CHN Action: Support the Obama Recovery Plan Today!
February 2, 2009—
If you don’t act now, the Obama economic recovery plan, which creates and saves millions of jobs, protects people from hardship, and invests in shared prosperity, could be derailed.
Please join a national call today, Feb. 2 at 4pm eastern time (3pm central, 2pm mountain, 1pm pacific).
Dial: 1-866-285-7778
Pass-code: 3920320#
Security code: 1825#
Learn about the latest political developments and discuss how the advocacy community can support speedy passage of the economic recovery package.
Don’t forget to join the call later this afternoon.
In the meantime — call your Senators!
866-544-7573 (toll-free)
The message to Senators:
Please vote for the economic recovery bill and oppose delaying tactics. Our state needs the jobs that will be saved; our people need its protections against hunger, sickness and unemployment. We need to rebuild our schools and roads. Please vote for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The Senate begins debate on the bill today. Call now!
This legislation includes major improvements to food stamps and unemployment insurance, helps jobless people afford health insurance, provides billions in aid to states to prevent cuts in Medicaid, education, and other services, provides tax credits to low-income people, creates renewable energy and health care jobs, helps low-income students and poor people with disabilities, and invests in public housing and low-income communities. Overall, it has a good balance of quick aid that will boost the economy within months and investments that will help the economy over the next two years. For information on the impacts in your state, check out this report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Your calls are urgently needed. People opposed to President Obama’s approach have organized calls against it. This plan recognizes what economists have told the nation: providing direct help such as food stamps and jobless benefits to low-income people jumpstarts the economy because they spend the money quickly; state aid prevents more harm to the economy and to people; investments such as school repair and energy efficiency projects create jobs. Your Senators need to know you support this balanced approach.
Please pass this message along to everyone you know who wants to jumpstart the economy - the right way.
From the Coalition on Human Needs, a Half in Ten partner organization
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