Please join us for canvassing for Jason Crow, the Dem. candidate in Colorado District 6. This is a seat that is a must win, in order to flip the House and stop the Trump agenda. 

July 21, 10 am

Aug. 4, 10 am

Aug. 25, 10 am

Sept. 8, 10 am

Sept. 22, 10 am

For details, please join the mailing list (see Join Us link above) and/or email denveractioncommittee@gmail.com

Help get out the vote!

Here's the plan for May 12:

​Martin Luther King Jr Library at 10am for People to People Canvassing
9898 E Colfax Avenue, Aurora, CO, 80010
We'll go until 12:30 pm.

​Thanks and hope to see you there!

We are helping to get out the vote!

Please hold the mornings of May 12 and June 2 -- with more details to come via our mailing list!

Hello Folks,

We are very excited to announce our new focus. We are shifting our attention to flipping the House. In Denver, we can play a vital role in this effort by electing a Democratic Representative to Colorado's District 6.

We will kick off with a party to connect and build momentum. At the party there will be information about ways to get engaged -- plus lots of food and drink! To help expand our networks and increase our impact, we are asking everyone to bring a friend new to DAC. 

Party to Flip the House
Time: April 4, 2018, at 6 PM
Location: Post Modern Building, 2734 Walnut Street, Denver CO
Food and Drinks - Bring a friend!

See you there!
C & A

We're writing our members of Congress about Bears Ears and protecting America's heritage for all. Will you join us?

AN OUTLINE OF THE ISSUE

In southern Utah, the Bears Ears area is bordered on the west by the Colorado River, on the south by the San Juan River and the Navajo Nation, and on the east by the White Mesa Ute Reservation. This area harbors more than 100,000 archaeological sites, including cliff dwellings and rock art, and sustains Native Americans’ traditional way of life.
 
Timeline of Key Events:
 

• 2010: Tribes begin to work together and seek national monument designation
• 2013-2016: Continuous public hearings and multiple reports produced
• 2016: Dec. 28, President Obama declares Bears Ears a national monument under the Antiquities Act of 1906
• 2017: Utah Gov. asks Trump to rescind the declaration
• 2017: Dec. 4, Trump shrinks Bears Ears from 1.3 million acres to 220,000 acres
• 2017: Dec., Three lawsuits filed to stop the reduction

 
The value of President Obama’s original designation:
 

• 1.9 million acres of spectacular landscapes: Bears Ears is home to sinuous canyons, towering red-rock formations, arches, pinyon-juniper forests, colorful mesas, and desert rivers.
• Sacred land for Native Americans: Tribal leaders and members go to the Bears Ears area to conduct ceremonies, practice healing rituals, and connect with their ancestral lands in many other ways.
• Growing risk of damage: Looting, grave robbing, vandalism, and other serious damage to cultural resources are on the rise, in addition to impacts from oil exploration and illegal off-road-vehicle use.
• Widespread support for protection: A 2018 survey of Western states about national mouments found: 86% of respondents described them as national treasures, 90% as important places to be conserved for future generations, 90% as places to learn about America’s history and heritage, and 95% as places they want their children to see someday. 
• Economic and other benefits: In the 10 years since Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument was established in Utah, the number of jobs in the two counties surrounding the monument increased by 38 percent and per-capita income rose 30 percent, according to a 2011 study.

 
Shash Jaa and Indian Creek National Monument Act (Curtis Bill):
 

• House bill proposed by Republican Representative (Utah) John Curtis
• Aims to moot the legal challenges to Trump’s reduction of Bears Ears
• Makes permanent Trump’s reduction of Bears Ears
• Removes tribal co-management Obama created and replaces with sham advisory board
• Allows extraction of minerals, gas, and oil on our public lands--Feb. 2, new leases offered!

 
Antiquities Act of 2018:
 

• Cosponored by Senator Bennet and 16 other Democratic senators
• Would remove any uncertainties from the Antiquities Act of 1906 by saying only Congress has authority to modify national monument designations

Doug Jones is rapidly closing in on Roy Moore to represent Alabama in the Senate -- but Jones needs your help.

America doesn't need more sexual predators in Congress. 

Please consider donating to help Jones secure this vitally important election!

Senator Cory Gardner is working with President Trump to give a massive tax break to the wealthiest Americans, while putting the country in debt and gutting government services.

Here's a summary of what the plan achieves for billionaires -- and what it doesn't do for people like you.

Please write Senator Gardner!!! 

​We've made it super easy for you. Just write your letter via this Google doc. If you want to write your own letter, email it (denveractioncommittee@gmail.com) to us by October 25, 5 pm. ​

Final Count: 349!​
Dear friends,

Thank you for your great work: Today, a group of Denverites delivered 349 signatures on our letter to Senator Gardner telling him not to vote on the "Better Care" Reconciliation Act, the Senate bill that would essentially destroy the Affordable Care Act.

Keep up the pressure! Call Senator Gardner and tell him we need to repair not repeal the ACA: (303) 391-5777 or (719) 632-6706. 

Thank you!
A & C



THE LETTER:
 
Senator Cory Gardner
1125 17th Street, Suite 525
Denver, CO 80202
  
Dear Senator Gardner,
 
We the undersigned, your constituents, urge you to vote “no” on the senate version of the American Health Care Act (the Better Care Reconciliation Act). We are deeply concerned that, among other things, this version: 

• Will this plan leave more 22 million Americans uninsured.
• Allows states to drop many of the benefits required by the Affordable Care Act, like maternity care, emergency services and mental health treatment. 
• Allows insurers to charge older people five times as much as younger ones (the limit under the Affordable Care Act is three times). 
• Repeal most of the tax increases imposed by the Affordable Care Act to help pay for expanded coverage—in effect handing a broad tax cut to the affluent in a measure that would also slice billions of dollars from Medicaid (a program that serves one in five Americans, not only the poor but also almost two-thirds of people in nursing homes). 
• Sets Colorado far back from the successes of the Affordable Care Act, since Colorado expanded the number of residents covered by Medicaid and in the process cut the number of Coloradans without health insurance from 15.8 percent in 2011 to 6.7 percent in 2015. 
• Weakens protections for preexisting conditions by allowing insurers to provide skimpier coverage in states that get waivers for essential health benefits.

Thank you for your kind consideration—and listening to the will of your constituents.
 
Sincerely,
Your constituents (signatures below)