u class="">Tax Plan</u></b></p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Though Senator Collins’ vote for the Senate tax bill was a huge disappointment, we need to let her know that we’re not going away, that we won’t be written off, that we’re going to keep tracking issues and asking hard questions. Here are only a few:</span><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="ydpbc99091aMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in;">* What will the Senator’s role be in the reconciliation process? Are there circumstances under which she’d vote for a final bill, or has she written Republican leadership a blank check?</p><p class="ydpbc99091aMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in;">* Is the behind-closed-doors process that brought us passage of this bill the Senate’s new normal? What will the Senator do to ensure a return to regular order?</p><p class="ydpbc99091aMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in;">* If the ACA individual mandate is abolished, what will she do to help preserve affordable, meaningful insurance coverage for the millions of Americans who need and want it?</p><p class="ydpbc99091aMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 0.25in;">* And finally, when will that promised $4,000 raise show up in my paycheck?</p><p class="ydpbc99091aMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b class=""><u class="">Other issues</u></b></p><p class="ydpbc99091aMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Meanwhile the government is scheduled to reach the debt ceiling at the end of the week. What is Senator Collins' plan for continued funding? What will she do to end immigration limbo for young people left stranded by President Trump’s unilateral cancellation of their Deferred Action status? What action will she take to ensure passage of the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)?</p><p class="ydpbc99091aMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><b class=""><u class="">Concurrent Demonstration</u></b></p><p class="ydpbc99091aMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Folks will also be demonstrating outside the federal building 11:30-1:30. Join them, join us, or both. If you can’t participate in person, <b class="">please call Senator Collins’ office</b> (945-0417) to add you voice to ours.</p><p class="ydpbc99091aMsoNormal" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-top: 6pt;"><b class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">FMI:</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> Lisa Feldman, </span><a href="mailto:Lfeldperson@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Lfeldperson@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">, (207-889-0257)<br class="">Volunteer coordinator for<br class="">Food AND Medicine<br class="">20 Ivers Street<br class="">Brewer ME 04412<br class="">(207) 989-5860<br class=""></span><span style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="http://www.foodandmedicine.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(25, 106, 212);" class="">www.foodANDmedicine.org</a></span></p><div class="">
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