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One of the Biden admin’s biggest accomplishments…

 

In 2020, President Biden campaigned on taking real action to address the nation’s gun violence epidemic.

Since then, we’ve seen the passage of the most comprehensive gun safety bill passed in three decades AND the creation of the first-ever, White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention.

Over the past year, the office has been instrumental in driving real progress toward realizing an America free from gun violence. The creation of this office has marshaled federal resources toward tackling the issue of gun violence prevention head on.

But this office is under threat. If Donald Trump wins in November, we can expect to not only see this vital office disbanded, but a full reversal of the hard-fought progress we've made in reducing gun violence in these last few years.

That is unacceptable to us and that’s why we’re fighting in tandem with our allies to ensure that the OGVP will continue serving the American people.

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By bringing together different stakeholders in communities across the country, the OGVP has created tools and strategies to assist communities when gun violence happens.

The OGVP has also brought needed attention to the lack of red-flag laws — laws that permit state courts to temporarily seize firearms from those deemed to be danger to themselves and others.

In just over a year since the office was first created, we’ve gone from 5 states with red flags to 15 thanks to the important work of the OGVP.

This isn't about politics — it's about saving lives.

But even with a Harris/Walz victory this November, we know we’re still going to have a long way to go!

Historically, the federal government hasn’t done nearly enough to protect us from the threat of gun violence, but the progress that the OGVP has made in just over a year gives us hope for the road ahead.

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Five Questions with Political Activist Shannon Watts Joyce Vance Aug 9 ∙ Preview Shannon Watts is a mother of five who founded Moms Demand Action. The day after the Sandy Hook tragedy, she started a Facebook group with the message that all Americans can and should do more to reduce gun violence. The online conversation turned into a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that protect people everywhere from gun violence. Moms Demand Action now has a chapter in every state of the country. It’s part of Everytown for Gun Safety, the largest gun violence prevention organization in the country, with nearly 10 million supporters. Doing that takes a certain level of savvy and an ability to get things done in the political world. So it came as no surprise when Shannon saw a need shortly after President Biden announced he would not run again and did something about it. As Kamala Harris moved forward, Shannon understood that white women needed to answer the call for support from Black women who staged a massive organizing rally on Zoom. She jumped into the breach on Twitter and had the next move in the works within days. I’m delighted to have her as our guest tonight for “Five Questions” to help us understand what we can and should be doing in the run-up to the election and beyond. Although much of her advice is geared towards activating white women who haven’t voted or have voted for Trump in the past, it resonates across a much larger audience and can be helpful for all of us as we have conversations with the people in our communities. Shannon’s book, “Fight Like a Mother: How a Grassroots Movement Took on the Gun Lobby and Why Women Will Change the World,” was released in May of 2019 and is available here. She also writes a Substack, Playing with Fire, that she calls “a community of badass women (and supporters!) who want to find and nurture the spark inside and learn to live on fire.” She came to the world of activism from a career as a communications executive at public relations firms and Fortune 100 companies and has a strong sense of what has to happen in the next 90 days, with democracy on the line. “Five Questions” is a feature for paid subscribers of Civil Discourse, my way of thanking people who are able to support this work financially so I can devote the time and resources necessary to it. I value having all of you here—free subscriptions will always be available. I’m grateful to everyone who reads the newsletter and engages in the hard but essential work of civil discourse.

 

Trump Signs Bill Revoking Obama-Era Gun Checks for People With Mental Illnesses

The new law nullifies an Obama-backed rule that added people with mental illnesses to the national background check database.

Feb. 28, 2017, 8:36 PM EST / Updated Feb. 28, 2017, 8:39 PM EST

By Ali Vitali

President Donald Trump quietly signed a bill into law Tuesday rolling back an Obama-era regulation that made it harder for people with mental illnesses to purchase a gun.

The rule, which was finalized in December, added people receiving Social Security checks for mental illnesses and people deemed unfit to handle their own financial affairs to the national background check database.

Had the rule fully taken effect, the Obama administration predicted it would have added about 75,000 names to that database.

