The federal government has shut down because the Trump administration and the leadership in the U.S. Congress are choosing chaos and pain over responsible governing.<\/p>\n
Countless jobs, the essential government services we all rely on, and the economy are in jeopardy right now\u2014all because the administration wants to take one more swing at wrecking the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by throwing working people off health care and increasing the health insurance premiums for everyone.<\/p>\n
Our message is clear: Get to work. Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. And put working people first.<\/p>\n
Make a call to House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, and your senators and representative to tell them to get to work, fund the government and stop the health care crisis. Call NOW: (844) 896-5059.<\/strong><\/p>\n There are literally hundreds of thousands of federal workers on leave or being forced to work without pay. More than 80% of those workers live outside Washington, D.C., running the services we rely on\u2014caring for our veterans, processing Social Security applications, keeping our food and water safe, protecting us at airports and responding during natural disasters.<\/p>\n And what is this fight all about? You guessed it — the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n If the ACA credits do not get extended, out-of-pocket health insurance premiums for some 22 million people who get health care through the ACA will spike by 114%, just before open enrollment begins on Nov. 1. This will leave millions of people unable to afford insurance and raise prices for everyone, whether you get your insurance through the ACA or not.<\/p>\n Every day this shutdown drags on, workers and our families are forced to make impossible choices. Our message to the administration is clear: Federal workers aren\u2019t your pawns. Fund the government. Fix the health care crisis. Put working people first. Now. The federal government has shut down because the Trump administration and the leadership in the U.S. Congress are choosing chaos and pain over responsible governing. Countless jobs, the essential government…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":13190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nDial (844) 896-5059 to be connected with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, and your Senators and Representatives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"