Tell Your Member of Congress to Vote NO on House Budget Cuts

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Tell Your Member of Congress to Vote No on House Budget Cuts

We know you’re tired of calling. But our calls so far have stalled a bad budget. Silence now may unravel the progress we’ve made.



Here are 5 reasons why it’s worth your time to call:

1) Human needs cuts next year! The total for all appropriations is less than the cost of providing today’s services. The Senate budget avoids the need to make cuts next year. The House budget would require $12 billion in cuts next year alone - threatening education, public health, housing, nutrition, and much more.

2) Even deeper cuts over 5 years! By 2011, domestic appropriations would be cut more than 12 percent below what's needed to maintain current services. This is dramatically worse than either the President’s budget or the Senate’s.

3) Abandons health coverage for children and working poor: The House budget leaves out funds needed next year for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and for Medicaid for low-income families who’ve left welfare for work. Both the President and the Senate continued these vital commitments, without which hundreds of thousands of children and parents will lose health coverage.

4) Still more tax cuts! $228 billion over 5 years to keep the President’s tax cuts going. Think and grow angry: this budget will cut vital services to pay towards unfair and unwise tax cuts.

5) Our calls are working - don’t let up now! Because of our calls, Reps. are starting to hear that the House leadership may increase funds for some human needs programs. More calls mean that Reps. will keep demanding more funds to prevent cuts.

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.

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 and without linking the alert to a website soliciting donations or actions which may be used to support partisan lobbying or work.

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Please call these Reps; they are possible swing votes: http://www.chn.org/issues/opportunityforall/housebudgetresolution.html


Please also sign the Emergency Campaign for America's Priorities (ECAP) petition to Congress @ http://www.actnow.org /


For more info on the FY 2007 Budget, please visit

The Coalition on Human Needs @ http://www.chn.org

AFSC @ http://www.afsc.org/economic-justice/sos/moralfederalbudget.htm

[Oversea Visitor]

1. Maybe outsource

Congress and Senate and even the President
Me think it will work

[CountAllVotes]

2. signed and a KICK!

:kick:

[mdmc]

3. proactive!

I did this yesterday, while talkin to my boy at the Big Moe's office. Now I've K/R before you could even pm me! Peace SB!