President Barack Obama recommended the now-nullified regulation in a 2013 memo following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, which left 20 first graders and six others dead. The measure sought to block some people with severe mental health problems from buying guns.

Related: Assault Weapons Not Protected by Second Amendment, Federal Appeals Court Rules

The original rule was hotly contested by gun rights advocates who said it infringed on Americans’ Second Amendment rights. Gun control advocates, however, praised the rule for curbing the availability of firearms to those who may not use them with the right intentions.

Both the House and Senate last week passed the new bill, H.J. Res 40, revoking the Obama-era regulation.

Trump signed the bill into law without a photo op or fanfare. The president welcomed cameras into the oval office Tuesday for the signing of other executive orders and bills. News that the president signed the bill was tucked at the bottom of a White House email alerting press to other legislation signed by the president.

The National Rifle Association “applauded” Trump’s action. Chris Cox, NRA-ILA executive director, said the move “marks a new era for law-abiding gun owners, as we now have a president who respects and supports our arms.”

Everytown For Gun Safety President John Feinblatt said he expected more gun control rollbacks from the Trump administration. In a statement to NBC News, he called the action "just the first item on the gun lobby’s wish list" and accused the National Rifle Association of "pushing more guns, for more people, in more places."

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., a leading gun control advocate in Congress, called out Republicans over the move.

"Republicans always say we don’t need new gun laws, we just need to enforce the laws already on the books. But the bill signed into law today undermines enforcement of existing laws that Congress passed to make sure the background check system had complete information," he said in an emailed statement. 


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna727221

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Tax relief winners and losers

 

