LEGISLATIVE CALLS TO ACTION -- November 25, 2025
- Nov 25, 2025
- 3 min read
There are many ways to resist. Find the actions you want to take.
Social Security
From Chop Wood Carry Water (Jess Craven)
The recently introduced “Social Security Emergency Inflation Relief Act” would include the additional $200 for social security recipients until July 2026. Recipients of Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, veteran disability compensation, veteran pensions and railroad retirement would get the extra money, the bill’s sponsors said.
The legislation is all but certain to fail in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Still, the bill’s prime sponsor Sens Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) argued that inflation has pushed prices so high that seniors need extra help.
The extra $200 per month would provide an “emergency lifeline for seniors struggling to afford Trump’s tariffs and rising inflation,” she said in a statement. (New York Post)
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) has alerted the House Republican leadership that he will file a discharge petition to force a vote on a Russia sanctions bill. He is VERY unhappy with Trump’s concessions to Russia, and he’s not the only Republican to be so. There’s a real chance this petition could achieve 218 votes, but we need to make some noise about it.
Call your House rep and say:
My name is _____ and I’m a constituent from [zip.] I’m calling to ask the Congressmember to sign on to Rep. Fitzpatrick’s discharge petition that would force sanctions on Russia. Trump’s so-called peace plan, which rewards Russia with new territory, is unacceptable. Will the Congressmember sign the discharge petition? Thanks.
And while you have them on the phone, consider adding this:
I also understand that House Democrats have unveiled a bill that would cut off funding for U.S. operations in or against Venezuela. The legislation, led by Rep. Seth Moulton, would bar the Trump administration from spending money on military campaigns targeting Venezuela unless lawmakers approve an Authorization for Use of Military Force. I want the Congressmember to support it. Thanks.
No Damages for Phone Records
From Chop Wood Carry Water (Jess Craven)
As you’ve likely heard, the House voted unanimously last week to claw back language in the government funding bill that could award some GOP senators hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for having their phone records unknowingly obtained by former special counsel Jack Smith. But Majority Leader Thune is on the fence about bringing the bill to a vote in the Senate.
Let’s call our Senators and say:
My name is ______ and I’m a constituent from [zip]. Now that the House has voted unanimously to claw back language in the government funding bill that could award some GOP senators hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages, I expect the Senate to pass the same bill right away. That provision is an outrage and should never have been snuck into the bill. Thanks.
Trump’s Proposed Healthcare Plan
From Punchbowl News:
President Donald Trump appeared ready to roll out a health care proposal intended to address an imminent Obamacare subsidy cliff — a sign the White House is eager to avoid the political blowback that would likely result from a sharp rise in health care premiums.
But the White House’s decision to press pause on the rollout Monday just as quickly as they floated it underscores how difficult it’ll be, especially at this late stage, to get a bill over the finish line.
The fact that the White House was even seriously working on a plan caught Hill Republicans by surprise when news of it leaked on Sunday. By Monday morning, the White House was preparing to unveil the proposal — before eventually backtracking amid resistance from conservatives and a general sense among Republicans that the White House was mismanaging the issue.
It’s now unclear when — or even whether — the plan could see the light of day.
The proposal, amounts to a pared-back short-term extension of the Obamacare enhanced premium tax credits, the issue Democrats latched onto as they forced the longest government shutdown in history. During that shutdown, Republican leaders in both chambers said repeatedly that they didn’t support extending the subsidies despite modest support within the GOP rank-and-file.
Passed the House and Senate and signed into law
H.R. 4405: Epstein Files Transparency Act passed 427-1 on Tuesday, November 18. The bill passed almost unanimously in the House, but the Senate passed it the same day by unanimous consent and the President signed it on Wednesday, November 19.
Passed the House, Senate next(GovTrack.us)
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Passed 285-98. All Indiana representatives voted yea except Rep Carson who voted nay. View the vote.
Both chambers of Congress are out for the Thanksgiving holiday and will return the week of December 1st.
