The full roll-call vote is here. And the 17 members of the Democratic caucus who voted with republicans  on

Bennet (D-CO) Carper (D-DE) Coons (D-DE) Donnelly (D-IN) Hassan (D-NH) Heitkamp (D-ND)

Jones (D-AL) Kaine (D-VA) King (I-ME) Manchin (D-WV) McCaskill (D-MO) Nelson (D-FL)

Peters (D-MI) Shaheen (D-NH) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Warner (D-VA)

 

what with wells fargo, equifax, payday loans … a whole lot is still wrong with our financial systems …wall street should never be given the power it once had ever after the crash of 2008

go to dailykos.com and find out how this vote will impact people of colour … and not in a good way

Wall Street reform rollback bill makes it even easier for banks to discriminate on mortgages

Congress is putting child care funding and women’s health at risk. Take action now!

Dear Friend, Today is International Women’s Day — a holiday that recognizes the fight for women’s equality here and around the world. And how is Congress celebrating? By playing political games with the budget that could hurt women and their families. Right now, Republican leaders are scheming to use the budget process to try to attack women’s health care, including access to abortion and maternity care — and are putting child care funding at risk at the same time. We can’t let them get away with it.  Tell your representatives in Congress to quit playing games with our lives. Take Action Last month, leaders in Congress agreed on a bipartisan budget deal that would double funding for child care assistance for working parents. Now Congress needs to execute it by passing a final appropriations bill. But instead, Republicans are attempting to attach dangerous strings to the bill that threaten women’s health care, including provisions that would limit access to abortion and birth control. By including these ideologically motivated riders, they’re jeopardizing funding for millions of parents who need help paying for child care — and possibly forcing another government shutdown. This is a critical moment in the appropriations process — and they need to hear from all of us before it’s too late. Tell your Members of Congress to do their jobs. Now. On a day that recognizes the advances women have made toward equality, Congress shouldn’t be pushing us backward. Thank you for your activism, Anna Chu Vice President for Policy and Strategy National Women’s Law Center We the Resistance is our fight to protect our rights and freedoms and to defend the most vulnerable among us through powerful collective action. Every conversation you have with a loved one about the issues important to you, every call you make to Congress, every rally you attend is a part of that resistance. Join us — sign on to the We The Resistance manifesto.

BossFeed Briefing for March 5, 2018. Last Monday an appeals court affirmed that existing federal civil rights law bars employers from discriminating against LGBTQ people.

Last Wednesday marks the 17th anniversary of the Nisqually earthquake, the most recent major quake in the state.

 Yesterday, Frances McDormand used her Oscar acceptance speech to call on fellow stars to add “inclusion riders” to their contracts, which would require the movie productions they work on to include diverse cast and crew. 

And Thursday is the last day of the state legislative session.

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Pull yourself up a chair 

Three things to know this week:

 An employee of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) says she was retaliated against after refusing to “find money” to supplement the $5,000 legally allowed for HUD Secretary Ben Carson to use to redecorate his office. According to her claim, a top official in the department insisted the permitted budget allotment was wildly insufficient, since “$5,000 will not even buy a decent chair.”

 Due to understaffing in the prosecutor’s office, King County has decided to drop 1,500 misdemeanor cases for offenses like bus fare evasion and trespassing. County prosecutors have not indicated if they will continue to pursue these kinds charges in the future.

 West Virginia teachers went on strike and won a 5% raise and improvements to their healthcare benefits, agreed to by the Governor. In a stirring show of power, they’ve decided to stay on strike until the Legislature actually passes the raises they won and details are resolved about the changes to their health plan.

 

Two things to ask:

 Do they expect us to just take this lying down?Researchers have repeatedly confirmed that sitting for long periods of time is bad for you. Now there are indications that standing for long periods has similar detrimental impacts on mental & physical health.

 Do paid sick days apply to the State Legislature? State Senator Tim Sheldon has introduced a bill which would require study of the health impacts of the “film of fungus” which has appeared on the capitol dome. It would also require the development of a survey for visitors titled “You likin’ the lichen?”

 

And one thing that’s worth a closer look:

 Debtors prisons were abolished in the US in the 19th century, and yet increasing numbers of people are in fact getting locked up for owing money, as detailed in a disturbing report by Rebecca Burns in The Intercept. The way it works is that after people are issued civil judgments for unpaid debt, they can be issued a warrant for their arrest if they fail to show up for the judgment — and then held if they can’t make the bail. The result: being poor leaves you in debt, your debt gets you in prison, and doing time expands your debt. It sure sounds like we’re living in a Charles Dickens reboot that ought to be canceled.

 

Read this far?

 Consider yourself briefed, boss.

 

not that i know a thing about her case but to say that she just fell, waited for 2weeks then had a miscarriage while shackled in custody is something i cannot seem to believe …