ProgressiveCongress.org in conjunction with the Congressional Progressive Caucus is sponsoring a Congressional listening tour — the Speak Out Tour — of the US, with the goal of giving Americans a chance to talk about the thing they most care about, jobs:
Share your stories of how the economy is affecting your life and your ideas for how we can rebuild the American Dream.
It kicks off on June 18 in Minneapolis at NetRoots Nation and the closest it gets to us is in Philly on July 19.
No surprise that nothing is being hosted here in Delaware by Rep. John Carney. But it would be worthwhile to call his office and ask if he will be hosting one of these. Even better, does anyone follow his Twitter account? Maybe asking there might get an interesting response.
Seriously, folks — you have to ask him about this. Getting this Congress refocused on jobs won’t happen from our keyboards. Help create a demand for a forum *here* to talk about jobs and how to get people back to work. Otherwise, there will be one more Congressional Break where the only thing he’ll want to talk about is the deficit and the debt.