This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Protecting Disability Rights
Only one party has a specific plan to secure the rights of Americans with Disabilities and will fight to enact all appropriate legislation that addresses these rights. 1/9 #NoBarriers
Dems will take a holistic approach to Supplemental Security Income (SSI) & Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) that are essential for millions of Americans w/ disabilities by increasing SSI benefits, eliminating waiting periods for SSDI & the “benefit cliff” for SSDI 3/9
#Democrats will increase federal funding to expand accessible transportation and accessible, integrated, and affordable housing. 4/9 #DemPartyPlatform#NoBarriers
#Democrats will expand access to tax-advantaged #ABLE savings accounts, which provide people with disabilities a way to pay for disability-related expenses like housing, education, and transportation. 7/9 #DemPartyPlatform#NoBarriers
#Democrats will enforce the Medicaid Home and Community-Based
Settings Rule, ending the institutional bias within #Medicaid, and expanding the home care workforce to end state waiting lists for long-term services and supports.9/9 #DemPartyPlatform#NoBarriers
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This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020.This part is called: Ending the Epidemic of Gun Violence/Only one party has a specific plan to end the scourge of gun violence that plagues our nation.This includes enhanced background checks & getting assault weapons off our streets. 1/11
Gun violence is a public health crisis in the United States. Over 100,000 people are shot and nearly 40,000 people die annually from guns—devastating countless families, friends, and communities. 2/11 #DemPartyPlatform#Enough#GunViolence
#Democrats can and will make gun violence a thing of the past. Addressing the gun violence crisis requires supporting evidence-based programs that prevent gun deaths from occurring in the first place,3/11 #DemPartyPlatform#Enough#GunViolence
Harley Edwin Rouda Jr. is an American lawyer and politician from the state of California. A member of the Democratic Party, he serves in the United States House of Representatives from California's 48th congressional district 1/17 #Congress#CA48#VoteHarley#Elections2020
“In the middle of a pandemic, the Trump Administration has worked to dismantle protections for Americans with pre-existing conditions, eliminate Medicare, and threaten women’s reproductive rights.” ~ Harley Rouda #CA48#Election2020#Congress 2/17
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020.This part is called: Ending Violence Against Women
Only one party has a specific plan to end the scourge of violence affecting women & non-binary individuals.This strategy includes reauthorizing #VAWA & fully enacting it’s protections. 1/11
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Protecting Disability Rights
Only one party has a specific plan to secure the rights of Americans with Disabilities and will fight to enact all appropriate legislation that addresses these rights. #NoBarriers 1/10
Mary Jennings Hegar (MJ) is an American politician, United States Air Force veteran, and teacher. In 2017, she published the memoir “Shoot Like a Girl” which describes her service in Afghanistan.She also sued the U.S. Air Force to remove the Combat Exclusion Policy. #TXsen
“We must create a public option to make Medicare available for all those who want it. The best health care I’ve ever had was when I was on military-provided Tricare, similar to Medicare, and I believe that kind of high-quality care should be made available to all Americans.” 2/20
“I will oppose any effort to privatize, dismantle or undercut #Medicare, including raising the eligibility age.” ~ MJ Hegar, candidate for #TXsenate 3/20
This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Protecting LGBTQ+ Rights
Only one party has a specific plan ensuring the rights of LGBTQ+ people and will fight to enact The #EqualityAct. Dems will not allow discrimination against LGBTQ+ persons to stand. 1/10
#Democrats applaud this year’s #SCOTUS decision that made clear that employment discrimination based on sexual orientation & gender identity violates the law, but we know we still have work to do to ensure LGBTQ+ people are treated equally under the law and in our society. 2/10
#Democrats will fight to enact the #EqualityAct and at last outlaw discrimination against LGBTQ+ people in housing, public accommodations, access to credit, education, jury service, and federal programs. 3/10 #DemPartyPlatform