It’s been a FULL day!!!
NAGO leaders testified on one of the bills on our Legislative Plan today! LB310; to provide an exemption to the Newborn Screening. It was great to see a growing level of support this year with 129 in support and only 69 against!
Please continue to express your support for LB310! Email the Health and Human Services Committee to vote LB310 out of Committee and YOUR Senator to vote yay on the floor!
Sen. Brian Hardin, Chairperson – bhardin@leg.ne.gov
Sen. John Fredrickson, Vice Chairperson – jfredrickson@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Beau Ballard – bballard@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Ben Hansen – bhansen@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Glen Meyer – gmeyer@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Dan Quick – dquick@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Merv Riepe – mriepe@leg.ne.gov
Winner Take All
Well.. Due to LB310 happening concurrently with WTA hearings, we missed the first 2 hours. We will go through the beginning testimony later. When passing by, it looked like maybe a dozen showed up in support. However, the last 4-5 hours was solid opposition testimony.
In the end, the final count was 1599 opponents 468 proponent 4 neutral.
It’s hard not to feel bad for the introducing senator. After being railed last summer by Charlie Kirk and the NEGOP, Lippincott was absolutely made to believe there would be far more support. Maybe it’s in part because the presidential election is over, and with Trump in office, everyone just went back to life, or the facade of majority support was just that.
Either way! It will certainly be interesting to see where WTA goes from here. Will the committee senators ignore the overwhelming opposition and push it through for a Republican win? Or will it die there in committee?
There is still time to make your voice heard. It won’t be in the record, but you can definitely still encourage the senators.
Government Military and Veterans Affairs Committee:
Sen. Rita Sanders, Chairperson – rsanders@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Bob Andersen – bandersen@leg.ne.gov
Sen. John Cavanaugh – jcavanaugh@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Dunixi Guereca – dguereca@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Megan Hunt – mhunt@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Dan Lonowski – dlonowski@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Dan McKeon – dmckeon@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Dave Wordekemper – dwordekemper@leg.ne.gov
RFK Jr. Confirmation VOTE Tomorrow
After two days of grueling hearings, the vote is finally coming! The democrats have relentlessly attacked Bobby Kennedy. They have slandered him and twisted his words.
Check out our post from yesterday!
🚨🚨🚨 ALL HANDS ON DECK 🚨🚨🚨
ALSO Please also ensure you have taken the time to contact Senator Fischer and Senator Ricketts!
Senator Deb Fischer
Lincoln: (402) 441-4600
Omaha: (402) 391-3411
Kearney: (308) 234-2361
Scottsbluff: (308) 630-2329
Washington DC: (202) 224-6551
Senator Pete Ricketts
Lincoln: (402) 476-1400
Omaha: (402)550-8040
Kearney: (308) 233-3677
Scottsbluff: (308) 632-6032
Washington DC: (202) 224-4224
LAST MINUTE REMINDER! CALL TO ACTION!
Two Constitutional Amendments on marriage have a public hearing tomorrow in the Judiciary Committee that NEED your opposition! We really appreciated the Minuteman Alert from NFFV on these two.
OPPOSE: LR5CA
Introducer: Cavanaugh, M.
Description: Constitutional amendment to eliminate provisions relating to marriage and marriage licenses
The comments must be submitted by Friday, January 31, 2025, at 8:00 AM!
“A constitutional amendment to eliminate provisions relating to recognition of marriage and marriage licenses.”
Download the Bill Introduction and Submit an Online Comment here: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=59576
OPPOSE: LR6CA
Introducer: Cavanaugh, M.
Description: Constitutional amendment to recognize marriage of couples regardless of gender and race and strike language regarding gender
The comments must be submitted by Friday, January 31, 2025, at 8:00 AM!
“The State of Nebraska and its political subdivisions shall recognize marriage and issue marriage licenses to couples regardless of gender and race. Only marriage between a man and a woman shall be valid or recognized in Nebraska. The uniting of two persons of the same sex in a civil union, domestic partnership, or other similar relationship shall not be valid or recognized in Nebraska.”
Download the Bill Introduction and Submit an Online Comment here: https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=59414
ALSO Email the Judiciary Committee and encourage them to NOT approve this legislation to the floor for debate!
Sen. Carolyn Bosn, Chairperson – cbosn@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Wendy DeBoer, Vice Chairperson – wdeboer@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Bob Hallstrom – bhallstrom@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Rick Holdcroft – rholdcroft@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Terrell McKinney – tmckinney@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Victor Rountree – VRountree@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Tanya Storer – TStorer@leg.ne.gov
Sen. Jared Storm – JStorm@leg.ne.gov
As always, feel free to contact us with any comments, questions, or concerns. If you haven’t yet, sign up to have our newsletters and announcements delivered directly to your inbox at www.nago.group!
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