Donna 🦉 retweeted
🚨 UPDATE: BAAJA just advanced in the Senate, 73-25. It is NOT over.
The final Senate vote is next, and nobody knows when that is. Keep the pressure on. This is the way to effect change!
This bill locks in terrible permits on our public lands, and the wildlife that depends on .
The president of the National Congress of American Indians says, "Tribal sovereignty continues to be diminished in this bill."
Call now. Tell your members of Congress to vote NO, especially @SenatorHeinrich and @SenWhitehouse
#DemsUnited
Their direct lines are in the👇
The final Senate vote is next, and nobody knows when that is. Keep the pressure on. This is the way to effect change!
This bill locks in terrible permits on our public lands, and the wildlife that depends on .
The president of the National Congress of American Indians says, "Tribal sovereignty continues to be diminished in this bill."
Call now. Tell your members of Congress to vote NO, especially @SenatorHeinrich and @SenWhitehouse
#DemsUnited
Their direct lines are in the👇
🚨 The Senate votes on BAAJA today at 5:30 p.m. Eastern. Calls still count until the vote happens, so call now.
You can't fix a bad bill with 494 pages of revisions.
This weekend, Trump urged senators to vote YES, calling it "Landmark Permitting Reform Legislation." The 494-page version on Saturday, but the National Congress of American Indians isn't buying it. They called it "lipstick on a pig."
Today is a procedural vote. If cloture passes, the Senate moves toward a final vote. Calls will still matter after this one, too.
Tell your members of Congress to vote NO on BAAJA — especially Heinrich and Whitehouse, the two Democratic co-sponsors who decided NOT to push the vote to January when the new Congress would be seated and there would be a better chance for a fairer environmental pen to this bill.
📞 @SenatorHeinrich:
(202) 224-5521 📞 @SenWhitehouse:
(202) 224-2921
#DemsUnited
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
21 Democrats just voted "Yes" to advance the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act (S. 5653).
21 Democrats are willing to
- Weaken environmental review requirements
- Make permitting of public lands for drilling and the development of data centers and energy grids permanent UNDER THE CORRUPT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION - and almost legally impossible to reverse.
- Allow for no judicial pauses, meaning bulldozers keep going while cases are being fought in court.
- Weakens the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and fast tracks fossil fuel projects.
This is how Corporate Dems repay the voters for handing them the majority.
21 Democrats are willing to
- Weaken environmental review requirements
- Make permitting of public lands for drilling and the development of data centers and energy grids permanent UNDER THE CORRUPT TRUMP ADMINISTRATION - and almost legally impossible to reverse.
- Allow for no judicial pauses, meaning bulldozers keep going while cases are being fought in court.
- Weakens the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, and fast tracks fossil fuel projects.
This is how Corporate Dems repay the voters for handing them the majority.
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
@SenatorBennet and @SenatorHick
I urge you to oppose S. 5653, BAAJA, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, in its current form.
Grid reform shouldn't come at the cost of our public lands, clean water, and communities' right to be heard.
Your constituent from 81069
I urge you to oppose S. 5653, BAAJA, the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, in its current form.
Grid reform shouldn't come at the cost of our public lands, clean water, and communities' right to be heard.
Your constituent from 81069
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
I have tremendous respect for the two Democratic Senators who have negotiated the permitting bill with two of their Republican colleagues — a bill that Congress is considering for passage during the lame duck session. I sincerely and respectfully urge the Democratic sponsors of the bill to reconsider their decision to move forward with this legislation. There’s no doubt that we need to reform the way that clean energy projects are reviewed and permitted. But as it currently stands, the bill would be an extremely serious mistake, in my opinion, and would do far more harm than good. Given how this Administration has run roughshod over the environmental laws and protections that are currently in place, now is not the time to give the Trump administration freer rein to double down on fossil fuels — which is what President Trump would surely do. And after last week’s historic election, we will have a new Congress in January that can strike a far better balance.
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I have tremendous respect for the two Democratic Senators who have negotiated the permitting bill with two of their Republican colleagues — a bill that Congress is considering for passage during the lame duck session. I sincerely and respectfully urge the Democratic sponsors of the bill to reconsider their decision to move forward with this legislation. There’s no doubt that we need to reform the way that clean energy projects are reviewed and permitted. But as it currently stands, the bill would be an extremely serious mistake, in my opinion, and would do far more harm than good. Given how this Administration has run roughshod over the environmental laws and protections that are currently in place, now is not the time to give the Trump administration freer rein to double down on fossil fuels — which is what President Trump would surely do. And after last week’s historic election, we will have a new Congress in January that can strike a far better balance.
