CHN: Call Your Congress Members About the Recovery Package
February 10, 2009
Call your Representative and Senators: 866-544-7573 (toll-free)
Message to your Rep. and Senators: Tell the Conference Committee to agree to an economic recovery bill with the House’s aid to states and communities (including education, Head Start, and affordable housing), and the House’s version of the Child Tax Credit. Our state needs the jobs; our people need the help - please vote for the final American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The 650,000 job difference: Although the two bills cost about the same (more than $800 billion each), the House bill saves/creates hundreds of thousands more jobs because it provides more aid to states to prevent education and other important services from being cut. The House bill also creates jobs by investing more to renovate low-income housing and to support community services including Head Start. Very important, the House bill also provides more help to millions more low-income families through the Child Tax Credit. The Senate bill does less in these areas, and spends more on tax breaks that mostly benefit upper-income people.
Click here for more details about the House/Senate differences.
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