在一个新字母对总统乔·拜登和疾控中心主任罗谢尔·瓦伦斯基来说，在众议院周五未能采取行动延长将于周六午夜到期的驱逐禁令后，国会进步议员呼吁疾控中心“利用一切可用的权力延长暂停驱逐令”。
马萨诸塞州民主党众议员阿扬娜·普雷斯利。与众议员柯里·布什一起。，吉米·戈麦斯，D-加利福尼亚州，亚历山大·奥恰西奥-科尔特斯，D-纽约州，伊尔汉·奥马尔，D-明尼苏达州，拉希达·特拉伊布，D-密歇根州，普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔，D-华盛顿。美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)首先看到了这封信，纽约州的贾马尔·鲍曼(Jamaal Bowman)签署了这封信，敦促政府采取行动。
“在持续的大流行和全国范围内日益激增的三角洲变种中，迫在眉睫的驱逐危机事关公共健康和安全，需要政府紧急应对。疾病控制和预防中心必须利用一切可用的权力，在为时已晚之前延长驱逐禁令，”信中说。
6月，最高法院以5比4的投票结果允许驱逐禁令持续到7月底，但在裁决中表示，除非“有明确和具体的国会授权”，否则它将阻止任何进一步的延期
白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基(Jen Psaki)周四在一份声明中表示，拜登本会支持疾控中心延长禁令，但“最高法院已明确表示，这一选项不再可用”，并呼吁国会采取行动。
这导致一些进步的国会议员批评说，在国会即将休会之际，要求采取行动解决一个已知问题的呼吁来得太晚了。
众议院民主党人在最后一刻发起了通过立法的努力，该立法将保持保护措施不变，但在周五晚上休会前未能通过。
在周六的信中，议员们表示，他们将继续通过立法解决即将到期的暂停令，并获得数十亿先前批准的资金，以帮助租房者和房东——这一过程开始得很慢。
立法者写道:“与此同时，我们继续努力推动立法行动，并确保我们地区的州和地方向租房者和业主发放数十亿美元的紧急租赁援助，国会最近通过了这些援助，作为美国救援计划的一部分。”。
“对我们所代表的社区来说，延长驱逐禁令是一件生死攸关的事情。驱逐令今晚午夜到期。我们恳求你们以这一刻所要求的紧迫感采取行动，”他们补充道。
此前一直与无家可归作斗争的布什周五晚上带着她的抗议前往国会山，在国会未能采取行动后睡在国会大厦的台阶上。
“这对我来说是个人恩怨。我住在车里!我住在车里，带着两个孩子和我的搭档。我知道那是什么感觉。我不会坐视不管，让它发生在别人身上，因为它发生在我身上。我不会的，”布什周六在接受美国广播公司采访时表示。
“我会出现，我会说出来，不仅仅是我——国会女议员艾安娜·普雷斯利昨晚和我们在一起。女议员伊尔汉·奥马尔昨晚和我们在一起。我们正在确保人们知道这是不对的，我们不会袖手旁观，”她补充道。
政府立法机关伊丽莎白·沃伦周六在参议院敦促采取行动，后来在国会大厦外加入了布什。
“听着，我同意暂停驱逐不是长久之计。但让我非常明确地说，这是正确的，短期行动是我们如何在各州提供紧急援助时让家庭安全地呆在家里，”沃伦说。
Progressive members of Congress pen letter urging Biden, CDC chief to act on expiring eviction ban
In anew letterto President Joe Biden and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, progressive members of Congress are calling for the CDC to "leverage every authority available to extend the eviction moratorium" after the House failed to take action Friday to extend the eviction ban set to expire Saturday at midnight.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., along with Reps. Cori Bush, D-Mo., Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., signed on to the letter, seen first by ABC News, urging the administration, which has said its hands are tied by a June Supreme Court ruling, to act.
"In the midst of the ongoing pandemic and the growing surges of the Delta variant across the nation, the impending eviction crisis is a matter of public health and safety and demands an urgent government response. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must leverage every authority available to extend the eviction moratorium before it is too late," the letter said.
In June, the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to allow the eviction ban to continue through the end of July but signaled in its ruling that it would block any further extensions unless there was "clear and specific congressional authorization."
In a statement Thursday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden would have supported the CDC extending the ban, but "the Supreme Court has made clear that this option is no longer available," and called on Congress to take action.
That led to criticism by some progressive members of Congress that the call to action for addressing a known problem came too late, just as Congress was about to recess.
House Democrats launched a last-minute effort to pass legislation that would keep the protections in place but failed to pass it before gaveling out of session for recess Friday evening.
In their letter Saturday, the lawmakers said they will continue to work legislatively to address the expiring moratorium, as well as to get billions in previously approved funding out to help renters and landlords -- a process that has gotten off to a slow start.
"In the meantime, we are continuing to work diligently to push for legislative action and ensure that states and localities in our districts are disbursing the billions in critical emergency rental assistance to renters and property owners that Congress passed most recently as part of the American Rescue Plan," the lawmakers write.
"Extending the eviction moratorium is a matter of life and death for the communities we represent. The eviction moratorium expires tonight at midnight. We implore you to act with the urgency this moment demands," they add.
Bush, who previously struggled with homelessness, took her protest to Capitol Hill Friday night, sleeping on the steps of the Capitol after Congress failed to act.
"This is personal for me. I lived in a car! I lived out of a car with two babies and my partner. I know what that's like. And I will not sit by and allow it to happen to other people because it happened to me. I won't," Bush told ABC News in an interview Saturday.
"I will show up and I will speak up, not only me -- Congresswoman Ayanna Presley was out here with us last night. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was out here with us last night. We are making sure that people know this is not OK and we won't sit by," she added.
Sen.Elizabeth Warrentook to the Senate Floor Saturday to urge action as well, and later joined Bush outside the Capitol.
"Look, I agree that the eviction moratorium is not a long-term solution. But let me be very clear, it is the right, short-term action is how we keep families safely in their homes while states deliver emergency aid," Warren said.