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I have tremendous respect for the two Democratic Senators who have negotiated the permitting bill with two of their Republican colleagues — a bill that Congress is considering for passage during the lame duck session. I sincerely and respectfully urge the Democratic sponsors of the bill to reconsider their decision to move forward with this legislation. There’s no doubt that we need to reform the way that clean energy projects are reviewed and permitted. But as it currently stands, the bill would be an extremely serious mistake, in my opinion, and would do far more harm than good. Given how this Administration has run roughshod over the environmental laws and protections that are currently in place, now is not the time to give the Trump administration freer rein to double down on fossil fuels — which is what President Trump would surely do. And after last week’s historic election, we will have a new Congress in January that can strike a far better balance.
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
We cannot support the permitting bill (BAAJA) in its current form. We urge Congress: don’t rush this. Work collaboratively with states, Tribes, and the administration to safeguard wildlife, public lands, and community voices. 🏞️ 🦅
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
Poll after poll shows Americans support Medicare for All.
66% - KFF poll
59% - Wall Street Journal poll
60%, including 87% of Democrats - Economist-YouGov poll
It’s time for Democratic leadership to listen to the American people and PASS IT.
66% - KFF poll
59% - Wall Street Journal poll
60%, including 87% of Democrats - Economist-YouGov poll
It’s time for Democratic leadership to listen to the American people and PASS IT.
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
🚨📣RIGHT NOW📣🚨 The Senate's procedural vote on the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act - really just a giveaway to the tech/fossil fuel industries - is TODAY. Pick up he phone☎️, dial 877-796-1949, and tell our Senators to vote NO on this permitting reform bill!
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
This is not a drill! The U.S. Senate is set to vote on S 5653 at 5:30 pm TODAY / MONDAY. This bill is the worst threat we have seen to the Endangered Species Act yet. It is crafted directly from the pages of Project 2025, and a gift to polluters & big industry.
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
URGENT ACTION NEEDED TODAY!!
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose the so-called “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act" (BAAJA, S. 5653).
Tap below to learn what's at stake for public lands, wildlife, and Wilderness.
>>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/the-bipartis…
Call your senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them to oppose the so-called “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act" (BAAJA, S. 5653).
Tap below to learn what's at stake for public lands, wildlife, and Wilderness.
>>> wildernesswatch.substack.com/p/the-bipartis…
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
THE BAJJA ACT: GREATEST FOSSIL FUEL GIVEAWAY
Set up to pass tomorrow (US)
Tell your leaders RETRACT THIS ACT
#climatechange #globalwarming
Set up to pass tomorrow (US)
Tell your leaders RETRACT THIS ACT
#climatechange #globalwarming
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
🚨 The Senate votes on BAAJA today at 5:30 p.m. Eastern. Calls still count until the vote happens, so call now.
You can't fix a bad bill with 494 pages of revisions.
This weekend, Trump urged senators to vote YES, calling it "Landmark Permitting Reform Legislation." The 494-page version on Saturday, but the National Congress of American Indians isn't buying it. They called it "lipstick on a pig."
Today is a procedural vote. If cloture passes, the Senate moves toward a final vote. Calls will still matter after this one, too.
Tell your members of Congress to vote NO on BAAJA — especially Heinrich and Whitehouse, the two Democratic co-sponsors who decided NOT to push the vote to January when the new Congress would be seated and there would be a better chance for a fairer environmental pen to this bill.
📞 @SenatorHeinrich:
(202) 224-5521 📞 @SenWhitehouse:
(202) 224-2921
#DemsUnited
You can't fix a bad bill with 494 pages of revisions.
This weekend, Trump urged senators to vote YES, calling it "Landmark Permitting Reform Legislation." The 494-page version on Saturday, but the National Congress of American Indians isn't buying it. They called it "lipstick on a pig."
Today is a procedural vote. If cloture passes, the Senate moves toward a final vote. Calls will still matter after this one, too.
Tell your members of Congress to vote NO on BAAJA — especially Heinrich and Whitehouse, the two Democratic co-sponsors who decided NOT to push the vote to January when the new Congress would be seated and there would be a better chance for a fairer environmental pen to this bill.
📞 @SenatorHeinrich:
(202) 224-5521 📞 @SenWhitehouse:
(202) 224-2921
#DemsUnited
🚨 URGENT: The Senate votes Monday on a bill that would make permits on our public lands nearly impossible for ANY future president to undo.
And Trump's admin is still handing them out on those very lands right now.
They're calling it the permitting bill, and it's a sneaky n the name sounds.
Any permit still in effect on September 16, 2026 gets shielded, no matter who issued it or when. Older permits count too, even decades old, if they're still active. So does every one Trump's admin signs from here on.
The thing I want you to understand is this. Federal oil and gas leases don't expire as long as they keep producing. A lease signed in the 70s or 80s is still in effect today if it's still producing. Earthjustice warns this bill makes leases like that "virtually impossible to overturn."
To change or cancel a permit, a future admin would have to prove it by "clear and convincing evidence."
