Subject: Digital Dems Sheet -- Wednesday, May 18, 2016
From: Dem Leader Press Office <[email-masked]>
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
Date: Wed, 18 May 2016 15:50:45 +0000

May 18, 2016

Sample TWEETS:

Instead of giving our military certainty, the @HouseGOP is again asking for a vote on a blatant, dangerous & irresponsible #budget gimmick.

.@HouseDemocrats<mailto:.@HouseDemocrats> firmly believe in a strong national defense. #Budget must meet challenges of our time & provide certainty to our military.

Dishonest & dangerous tactic. @HouseGOP's #budget gimmick is harmful to our military. Hinders its ability to plan & prepare for the future.

Abundantly clear that @HouseGOP isn't focused on the safety of Americans in their defense bill that targets LGBT people. #DoYourJob

In dead-of-the-night markup, @HouseGOP added an amendment to the defense bill that enables LGBT discrimination w taxpayer funds. It's wrong.

#DoYourJob, @HouseGOP // @Slate: Republicans Really Need to Stop Withholding #Zika Funding → http://goo.gl/8zpsu5

For months, @HouseGOP has blocked action on @POTUS' urgent request for emergency funds to confront the rapid spread of the #Zika virus.

.@HouseGOP<mailto:.@HouseGOP> is blocking action to help children facing lifelong damage from drinking poisoned water. Let's address #FlintWaterCrisis!

.@HouseGOP<mailto:.@HouseGOP> voted twice last week to block vital new resources to address the #opioid epidemic that kills 78 Americans every day. #DoYourJob!

Everything you need to know about how the @USDOL's new overtime rule works. → http://dol.gov/overtime #ThanksObama

RT -- ‏@USDOL: How does our new #OTrule work? Your questions answered: http://dol.gov/overtime
Link: https://goo.gl/xjjrQA

RT -- @vj44: Congratulations to Eric Fanning, confirmed by the Senate today as our new @SECARMY! @USArmy
Link: https://goo.gl/Pn6XHU

RT -- ‏@CDCgov: Follow these steps to protect yourself, your family, & your community from #Zika. https://goo.gl/1KAuXY
Link: https://goo.gl/JVIDyg

According to @EconomicPolicy, the new #OTrule will benefit 6.4 million women, half of those who benefit: https://goo.gl/330eDE

FACT of the day:

"Millennials are disproportionately affected by the overtime rule because they tend to be in the lower end of the wage spectrum… The share of salaried 25-to-34-year-olds directly benefiting from overtime protections will jump from 9.1 percent now to 38.4 percent under the new threshold."  - Jordan Yadoo, Millions of Millennials May Benefit From New Rule on Overtime, Bloomberg
Link: https://goo.gl/9u6mq4

CLIP of the day:

<http://dol.gov/overtime>

Department of Labor: It’s about time on overtime.
Link: http://dol.gov/overtime

QUOTE of the day:

"It is simply stunning that House Republicans have decided to make targeting LGBT Americans a priority in the Defense Authorization bill.  The overly broad Russell amendment, added by Republicans in a dead-of-night committee mark-up, would have the effect of overturning President Obama’s historic executive order protecting LGBT workers in federal contracts, therefore enabling discrimination with taxpayer funds."  - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Link: http://goo.gl/0MqO7K

HASHTAGS to use:

#Budget
#Zika
#Opioid
#WeSeeYou
#EqualityForward
#MiddleClassFirst
#PuertoRico
#WomenSucceed
#20MillionStrong
#ACAworks
#DoYourJob
#SCOTUSnominee
#ProtectSeniors
#FlintWaterCrisis
#ActOnClimate
#RestoreTheVRA
#RestoreTheVOTE
#StopGunViolence
#HonorWithAction
#StandWithPP
#ActOnClimate
#PeopleOverPolitics

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