Action 178: Release the Rainy Day fund
Action 178 Release the Rainy Day Fund
Background: The legislature is not in session and won’t be until January 1, unless Governor Mills calls it back into session to deal with the impending crisis of loss of SNAP benefits for our most vulnerable citizens. (1) There is $1 Bn in the “rainy day fund”, part of which could be established as a contingency if Trump continues to dither about reinstating federal funding. Likewise with the fuel assistance – LIHEAP – program. To do this, Mills just needs to decide this is more urgent than campaigning to replace Susan Collins. In other words, she needs to continue to do the job as Governor, until the end of her term.
If our state Republican legislators prefer to follow the MAGA cult rather than cooperating to provide life essentials for our most vulnerable citizens, a roll call will tell the voters who is willing to sacrifice our people on the altar of their MAGA ideology. It will tell us a lot about who to vote for/campaign against in 2026, right? Next November, Mainers will elect a Governor, U.S. Senator, two Members of Congress, and every single member of the State House (151 seats) and State Senate (35 seats).
Action: Contact Governor Mills and demand that she calls the legislature back into session to deal with the emergency caused by the Trump administration’s cutoff of SNAP and fuel assistance. Contact your legislators and demand that they cooperate with this effort.
Contacts: Governor Mills https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/contact/share-your-opinion
Urgency: Do it today. It’s going to take them time to get their act together, and meanwhile people are in danger from hunger and cold. Plus, Thanksgiving is around the corner, fer god’s sake!
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