ALERT - Stop the Budget Cuts!

---STOP THE BUDGET CUTS---

On Feb. 1, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote

on a

budget reconciliation bill that will cut .7 billion

from

vital programs for working families and low-income

families.

These cuts include .7 billion from the federal

student loan

program and .4 billion from Medicaid.

Together, we've already delayed this vote by a few

months. And

together, we can stop these unjust cuts--if we act

now.

Please ask everyone you know who cares about working

families

and the poor to call their representative toll free

and oppose

the budget reconciliation bill:

1-800-393-1082

This budget would:

- Slash health care funding for the poor.

- Cut enforcement for child support, making it harder

for single

parents to raise their children.

- Push the American dream beyond reach for many young

people by

cutting .7 billion from the federal student loan

program--the largest cut in the program's history.

- Force states to cut child care assistance to

hundreds of

thousands of low-income working families.

- Cut foster care funds for children cared for by

grandparents

and other relatives.

And do you know where the savings would go? To offset



billion in new tax cuts for the rich.

It's time to get everyone we know who cares about

working

families and families in need to call their

representative and

say:

- I oppose the budget reconciliation bill coming

before

Congress. With cuts to vital programs, like federal

student loan

programs and Medicaid, it is an attack on working

families and

the poor.

- Our government needs to support working families,

not make our

lives more difficult.

We cannot let Congress pass a budget that hurts

families who are

already struggling for a better life.

Call your U.S. representative on our "Stop the Cuts"

hot line,

toll free:

1-800-393-1082