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Ethics and Democracy

Congress Rejects Trump’s Fake National Emergency

On a bipartisan basis, the Senate has joined the House in voting to terminate Trump’s fraudulent “national emergency.” Never before has Congress overturned a national emergency declaration — but, then again, never before has a president used a fake emergency to subvert the will of the people and Congress and fund something they specifically rejected. This was an illegal power grab rooted in hate that erodes our democratic norms and slides us further into autocracy.

The Indivisible Project’s Statement on the Terrorist Attack in New Zealand

Our hearts are breaking for our Muslim friends and neighbors, and our global community. We see you, we love you and we stand shoulder to shoulder with you in the fight for a future without fear. We absolutely must recognize that the motivation for this horror was rooted in Islamophobia and white nationalism, poisons that are actively being spread by elected officials, pundits, and a rising white nationalist movement here in our own country and around the world. 

Indivisible Project: Small-Donor Matching Must Be Included in the Final New York Budget

We applaud the New York State Senate and Assembly for their decision to include support for small-donor matching in their one-house budgets. The move signals that the grassroots have been heard, but the negotiation process is just beginning. Now, we will continue our work to ensure that both chambers commit to building a more fair and equitable democratic process by, among other policies, including small-donor matching in the final budget.

Arizona Bill Outlawing Paid Voter Registration Fails in the House, Following Grassroots Pressure

Yesterday marked a milestone in our months-long battle to defend democracy in Arizona this session. Since the beginning of the session, Indivisibles packed the committee hearing for HB 2616 and made hundreds of calls to their legislators to fight back against anti-democratic bills including HB 2616. We are thrilled that the Arizona House listened to the will of their constituents and voted against HB 2616.

Indivisible Reacts to the Arizona Senate’s Passage of SB 1188

What the Republican-controlled Arizona Legislature did today is an affront to democracy and the will of the people. SB 1188 would purge over 260,000 Arizonans from the early voter rolls and is a deliberate attempt to make it harder for Arizonans to participate in the democratic process. Republicans in the legislature have shown that they want to silence the people’s voice to ensure that only the voices of those already in power are heard.

Indivisible Reacts to The State of The Union

Once again, we see Trump responding to defeat with bluster, hate, lies, and threats. His speech alternated between platitudes and thinly-veiled attacks on Congress' authority to investigate and conduct oversight — attacks that Congress must reject. But Trump isn’t the story tonight. The real story is the audience in the room. It’s the 116th Congress that has more women and people of color than ever in its history. It’s about the powerful new voices who will be leading the effort to hold Trump accountable for every one of his abuses.