As part of the national “Call for Nine” initiative, NextGen Climate’s grassroots volunteers will call on their senators to act on the supreme court nomination
Today, NextGen Climate is launching a three-day campaign in Iowa, New Hampshire and Ohio to call on Republican senators to #DoYourJob. Grassroots volunteers will make calls and send emails as part of the “Call for Nine” campaign, urging Republican senators to fulfill their constitutional duty and move forward with hearings and an up-or-down vote on Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court.
“Voters across the country passionately believe that Senate Republicans should do their job and move forward Judge Garland’s nomination,” said NextGen Climate President Tom Steyer. “The Supreme Court has an enormous role to play in our nation’s response to the climate crisis, and we have to hold senators accountable when they stand in the way of our country’s efforts to build a healthier, more sustainable economy for future generations. The American people deserve a full bench to rule on critical issues like the Clean Power Plan, reproductive rights and immigration reform.”
Beginning today, the Call for Nine campaign will mobilize volunteers in Iowa, New Hampshire and Ohio to remind Republican Senators Chuck Grassley, Kelly Ayotte and Rob Portman to do their job. During these three days, NextGen Climate will continue the drumbeat by organizing voters to call or email their senators with a simple request: do their constitutional duties and move forward with President Obama’s nomination to the Supreme Court. The crucial issues at stake before the Supreme Court, including the future of the Clean Power Plan, deserve to be heard by a full bench—and climate action voters are making their voices heard to ensure this will happen.
Across the country, GOP senators are being criticized for refusing to move forward on Judge Garland’s nomination. In an editorial, the New York Times called the Republican strategy on this nomination “twisted” and “preposterous.” In Senator Grassley’s home state of Iowa, the Des Moines Register criticized his extreme stance that is “all about politics.” New Hampshire’s Concord Monitor said Senator Kelly Ayotte’s strategy on the nomination demonstrated “contempt for voters.” And in Ohio, the Toledo Blade called on Senator Rob Portman to “do the right thing” and give Judge Garland a fair hearing.