Progressive members call on Pelosi, Schumer to act on eviction moratorium

House progressives are urgently calling on Democratic Congressional leaders to pass legislation to extend the federal eviction moratorium.

House progressives are urgently calling on Democratic congressional leaders to pass legislation to extend the federal eviction moratorium after the Supreme Court ended an extension late Thursday night. “As your fellow colleagues, we implore you to act with the highest levels of urgency to advance a permanent legislative solution in a must pass legislative vehicle in order to extend the life-saving federal eviction moratorium for the duration of the deadly global health crisis. We must continue to curb the spread of the Delta variant using every legislative tool at our disposal in Congress,” the lawmakers wrote in a letter sent Friday, to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer exclusively obtained by ABC News. The letter was led by Democratic Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jimmy Gomez, and Cori Bush. More than 60 lawmakers have signed on to the letter, ABC News is told. In an eight-page ruling, the Supreme Court determined that Congress must extend the federal eviction moratorium unilaterally.