On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to support the Earmark Elimination Act, H.R. 5369, introduced by Reps. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.) Ted Budd (R-N.C.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.). The bill would make permanent the temporary moratorium on congressional earmarks put into effect in 2010 by creating a point of order against any provision within a bill that matches the definition of an earmark, and when raised would be stricken absent a two-thirds majority to override.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to support the Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act, H.R. 5199, introduced by Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.). The bill would give military families the option of opening an education savings account (ESA) for military-dependent students, advancing school choice and ensuring that poor educational options are not a deterrent for service members either prior to joining or upon being given a new posting.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to support the Readable Legislation Act, H.R. 5142, and the Searchable Legislation Act, H.R. 5143, both sponsored by Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.). Together, the bills would alter the format and publication of bills to make them significantly more understandable and accessible. The Readable Legislation Act would require the provisions of law being amended by the bill to be included in the language, and the Searchable Legislation Act would require bills to be published in searchable electronic formats as recommended by the Congressional Data Task Force.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to support the Yemen War Powers Resolution, S.J.Res. 54. The resolution would reassert congressional authority under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution over war-making, invoking the War Powers Act to withdraw U.S. forces from the undeclared conflict in Yemen, “unless and until a declaration of war or specific authorization for such use of United States Armed Forces has been enacted.”