BY LISA KASHINSKY YOU GET A TAX BREAK AND YOU GET A TAX BREAK — In the end, almost all the major players in the tax-relief saga will get to walk away winners. Gov. Maura Healey got lawmakers to meet her most of the way on some of her signature promises in the pared-down deal they filed Tuesday . That includes overhauling the child and dependent tax credit, raising the estate-tax threshold and cutting the short-term capital gains tax rate. Top House Democrats got their Senate counterparts to agree to change how Massachusetts’ corporate taxes are calculated — another win for the business community — and to make future rebates under Chapter 62F equal for all taxpayers . Senate leaders secured expansions to two programs aimed at boosting market-rate and low-income housing production, the Housing Development Incentive Program (which Healey also wanted) and the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. Senate President Karen Spilka hailed the deal as the "largest bipartisan legislative tax relief proposal in over a generation." House lawmakers will take up the $561 million package — which will eventually cost the commonwealth more than $1 billion a year — this afternoon. Senators will follow suit tomorrow. Let’s break it down: From left: Senate Ways and Means Chair Michael Rodrigues, House Ways and Means Chair Aaron Michlewitz, House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka discuss their tax-relief deal on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023, at the State House. | Lisa Kashinsky/POLITICO WHAT HEALEY WANTED — A $600 child and dependent tax credit, a $3 million estate-tax threshold (up from $1 million) and a 5 percent short-term capital gains tax rate (down from 12 percent). She also wanted to raise the annual cap on HDIP to $50 million in the first year and $30 million thereafter. WHAT SHE GOT — The child tax credit will rise to $310 in the first year and $440 afterward. The estate-tax threshold will rise to $2 million. The short-term capital gains rate will fall to 8.5 percent. HDIP will grow to $57 million in the first year and $30 million after. Some of this was predictable. Lawmakers weren't going to go for a $3 million estate-tax threshold after all-but agreeing to $2 million last year before talks fell apart when Chapter 62F was triggered. They proposed the same again this year. Some of it was surprising. Resistance among senators and progressives to any form of a short-term capital gains tax cut was fierce. And while they gave the governor plenty to tout , top Democrats still denied one of their own what would have been her biggest win: delivering the full $600 child and dependent tax credit she pitched early in her gubernatorial campaign . Lawmakers said they were being realistic about what the state can afford. And they insisted their version will be the "largest" universal child and dependent tax credit in the country. Healey’s still pleased. “This is a comprehensive package that delivers relief to families and businesses, including through our proposed child and family tax credit,” she said in a statement. So, who lost here? Hundreds of thousands of renters, seniors and families who've had to wait 20 months for relief. Republicans and conservative groups that didn’t want changes to Chapter 62F. Housing advocates who were lobbying lawmakers to hold off pouring more money into HDIP until they tackled existing concerns with the program, including the unequal distribution of credits. Massachusetts Law Reform Institute housing attorney Mark Martinez, for instance, called additional funding for HDIP "offensive." But progressive lawmakers and activists who fought the more business-friendly measures saw their losses tempered by the deal's compromises. And they notched a win in language that requires married couples to file their federal and state taxes the same way, which proponents believe will close a "loophole" wealthy couples could use to avoid paying the so-called millionaires tax. GOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. Another winner in this all: Charlie Baker , who proposed many of the ideas that are now just a few steps away from becoming law all the way back in January 2022. Dive deeper into the tax deal with the Boston Globe and GBH . TODAY — Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll and AG Andrea Campbell speak at a Law Enforcement Memorial Foundation event at 1 p.m. at Ashburton Park. Healey meets with Polish Ambassador Marek Magierowski at 4 p.m. at the State House. Driscoll speaks at Philanthropy MA’s meeting at 10 a.m. at WBUR’s CitySpace. Campbell addresses the New England Council at 10:30 a.m. at the Seaport Hotel. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu helps announce Sail Boston at 10:30 a.m. at the Boston Harbor Hotel. Tips? Scoops? Budget takeaways? Email me: lkashinsky@politico.com .   GO INSIDE THE CAPITOL DOME: From the outset, POLITICO has been your eyes and ears on Capitol Hill, providing the most thorough Congress coverage — from political characters and emerging leaders to leadership squabbles and policy nuggets during committee markups and hearings. We're stepping up our game to ensure you’re fully informed on every key detail inside the Capitol Dome, all day, every day. Start your day with Playbook AM, refuel at midday with our Playbook PM halftime report and enrich your evening discussions with Huddle. Plus, stay updated with real-time buzz all day through our brand new Inside Congress Live feature. Learn more and subscribe here.     