Who to Call and Email Today | April 28
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Several things are moving at the same time this week, and some of them are moving fast.
The Section 702 surveillance deadline is Thursday, April 30.
The Supreme Court hears arguments tomorrow on TPS protections for Haitians and Syrians.
The Senate has already voted to advance the initial budget resolution tied to a roughly $70 billion ICE and Border Patrol funding plan, and the House is now the next.
The Senate Banking Committee votes Wednesday on a nominee who could reshape the Federal Reserve.
And May Day Strong is this Friday.
*Reach out to your own three offices first: your two U.S. senators and your House member. Use the Senate contact page to find your senators and the House ZIP code finder to find your representative. The Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121.
Call first. Then send a short email with the same ask if you can (Some make it difficult to email). Give your ZIP code & ask for a clear position.
If time is short today, start with Section 702 and ICE funding. Those are where the most immediate congressional pressure is this week.
Section 702 | The deadline is Thursday
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act expires this Thursday, April 30.
Congress passed only a short 10-day extension after failing to agree on a long-term plan, and 5 Calls confirms the April 30 stopgap deadline is still active.
The central reform is a warrant requirement, when the government searches Americans communications collected under this law, should it need a warrant first?
Section 702 was designed for foreign intelligence surveillance. The concern is that Americans communications get swept into the database and can then be searched without the warrant protections the Fourth Amendment was built around.
Who to contact: Both senators first, then your House member.
What to ask: Oppose a clean extension of Section 702. Support a warrant requirement for searches involving Americans’ communications.
Phone script: “Hello, I’m a resident of [ZIP code]. I’m calling to ask [Senator/Representative Name] to oppose a clean extension of Section 702 and support a warrant requirement for searches involving Americans’ communications. Please log my call and let me know the office’s position.”
Email subject: Resident asking you to oppose a clean Section 702 extension
Email body: Dear [Senator/Representative Name], I am a resident of [city or ZIP code]. The Section 702 surveillance deadline is April 30, and I am asking you to oppose a clean extension. Any renewal must include a warrant requirement for searches involving Americans’ data. Constitutional protections should not be traded away in a last-minute extension. Please let me know your position. Thank you, [Name]
ICE and Border Patrol funding | The fight moves to the House
The Senate voted 50-48 to advance the initial budget resolution tied to a roughly $70 billion ICE and Border Patrol funding plan, setting up a reconciliation process that could allow later funding legislation to move through the Senate with a simple majority instead of the 60 votes normally required. This now moves to the House.
That Senate vote didn’t happen quietly.
Democrats pushed for amendments requiring judicial warrants for home entries, visible identification for agents, body cameras, and independent investigations of enforcement abuses. Those reforms did not make it in. What passed was the funding framework. The House is now where accountability demands can still happen.
Who to contact: Your House member first, then both senators.
What to ask: Oppose any reconciliation bill that expands ICE and Border Patrol funding without enforceable accountability, due process protections, and oversight of enforcement abuses.
Phone script: “Hello, I’m a resident of [ZIP code]. I’m calling to ask [Representative/Senator Name] to oppose any reconciliation package that funds ICE and Border Patrol without meaningful accountability, due process protections, and transparency. The Senate vote left out the guardrails. The House needs to put them back in. Please log my call.”
Email subject: Resident asking you to oppose ICE funding without accountability
Email body: Dear [Representative/Senator Name], I am a resident of [city or ZIP code]. The Senate has advanced the initial budget resolution tied to a roughly $70 billion ICE and Border Patrol funding plan without the accountability reforms Democrats sought, including warrant requirements, agent identification, body cameras, and independent oversight. I am asking you to oppose any reconciliation bill that expands enforcement funding without those protections. Please let me know your position. Thank you, [Name]
TPS protections | The Supreme Court hears arguments tomorrow
The Supreme Court hears arguments tomorrow, Wednesday, April 29, in the consolidated TPS cases involving Haitian and Syrian immigrants.
The cases challenge the Trump administration’s attempt to end Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians, and advocates warn the outcome could affect the broader TPS program and other immigrant communities who are watching closely.
TPS holders have lived here lawfully, often for years or decades, because conditions in their home countries have been officially designated too dangerous or unstable to return to. The cases before the Court tomorrow are about due process and existing legal protections.
