PENNSYLVANIA WILL BE CENTER STAGE FOR ELECTION 2022

by | Jul 11, 2021 | old posts

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

Pennsylvania will be center stage in the 2022 battle for the U.S. Senate, when voters will decide who will succeed Republican Senator Pat Toomey.

Having announced his retirement, Toomey is one of 34 senators across the country whose seat will be contested in 2022.  His seat, however, is one of only two seats considered by many as a “toss up,” the other being in North Carolina where Republican Senator Richard Burr is also retiring.  As such, with the U.S. Senate currently split equally between Democrats and Republicans, the chance to elect a Democrat to fill Toomey’s seat presents a golden opportunity for the Democratic Party, and the outcome will be a critical factor in President Biden being able to advance his political policies and agenda.

In order to be prepared for what will undoubtedly be a long and highly-contested senatorial campaign, the USC Democratic Committee has announced a $10,000 fundraising goal to make certain that the committee has the needed resources to present its case to township residents via letters, flyers, and other means of information dissemination.  The money raised will go toward the printing and mailing of campaign literature to help galvanize support for Pennsylvania’s Democratic senatorial candidate.

“We’ve had excellent results in the past with volunteers personally printing and dropping off literature to residents’ homes and/or personally paying for the printing and mailing of such literature,” said Upper St. Clair Committee Chair Mary McIntyre. “We are hoping that with this fundraising campaign we can recruit more volunteers and donors to help us expand our informational efforts going forward.  If every Democrat in USC would simply donate $10, we could guarantee that we would have enough money to do our part in electing a Democrat to replace Senator Toomey in 2022.”

Please help us meet our fundraising goals and make plans to attend our September 12th picnic fundraiser at South Park.

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Stand Up For S.B.1!

by | Jul 2, 2021 | old posts

Congressman Conor Lamb will be stopping by the 4pm South Hills rally in Mt. Lebanon to thank us for standing up for voting rights and raising awareness about the importance of the For The People Act. PA Supreme Court nominee Maria McLaughlin will also be joining us at the rally. H. R. 1, the comprehensive voter protection bill, passed in the House of Representatives months ago. But the companion bill in the Senate, S. B. 1, has been filibustered by Republicans and now stands in peril of not even coming up for debate. In response, more than 70 voting rights and allied organizations have launched Deadline For Democracy, a massive cross-movement mobilization, to show senators from all 50 states that there is overwhelming grassroots support for voting rights and the elimination of dark money and gerrymandering. There are honk-and-wave sidewalk rallies planned on Friday, July 2, in the South, East, and North areas of the region (note: each rally is at a different time). Please join at whichever location is most convenient (or locate another event on the Indivisible map). There will be an event in Mt. Lebanon at the corner of Washington and Cochran Roadson Friday, July 2 at 4:00 pm. We’ll be forming a human billboard so that passing motorists can read our message: PASS SENATE BILL 1 FOR THE PEOPLE ACT. We’ll need 8 people to hold signs, one for each word (signs will be provided). If you bring your own sign, we recommend short, easy-to-read messages like STOP VOTER SUPPRESSION, END GERRYMANDERING, NO MORE DARK MONEY. Flags and other props are welcome. The event is rain or shine, except in the case of dangerous weather (lightning or heavy rain). You can just show up, but if you want to participate in the human billboard or receive updates about the event, please sign up here. If you live in the eastern part of the city or its suburbs, please join the rally by Indivisible Forest Hills at 5:00 pm at the corner of Ardmore Blvd and Braddock Roads in Forest Hills, PA 15221. If you live in the northern part of the city or its suburbs, please join the rally by Progress PA at 3:00 pm at the Wexford Post Office, 10675 Perry Highway, Wexford, PA 15090.

Contact Senators Toomey & Casey, Urge Them to Support S1

by | Jul 1, 2021 | old posts

Voting rights are increasingly under attack throughout the country, and those attacks are attacks on our democracy. It is time to rally to support the Senate’s S1 legislation, which protects voting rights (see below for three rally locations this Friday, 7/2), and it is time to contact Senators Toomey and Casey to urge them to support voting rights and S1.

Voting is the linchpin of democracy and is arguably our most important right, for as Thomas Paine said, “[t]he right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected.” Disturbingly, GOP legislators and governors in many states are accelerating their attacks on voting rights. These attacks must be stopped, and the clearest way to parry them and ensure Americans’ precious voting rights is to pass S1 (the Senate’s companion bill to the House’s already-passed HR1 legislation).

Please call or write Senator Toomey and urge him to support S1. We are confident that Senator Casey will support S1, but please call or write him to let him know how important S1 is. And also urge him to eliminate (or “defang”) the filibuster, as that will most likely be necessary to pass S1 and the rest of President Biden’s agenda.

Contact Information for Senator Toomey: Phone: Pittsburgh: 412-803-3501, DC: 202-224-4254
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Contact Information for Senator Casey: Phone: (202) 224-6324
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And please join us and our many progressive allies at one of the three rallies this Friday, 7/2 to support voting rights!

Upper St. Clair Democratic Committee Sets $10,000 Fundraising Goal

by | Jul 1, 2021 | Committee

Pennsylvania is one of the few states with the opportunity to flip a senatorial seat from red to blue in the 2022 November election, an opportunity that would increase the razor edge majority Democrats hold in the Senate and an important step forward to enacting President Biden’s policies.

In anticipation of a well-funded Republican Senatorial campaign, the Upper St. Clair Democratic Committee has set a fundraising goal of $10,000 for funds needed for the printing and mailing of literature to USC residents for the November 22 midterm elections.

Ways to Contribute:

Become a sponsor for the Upper St. Clair Democratic Picnic to be held on September 12th. Contact: Mary McIntyre or Jason Fincke for more information about becoming a picnic sponsor.

Visit our ActBlue Donation page and make a one-time, or better yet, a monthly donation to the Committee.

Donate a prize to be raffled off at the picnic.
Gift ideas:
Tickets to Sporting or Cultural Events
New Electronic Items
Themed Baskets
Please contact Mary McIntyre or Jason Fincke for information.

Are you receiving our emails?

by | Jul 1, 2021 | Committee

The committee sent the most recent newsletter on July 9th – if you’ve signed up for them, did you get it?

If you haven’t signed up, you can do so on our Contact Us page.

If you have signed up, but haven’t received them, are they going to your SPAM folder?

If not, help us out by letting us know – email Bernadette Fincke so we can track down the issue.