MIGRANTS IN MASSACHUSETTS THE NATIONAL TAKE — Massachusetts isn't the only Democratic stronghold where leaders are struggling to keep up with a surge of migrants. And as their frustrations with the Biden administration rise, it’s sparking anxiety in the party about potential fallout heading into the 2024 election cycle. More from me and Shia Kapos for POLITICO's The Fifty . DATELINE BEACON HILL FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — As gun owners lobby against temporarily shelved House legislation that would overhaul the state’s firearms laws, Everytown for Gun Safety is out with a new poll that shows majority — and bipartisan — support among Massachusetts voters for prohibiting the sale and possession of “ghost” guns and banning carrying firearms in schools, polling places and other sensitive locations. The latter was part of the House bill, the former goes beyond what lawmakers proposed for regulating homemade firearms. Everytown commissioned the SurveyUSA poll of 1,017 registered voters in Massachusetts that was conducted in mid-September. Read the polling memo . — “Cambridge picked as a national hub for new federal health research agency,” by Jon Chesto and Robert Weisman, Boston Globe: “The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, said Tuesday that Cambridge will host the agency’s ‘investor catalyst’ hub, which will work with researchers, entrepreneurs, and financiers to speed the transition of basic research into new technologies and medicines. The announcement follows an intense lobbying effort by Governor Maura Healey’s administration and the state’s congressional delegation, as well as local business and academic leaders.” — “Despite rules feud, lawmakers predict energy/climate bill will pass, ” by Bruce Mohl, CommonWealth Magazine: “The House and Senate chairs of the Legislature’s energy committee aren’t talking to each other, but in separate interviews they both seem confident lawmakers will pass another climate and energy bill this session." — “At a fiery hearing on Beacon Hill, calls for reforms linked to children and families abound,” by Adam Reilly, GBH News: “At a sprawling, fiery State House hearing Tuesday, critics of the state’s Department of Children and Families backed an array of proposals aimed at reforming a system they say is failing too many children and young people." — More:  “‘A true scandal’: Legislature considers bill to protect benefits owed to kids in foster care,” by Samantha J. Gross, Boston Globe. — “Lawmakers urged to hike minimum wage,” by Christian M. Wade, Eagle-Tribune. — “Healey blasts Republicans for being ‘hell bent’ on making political statements as [federal government] shutdown looms,” by Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald. — “State funds Mass. hotline to reduce risk of fatal overdoses,” by Martha Bebinger, WBUR. ROE FALLOUT REGIONAL REACH — Reproductive Equity Now is expanding into New Hampshire and Connecticut as the abortion-rights advocacy group aims to turn New England into a bastion for those seeking reproductive care. “We really believe that state-by-state work to build power is how we win in a post-Dobbs world,” REN Executive Director Rebecca Hart Holder told Playbook. The group plans to focus on education and legislative advocacy in all three states (Massachusetts included). The expansion comes at a pivotal political moment in New Hampshire, where abortion is quickly becoming one of the biggest issues in the state's open gubernatorial race. Democrats are hammering Republican contenders for supporting the state's near-total ban on abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy and, in Kelly Ayotte ’s case, for supporting a near-blanket 20-week ban on abortions as a U.S. senator. Hart Holder said Ayotte "poses an existential threat" to reproductive care in New Hampshire and that her group plans to educate voters there on abortion rights and where candidates stand on them. Ayotte campaign spokesperson John Corbett said the “majority of Granite Staters agree” with the state’s current abortion law and that the former U.S. senator “won’t change it.”   Enter the “room where it happens”, where global power players shape policy and politics, with Power Play. POLITICO’s brand-new podcast will host conversations with the leaders and power players shaping the biggest ideas and driving the global conversations, moderated by award-winning journalist Anne McElvoy. Sign up today to be notified of the first episodes in September – click here .     FROM THE HUB FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — State Rep. Chynah Tyler has endorsed William King for District 6 Boston city councilor. King faces Ben Weber in November for Councilor Kendra Lara ’s seat. — “Boston councilors blast Wu administration for skipping Mass and Cass hearing,” by Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald: “Four city councilors seeking a state of emergency declaration in the Mass and Cass zone were incensed when the Wu administration blew off a Tuesday City Council hearing on the matter. The snub was largely shrugged off, however, by many other councilors who either left immediately after stating that they, like the mayor’s team, were prioritizing a Thursday hearing on Michelle Wu’s anti-encampment ordinance, or chose to skip out on the day’s session entirely.” THE RACE FOR CITY HALL MAYORAL ROUNDUP — November mayoral matchups are set in two more cities after yesterday’s preliminary elections. Beverly Mayor Mike Cahill will face political newcomer Jamie Zarella in the North Shore city’s general election . In Fitchburg, it’s Mayor Stephen DiNatale versus City Councilor Samantha Squailia , who was the top vote-getter per unofficial results. PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES — “New Green Line extension already so defective that trains are forced to move at walking pace,” by Taylor Dolven, Boston Globe: “Less than one year after the final branch of the much-heralded Green Line extension opened for business, the MBTA said a problem with the tracks has reduced train speeds to just 3 miles per hour along stretches that add up to more than a mile.” — “Express train from Worcester to Boston? Not so fast,” by Veer Mudambi, Telegram & Gazette: “The trip to and from Boston for commuters will take longer soon, with the latest schedule changes on the Worcester/Framingham commuter rail line to include more stops.” MARIJUANA IN MASSACHUSETTS — “Cannabis control commission hits back at ‘endless string of scandals’ accusation,” by Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald: “In a letter sent to the Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy and shared with the Herald, Chief Communications Officer Cedric Sinclair says he would like to ‘respectfully reject’ the notion the [Cannabis Control Commission]’s work has been clouded with controversy.” FROM THE 413 — “Chicopee City Council considers putting referendum question about 4-year mayoral and council terms on November ballot,” by Jeanette DeForge, Springfield Republican. — “Report sets reparations framework for Amherst; calls for BIPOC youth center, housing help, entrepreneurship program,” by Scott Merzbach, Daily Hampshire Gazette. 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