{"article":{"id":145901,"heading":"ALERT - Stop the Budget Cuts!","author":"Lynda Carson","created":"2006-01-31 13:48:27","modified":"2006-01-31 13:48:27","last_modified":"Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:48:27","article":"

---STOP THE BUDGET CUTS---

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

on a

budget reconciliation bill that will cut $39.7 billion

from

vital programs for working families and low-income

families.

These cuts include $12.7 billion from the federal

student loan

program and $2.4 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 $12.7 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

$70

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

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