AGENDA
Victories For Us!

Labor Secretary Nominee Puzder Goes Down In A Blaze Of Glory Hating Workers All The Way

Flynn Goes After Getting Caught With His Hands In The Russian Tea Cookie Jar

I. Introductions/Mission - Stephen Spitz

II. Post Election

• Can We Get The Congressional Black Caucus To Bring Up Health Care, Social Security With Trump? - Jann
• What To Do With Donald Trump? Give Him The Tea Party Treatment, Work With Him Or Both -Paul Stokes, Jann, Andrea, Stephen, Group
• Social Security Actions With Social Security Works And Other Allies - Stephen/Andrea
• Resistance Recess Events - Andrea
• Fighting Corporate Dems In Virginia; Virginia has statewide elections in 2017-Stephen Andrea
• Supreme Court-Gorsuch Is A Corporatist And Anti-Feminist Nightmare Stephen,Andrea

III.  Report from the Senate - Jann And Stephen  

• Medicare Vouchers Unpopular-We Still Need To Watch For Cuts,Means Testing Or Age Increases-Changes Radioactive - Jann
• Drug Price Negotiations For Part D Medicare-Trump Backing Off After Pharma Convinces Him It Could Hurt Research. We need cosponsors; Amy Klobuchar Has Introduced S 41 Rep Peter Welch Has HR 242 In The House - Stephen/Jann
• Medicaid:Rumors Fly As Republicans Disagree. Ryan Wants To Look To The Governors (Including The 18 Governors Who Refused The Medicaid Expansion) For Guidance. Plan Should Be Done By Late February,Early March.Governors Need to Hear From Us - Jann
• Obamacare-The 6% Of Americans On The Exchanges Are At Risk. Insurance Carriers Finish Following Year Plans By March 1. Republicans Are Getting Nervous About What To Do. They Are Talking About Risk Pools, Healthcare Savings Accounts And Buying Across State Lines - Jann
• Pre-Existing Conditions, 26 Year Olds Staying On Parents' Plans. Republican Base Wants These. Talk Of Risk Pools Is A Problem Saved - Stephen
• Confirmed Trump HHS Director, Tom Price A Total Healthcare Nightmare For Women, Minorities, Disabled And Low Income Folks... What Can We Do? - Jann        

VI Hill Report - Andrea

• People's Budget
• Equal Rights Amendment (Federal and State)
• Anti-Post Office Bill 756 Reintroduced

V. Privatization of Education-Betsy De Vos; Guard your Public Schools -  Jann

VI. Keith Ellison Takes On Democratic Establishment How Can We Help?

VII. Bernie's West Virginia Poverty Show Cancelled At The Last Minute - Jann

VIII. Exxon, Russia, Climate Denial, Arctic Drillling; Going After Exxon - Stephen/Jann

IX. Standing Rock Oil Pipeline Fighters; Real Heroes Of Planet Earth No Matter The Outcome! Update -  Andrea, Jann

X. Announcements/Updates/Urgent Matters/Next Meeting - Jann

Next Call March 22, 2017 9 PM Eastern

The Work Of All The Issue Organizing Teams (Issue Teams) Is Now Under People Demanding Action--