This week, the House will vote on a bill that would allow the Trump administration to declare any non-profit group a "supporter of terrorism" and remove its tax-exempt status. This would allow the incoming administration to target organizations that oppose its actions without any check from Congress or the courts. Rep. Lloyd Doggett says of the bill: “This bill authorizes Donald Trump to recklessly impose a death penalty on any non-profit in America that happens to be on his enemies list.....With this bill, he can destroy the very life of civil society in this country, one group after another, even though the group involved that he targets as a terrorist supporting group has not violated a single law."
The bill was defeated last week after failing to get a required 2/3 vote to pass the House. But this week it will be brought up for another vote that will require only a 50% majority to pass. After this, the bill would need to be passed by the Senate before becoming law.
If you don't think we should be giving Donald Trump more power to target his enemies, contact your Representatives and tell thetm to vote NO on this dangerous bill. You can find a sample text for a letter which can be submitted to your representative online here: Tell Congress to Oppose H.R. 9495 - Action Network -- https://actionnetwork.org/
And find contact information to call your Representative here: Congressional Contact - Democrats Abroad -- https://www.
News coverage of HR 9495:
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