LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE NOW:

Override the RENEW Veto

Climate disasters are already costing Maryland families millions — from flooding and extreme heat to storm damage. Governor Moore vetoed the RENEW study that would calculate the true cost of these impacts and hold polluters accountable. Now it’s up to the General Assembly to act. 

Take one minute to email your Maryland lawmakers and urge them to override the RENEW veto and stand with families, not polluters.  Send your email here

Override the Reparations Bill Veto

Governor Moore vetoed the Maryland Reparations Study Bill — a critical step toward developing a real, actionable plan to address the historic and ongoing harms of systemic racism faced by Black communities across our state. Overriding this veto is about moving Maryland forward with a serious strategy for reparations and long-term structural repair.

Take one minute to email your legislators and urge them to override the veto and advance reparative justice in Maryland.  Send your email hereSend your email here

Email Your Senator on Redistricting

Maryland is one of the few states that can redraw its congressional map to help secure a fairer, more representative Congress. Meanwhile, Trump is aggressively pushing Republicans in red states to redraw maps to lock in MAGA control. 

We can’t afford to sit back. Use our quick tool to tell your senator to support fair maps and take action now.

Task Forces & Issue Campaigns Updates: 

Healthcare Task Force: They’re Taking Our Healthcare! We Must Take Action!

Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have passed a $1 trillion funding cut to Medicaid and now they’re refusing to extend tax subsidies to keep health insurance premiums affordable. Republican Senators voted last week to prevent premiums from doubling and tripling in cost. Meanwhile, Dr. Oz has rammed through a pilot program that starts next year in 6 states that will let insurance companies start using AI to deny doctor recommended care for Medicare patients. Our response: Organize!

• Call Speaker Johnson’s office now to express your anger. We’re paying for his healthcare and the health coverage of all Members Of Congress-tell him to do  the right thing and protect OUR health care. (202)-225-2777
• Share your story - if you or a loved one use Medicaid or if you’re a provider who will be affected by the cuts to Medicaid please answer our survey. We’ll run a campaign on the state level next year to protect Medicaid and we need your voice!

To join our growing campaign against the transfer of our healthcare and tax dollars to billionaires and learn more about the upcoming state legislative session, contact Patty. Now that Sen.Van Hollen and Rep. McClain Delaney are sponsors of the Medicare For All Act, PMD and our allies are reaching out to other Maryland House Members to do the same. You can be part of that effort, too!

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A no-tax pledge from Moore as budget-tinkering accompanies slight revenue improvement. So, it's Money Week

It'll be money week in several respects. The General Assembly will have a special session to elect Del. Joseline Peña-Melnyk (D-Prince George’s) as new House Speaker -- but it will also be a flurry of veto overrides. Gov. Moore, who has promised no new taxes to overcome a $1.5BN budget deficit, is juking around with minor budget items to take some of the sting out of what will be pretty rugged overrides. Meanwhile, many states are thumbing their noses at Trump's EO forbidding existing or future state laws that restrict AI, largely on the grounds that the feds have done zilch on this pressing subject. The Maryland Assembly won't have a regular session until January but they are almost guaranteed to have a better 2025 than Congress, which is about to slink home without having done anything about skyrocketing health care premiums for the Affordable Care Act (see Megan E's holiday post below).

It's News You Can Use. See you in 2026.

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• NEW TODAY – A no-tax pledge from Moore as budget-tinkering accompanies slight revenue improvement. So, it's Money Week
• Maryland Can’t Be the Weak Link
• News You Can Use: MD House getting new speaker; Congress struggles vainly with health care
• News You Can Use: Maryland, other states await Congressional fixes for shutdown
  

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