Call your Senators. Vote coming on Teachers & First Responders Back to Work Bill.

[sinkingfeeling]

http://www.chn.org

The Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act (S. 1723) will save or create nearly 400,000 education jobs through critical investments in the education of our nation’s children. With the majority of states facing budget shortfalls in 2012 totaling more than $100 billion, cuts to state and local spending on education place thousands of teaching jobs at risk.

This act will provide states with an additional $30 billion in funds that will support nearly 400,000 education jobs, in addition to $5 billion to keep thousands of police officers and firefighters working. The $35 billion cost of the bill will be paid for by asking millionaires to pay their fair share with a surcharge of less than 1 percent on income over $1 million.

Ask your Senators to vote “yes” on S. 1723
Call 1-888-245-0215 to be connected with the Capitol switchboard. TOLL FREE NUMBER

edited to add 'toll free'

[Lionessa]

1. If they haven't heard us by now, they ain't gonna. Waste of time.

Go to your nearest Occupy instead.

[hobbit709]

2. Waste of time calling my two idiots.

I'm stuck with Hutchinson and Cornhole.

[spartan61]

3. I just called Sen Rubio's office

and left a long voice message. I said I was hoping that I wasn't wasting my breath with this call but I wanted him to vote yes on S. 1723. I said the republicans are always saying they want jobs so now is the time to put his vote where his mouth is instead of voting no again. I also called Ben Nelson's office and told the aide who answered that I was not a constituent but I'm affected by this bill. I said I hope Sen. Nelson is listening to the American people and that I hope he doesn't disappoint us again.