Only five reasons count:
1. A court orders it.
2. The permit holder broke the law.
3. The permit was obtained through fraud.
4. The permit holder asks for it.
5. An urgent threat to life, property, or national security the original review missed.
If none apply, the permit stays. Locked in. Trumped in.
If a judge finds the government botched the environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act, the judge can order a redo. But the judge can't cancel the permit or stop the project. The bulldozers keep running during the redo.
Tribes don't get a say until AFTER agencies have already made up their minds about work on their ancestral lands and sacred sites.
Two Democrats, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), top Democrat on the Senate Energy Committee, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), signed on to the bill Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) introduced, with Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah).
Voters just handed Democrats Congress. Two of them put their names on a bill that locks in Trump's permits anyway.
This sitting Congress is trying to push it through Monday. Please call your members of Congress today. We don't have much time.
I've tagged the four senators behind this. Let them know how you feel about it by saying no to the bill to your MOC.
Thank you for standing up for our public lands.
#DemsUnited
📷 Hart Van Denburg / CPR News
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
🚨 WEEKEND UPDATE: Senators released a manager’s amendment to the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 on Saturday, but major substantive issues remain.
While the amendment addresses some concerns, the bill still threatens Tribal sovereignty and people’s right s built in their communities, abandons clean water safeguards and wildlife protections, and further enables a president waging war on clean energy and our public lands.
With a procedural vote scheduled for today, the Senate must allow an open amendment process for additional changes to be made. Senate Democrats can and must fight for a better deal.
While the amendment addresses some concerns, the bill still threatens Tribal sovereignty and people’s right s built in their communities, abandons clean water safeguards and wildlife protections, and further enables a president waging war on clean energy and our public lands.
With a procedural vote scheduled for today, the Senate must allow an open amendment process for additional changes to be made. Senate Democrats can and must fight for a better deal.
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
Headed back to DC early and already the madness has begun. First stop—a rally standing in solidarity with Tribal Leaders opposing a permitting deal scheduled for a vote in the Senate TODAY at 5:30 PM.
This is a bill that has had no public process, no hearings, and which Trump ght he’d use to push through pipelines and data centers. Especially in light of last week’s historic election, we’re asking the Senate to take a beat. Here’s why ⬇️
This is a bill that has had no public process, no hearings, and which Trump ght he’d use to push through pipelines and data centers. Especially in light of last week’s historic election, we’re asking the Senate to take a beat. Here’s why ⬇️
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
NCAI and fellow Tribal organizations urge the Senate to vote NO on cloture on S. 5653. The revised bill still threatens Tribal sovereignty and sacred places. Congress must remove Division B, Title III. #Protect106
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
Dear @SenateDems
We just gave you the majority.
We did it because we are sick
of the corruption, destruction, and disregard for the people's will.
So when two of our own, looking at you Heinrich and Whitehouse, co-sponsor a bill that allows this administration to pillage, public lands with impunity - and you call it the "Bipartisan Affordability and Jobs Act" to deceive the American people about its intention, know this:
We are NOT going to tolerate the status quo. We did NOT turn out for the Democratic party to sell our public lands and kill off endangered species in the name of "green energy grids" and "data centers."
We are going to hold your feet to the fire on our agenda.
You better be listening. 🌎
We just gave you the majority.
We did it because we are sick
of the corruption, destruction, and disregard for the people's will.
So when two of our own, looking at you Heinrich and Whitehouse, co-sponsor a bill that allows this administration to pillage, public lands with impunity - and you call it the "Bipartisan Affordability and Jobs Act" to deceive the American people about its intention, know this:
We are NOT going to tolerate the status quo. We did NOT turn out for the Democratic party to sell our public lands and kill off endangered species in the name of "green energy grids" and "data centers."
We are going to hold your feet to the fire on our agenda.
You better be listening. 🌎
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
This bill is a Trojan Horse.
Why would anyone vote for this permitting bill after voters have just handed us the largest midterm repudiation of a sitting President in American history?
I urge my Senate colleagues to vote NO.
We cannot greenlight transmission at any cost, ribal sovereignty, protections for sacred sites, public lands, clean water, wildlife, and the environment for generations to come. We can, and we must, pass a bill we can actually believe in—not a false promise.
Why would anyone vote for this permitting bill after voters have just handed us the largest midterm repudiation of a sitting President in American history?
I urge my Senate colleagues to vote NO.
We cannot greenlight transmission at any cost, ribal sovereignty, protections for sacred sites, public lands, clean water, wildlife, and the environment for generations to come. We can, and we must, pass a bill we can actually believe in—not a false promise.
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Donna 🦉 retweeted
The Senate may vote as soon as TOMORROW on proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act. The consequences for wolverines, Florida panthers, North Atlantic right whales, and many other beloved wildlife species would be far-reaching. Take action TODAY! act.bornfreeusa.org/page/1004293/a…
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