Contacting the Supreme Court is not the appropriate action here. The action is congressional pressure for protective legislation and oversight of DHS.
Who to contact: Both senators first, then your House member.
What to ask: Support legislation protecting TPS holders. Oppose mass termination of TPS designations. Push DHS to preserve work authorization, family unity, and due process.
Phone script: “Hello, I’m a resident of [ZIP code]. I’m calling to ask [Senator/Representative Name] to support protections for TPS holders. The Supreme Court is hearing a major TPS case this week, and Congress needs to act. Please support legislation that protects TPS holders and keeps families together.”
Email subject: Resident asking you to protect TPS holders
Email body: Dear [Senator/Representative Name], I am a resident of [city or ZIP code]. The Supreme Court hears arguments on TPS protections tomorrow, but Congress has an independent responsibility to act. TPS holders have lived lawfully in this country, often for years, and many have children who are U.S. citizens. I am asking you to support legislation protecting TPS holders, oppose mass termination of TPS designations, and push DHS to preserve work authorization and family unity. Please let me know your position. Thank you, [Name]
Federal Reserve independence | Senate Banking Committee votes Wednesday
The Senate Banking Committee is scheduled to vote Wednesday, April 29, on Kevin Warsh’s nomination to chair the Federal Reserve.
All committee Democrats have indicated opposition, citing concerns about Federal Reserve independence. Republicans control the committee and the vote.
The Federal Reserve sets interest rates, manages inflation, and shapes borrowing costs for mortgages, car loans, and business credit. Its chair has enormous influence over the economic conditions that affect everyday life.
Will the Federal Reserve remain an independent institution or become more responsive to political pressure from the White House?
Who to contact: Both senators. If one of your senators sits on the Senate Banking Committee, call that office first.
What to ask: Oppose advancing Warsh’s nomination unless he gives clear, enforceable commitments to protect Federal Reserve independence from political interference.
Phone script: “Hello, I’m a resident of [ZIP code]. I’m calling to ask [Senator Name] to oppose Kevin Warsh’s nomination to chair the Federal Reserve unless he commits clearly to protecting the Fed’s independence from political pressure. The Federal Reserve should serve the public interest, not any administration’s agenda.”
Email subject: Resident asking you to protect Federal Reserve independence
Email body: Dear Senator [Name], I am a resident of [city or ZIP code]. The Senate Banking Committee votes Wednesday on Kevin Warsh’s nomination to chair the Federal Reserve. I am asking you to oppose this nomination unless he gives clear, enforceable commitments to protect the Federal Reserve from political pressure. The Fed’s independence affects interest rates, inflation, mortgages, and the livelihoods of working people. Please protect it. Thank you, [Name]
Workers Memorial Day is today
Today, April 28, is Workers Memorial Day, which honors workers killed or injured on the job.
May Day Strong is this Friday, May 1, with events organized nationwide. No work, no school, no shopping.
Today however, connects workers rights, immigration, democracy, and economic fairness under one broad demand, that working people have power, dignity, and protection.
OSHA and the National Labor Relations Board both face significant pressure from the current administration, and their enforcement capacity directly affects whether workers can organize, report unsafe conditions, and hold employers accountable.
Who to contact: Both senators and your House member.
What to ask: Protect OSHA and NLRB enforcement. Defend workers’ right to organize. Oppose budgets that cut worker protections while delivering more to the wealthy.
Phone script: “Hello, I’m a resident of [ZIP code]. I’m calling to ask [Senator/Representative Name] to protect workers’ rights, defend OSHA and NLRB enforcement, and oppose any budget that cuts protections for working people. Today is Workers Memorial Day and this Friday is May Day. Workers deserve safety, fair wages, and the right to organize.”
Email subject: Resident asking you to protect workers’ rights and workplace safety
Email body: Dear [Senator/Representative Name], I am a resident of [city or ZIP code]. Today is Workers Memorial Day and May Day is this Friday. I am asking you to protect OSHA and NLRB enforcement, defend workers’ right to organize without intimidation, and oppose any budget that weakens protections for working people. Workers deserve safety, fair wages, and dignity. Please let me know your position. Thank you, [Name]
Find a local May Day Strong event for this upcoming Friday at maydaystrong.org or through mobilize.us.
Roundup and the right to sue | Corporate immunity vs. consumer accountability
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell, a case about whether federal pesticide law can be used to block state-level failure-to-warn lawsuits over Roundup.
