Action Alert STOP FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS TO THE HUNGRY AND UNINSURED

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September 8 and 9 CALL-IN DAYS on Budget CutsAlert Your Networks!STOP FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS TO THE HUNGRY AND UNINSUREDOUR GOAL: Flood Capitol Hill with thousands (millions!) of phone calls from citizens speaking out about budget cuts. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has generously donated a toll-free line to connect advocates to their Senators and Representatives on September 8 and 9.FORWARD THIS ALERT to your networks, friends and family:Use the message we suggest below OR tailor the message. Let's work together to generate a massive response.STOP FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS TO THE HUNGRY AND UNINSUREDSeptember 8 and 9 Call-In DaysCall Your Senators and Representative: 1-800-426-8073Use this toll-free number (generously provided by the American Friends Service Committee) to be connected to the Capitol Switchboard on September 8 and 9.Tell them: Please oppose reductions or eliminations of services in Medicaid, Food Stamps, TANF and other critical help for vulnerable people. (Such cutbacks are being considered as part of a budget reconciliation bill in September.) It is wrong to impose the biggest budget sacrifices on the sick, the poor, the elderly and children by cutting supports while expanding tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and corporations.BACKGROUND: By September 16, congressional committees have instructions to cut $35 billion from mandatory programs. Medicaid, Food Stamps, Medicare, the Earned Income Tax Credit, TANF, and SSI for elderly and disabled are all mandatory programs. Medicaid could be cut by as much as $10 billion. Food Stamps are also threatened.======================-- ----------------------------------------------------------------Housing & Disability Issues (formerly NHOYO) is a moderatedinformational list. It consists of disability issues concerning,but not limited to: Individuals, Home ownership, and Affordablehousing. If you would like to be on our mailing list, send anemail message to: HOUSING.DISABILITY.ISSUES-request@...stating your wishes.Since this is not a discussion list, you will not be able to sendquestions directly to the list. However, if you have anyinformation that you feel is relevant to this list, please feelfree to send this information to: <drv@...> If we feelthis information is appropriate, we will post it to the list.If you wish to be removed from this list please send an emailmessage to: HOUSING.DISABILITY.ISSUES-request@...stating your wishes.Visit http://chance.unh.edufor information on home ownership for people with disabilities.----------------------------------------------------------------