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CONGRATULATIONS, IT’S A COMPROMISE!

Democracy requires compromise, even when you are 100 percent right. That was Obama’s view and the founders of this country. The deal worked out in Congress over Trump’s border wall is something rare but vital in DC, a compromise. 

The bipartisan deal gives Trump money for only 55 miles of fences compared to the 200 miles he wanted.   

Without compromise:  

  • Progress happens only if one side has overwhelming numbers . . . as we’ve seen when only Senate Republicans confirm judges and cabinet members.   
  • This one-sided government produces cynicism and distrust of government.  
  • If both sides refuse to compromise, they produce only gridlock. 

This is why this wall compromise is so important. It isn’t the end of divided government, but it is a pathway to better, united government. 

The 17 lawmakers who worked out the deal were driven by an essential component for compromise, a common goal: To avoid another shutdown. 

Although Trump was consulted throughout the negotiations, he now says he’s not happy with the bipartisan deal.  

We must show our support, not only for this deal but, more importantly, for reaching a compromise.  

Call your Members of Congress, who must now approve the deal, and voice your support today.  

 

ACTION ONE: CALL YOUR SENATORS

SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WYDEN AND MERKLEY:

(Leave a message if you can’t get through)

“My name is [–] and I’m constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

I am calling to say I strongly support the bipartisan deal Congress worked out about the border wall.

We must accept that people of good will can have different views. Congress’s role is to reach agreement across party lines, or else we continue with gridlock and hate the other side. 

I urge you vote for the bipartisan border wall deal. Thank you.”

CALL SENATOR MERKLEY

Portland: 503-326-3386
Washington DC: 202-224-3753
Salem: 503-362-8102
Eugene: 541-465-6750
Medford: 541-608-9102
Bend: 541-318-1298
Pendleton: 541-278-1129

CALL SENATOR WYDEN

Portland: 503-326-7525
Washington DC: 202-224-5244
Salem: 503-589-4555
Eugene: 541-431-0229
Medford: 541-858-5122
Bend: 541-330-9142
La Grande: 541-960-7691

ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES

Not sure who your U.S. Representative is? Find out here. 

SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR REPRESENTATIVES:

(Leave a message if you can’t get through)

“My name is [–] and I’m constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code].

I am calling to say I strongly support the bipartisan deal Congress worked out about the border wall.

We must accept that people of good will can have different views. Congress’s role is to reach agreement across party lines, or else we continue with gridlock and hate the other side. 

I urge you vote for the bipartisan border wall deal. Thank you.”

CALL Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01)

Oregon: 503-469-6010
Washington DC: 202-225-0855

Call Greg Walden (OR-02)

Medford: 541-776-4646
Washington DC: 202-225-6730
Bend: 541-389-4408
La Grande: 541-624-2400

CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)

Oregon: 503-231-2300
Washington DC: 202-225-4811

CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)

Eugene: 541-465-6732
Roseburg: 541-440-3523
Coos Bay: 541-269-2609
Washington DC: 202-225-6416

CALL Kurt Schrader (OR-05)

Salem: 503-588-9100
Oregon City: 503-557-1324
Washington DC: 202-225-5711

SOURCES:

BBC  News, February 12, 2019: “US border security deal reached to avert new shutdown”  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47207411 

CNN, Feb 12, 2019: “What needs to happen now to avert a government shutdown.” https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/12/politics/shutdown-deal-congress-trump-next-steps/index.html 

Washington Post, Feb. 12, 2019: “With new border deal, Republicans are trying to negotiate Trump’s surrender”  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/02/12/with-new-border-deal-republicans-are-trying-negotiate-trumps-surrender/?utm_term=.89c59d39b52a 

Gallup, Oct. 10, 2018: “Bringing About More Compromise in Congress”  https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/243566/bringing-compromise-congress.aspx  

Harvard Magazine, July-August 2012: “The Case for Compromise”   https://harvardmagazine.com/2012/07/the-case-for-compromise 

 Daedalus Spring 2013: “Valuing Compromise for the Common Good”  https://www.amacad.org/publication/valuing-compromise-common-good 

Cambridge University Press, 2010 “The Mindsets of Political Compromise”  https://president.upenn.edu/meet-president/mindsets-political-compromise


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