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BUDGET VOTE MAY COME TODAY - YOU CAN STOP IT |
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by roll back the rents
Email: mbatko (nospam) lycos.com (verified) |
12 May 2006
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Call your representative 1-800-459-1887 TOLL FREE. Tell him/her: Please oppose a budget deal that forces cuts in health care, education, nutrition, child care and many other services. Cutting services to pay for tax giveaways to millionaires hurts our nation. |
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> HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY VOTE TODAY ON BUDGET CUTS
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> So this sure would be a good time to CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE!
> CALL 800-459-1887, TOLL-FREE. Tell him/her:
> "Please oppose a budget deal that forces cuts in health care,
> education, nutrition, child care, and many other services. Cutting
> services to pay for tax giveaways to millionaires hurts our nation."
>
> The House leadership is still scrambling to get the votes for a
> budget that will require cuts in domestic services (education,
> health, housing, etc.); the Senate already passed a budget that
> does not require such cuts. House leaders have gotten a waiver of
> regular rules to bring the budget up on Thursday (May 11 -today).
> We continue to hear that moderate House members are demanding more
> funds for health and education programs. Please help them stay
> firm! Your calls can stop this bad budget.
>
> t Please forward this to your friends and networks ASAP! t
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> To learn more about why the budget resolution hurts needy people,
> see the recent article in the Human Needs Report at http://
> www.chn.org/humanneeds/060505a.html.
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> What happens if we stop the House from passing a budget resolution?
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> Congress will still work on all the annual spending bills, and we
> will continue working for adequate funding or preventing cuts in
> human needs services.
> Congress cannot pass more fast-track tax cuts or entitlement cuts
> (like Medicaid or Food Stamps) that need only simple majorities in
> the Senate.
> It demonstrates the lack of support in Congress for harmful cuts in
> human needs programs.
> Use the toll-free number above to reach the U.S. Capitol
> Switchboard and ask to be connected to your Representative's
> office. (The person at the switchboard can figure out who your
> Representative is if you're not sure). When you’re connected,
> please give the message above.
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> The toll-free number is provided courtesy of the American Friends
> Service Committee which has launched a budget campaign, http://
> www.afsc.org/economic-justice/sos/AFSC welcomes groups to circulate
> and use the toll-free number in support of non-partisan budget
> goals |
See also:
http://www.mbtranslations.com
http://www.foodfirst.org
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