Bayer, which owns Monsanto, is trying to use federal regulation as a shield against tens of thousands of lawsuits from people who say Roundup caused their cancer and that they were not warned about the risk. Reuters reported that a recent poll found broad public concern about pesticide safety and strong opposition to corporate legal immunity.
Who to contact: Both senators and your House member.
What to ask: Protect consumers and workers right to sue companies that fail to warn about health risks. Oppose federal legal immunity for pesticide manufacturers.
Phone script: “Hello, I’m a resident of [ZIP code]. I’m calling to ask [Senator/Representative Name] to protect the right of residents and farmworkers to hold pesticide companies accountable when they fail to warn about health risks. Federal regulation should not be used to block people from having their day in court.”
Email subject: Resident asking you to protect the right to hold pesticide companies accountable
Email body: Dear [Senator/Representative Name], I am a resident of [city or ZIP code]. The Supreme Court just heard arguments in a case that could let Monsanto use federal pesticide law to block cancer lawsuits from people who say they were never warned about Roundup’s risks. I am asking you to protect the right of residents and farmworkers to hold corporations accountable when they fail to warn about health risks. Federal regulation should protect people, not shield corporations from accountability. Thank you, [Name]
EPA funding | Clean air and clean water are on the table
The House Appropriations Interior and Environment Subcommittee held a budget hearing for the Environmental Protection Agency this week with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.
The administration’s proposed budget includes cuts reported at roughly 52 percent to EPA programs covering clean air, clean water, environmental justice, Superfund cleanup, and grants to states and local governments for pollution enforcement.
These determine whether rivers are monitored, if communities near industrial sites have someone to call, and if hazardous waste sites get cleaned up before they contaminate drinking water.
Who to contact: Both senators and your House member.
What to ask: Reject deep cuts to EPA enforcement. Protect funding for clean air, clean water, Superfund, environmental justice, and state and local pollution programs.
Phone script: “Hello, I’m a resident of [ZIP code]. I’m calling to ask [Senator/Representative Name] to reject deep cuts to the EPA. Clean air, clean water, and hazardous waste cleanup should not be budget casualties. Please protect EPA enforcement funding.”
Email subject: Resident asking you to reject EPA budget cuts
Email body: Dear [Senator/Representative Name], I am a resident of [city or ZIP code]. I am asking you to reject the proposed deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA funding protects clean air, clean water, Superfund cleanup, and the ability of communities to hold polluters accountable. Weakening enforcement does not reduce the pollution. It just removes the accountability. Please protect EPA funding and let me know your position. Thank you, [Name]
A script that works for almost anything
For anyone who does not want to write a new message from scratch every week, this works for nearly any issue:
Phone: “Hello, I’m a resident of [ZIP code]. I’m calling to ask [Senator/Representative Name] to take action on [issue]. I want the office to [specific ask]. Please log my message and let me know the office’s position.”
Email: Subject: Resident asking for action on [issue]
Dear [Senator/Representative Name], I am a resident of [city or ZIP code]. I am writing to ask you to [specific ask]. I would like to know where you stand on this issue. Thank you, [Name]
This week has more live action windows than most.
Section 702 expires Thursday. The TPS arguments are tomorrow. The Banking Committee votes on the Fed chair Wednesday. May Day is Friday.
Start with your House member on the ICE package. Then call both senators on Section 702, TPS protections, and Federal Reserve independence. After that, choose the something that feels most urgent and make sure your office hears from you. *Comment “Done!” or “Will do!” if you plan to commit to a call or email today.
Sources & Additional Reading
AP News: Senate extends Section 702 surveillance powers until April 30
Reuters: US Senate votes to advance $70 billion funding plan for ICE and Border Patrol
AP News: Haitians, Syrians aren’t the only immigrants watching SCOTUS arguments on TPS
Reuters: Senate Banking Committee to vote Wednesday on Kevin Warsh’s nomination
The Guardian: What is May Day Strong?
Official Senate contact page
House “Find Your Representative” tool
May Day Strong event finder
mobilize.us local events
Which office will you contact today? Paste your script if you want, it can help or inspire someone else here. Thanks for reading!
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Thank you for these clear direct actions to take. Just called about Section 702 and will knock off 2/day
Done. Called and emailed on all asks.