2005-12-20
ebeneezer scrooge awards 2005
an open letter to US Congress 
Greetings,
FIGHT BUDGET CUTS TO VITAL SERVICES Call your U.S. Senators today!
House and Senate leaders in Congress have agreed to over $41 billion in cuts over 5 years with many harmful cuts to Medicaid, child support enforcement, foster care, Social Security Income, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and student loans.
The House voted to approve these cuts after an all-night session, allowing virtually no time for members to look at the 774-page bill. The agreement now stands or falls on the final vote in the Senate which could happen as early as today.
Call your Senators today, using this toll-free number: 1-888-355-3588.
Tell them:
* Medicaid will be slashed by an estimated $4.8 million.
* People with disabilities will have to wait as long as a year to receive Social Security Income benefits they are owed because the government has taken so long to approve their application.
* Children will be deprived of $1.5 billion over 5 years in child support not collected because of cuts in enforcement.
* Cuts to child care will mean that 255,000 fewer children will receive child care in 2010 compared to this year.
* Student loans will be cut by $12.7 billion over 5 years.
The Republican leadership is determined to reach an agreement on these cuts before the holidays. So call your Senators today. Your support will make a big difference. Thank you very much.
Greetings,
FIGHT BUDGET CUTS TO VITAL SERVICES Call your U.S. Senators today!
House and Senate leaders in Congress have agreed to over $41 billion in cuts over 5 years with many harmful cuts to Medicaid, child support enforcement, foster care, Social Security Income, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and student loans.
The House voted to approve these cuts after an all-night session, allowing virtually no time for members to look at the 774-page bill. The agreement now stands or falls on the final vote in the Senate which could happen as early as today.
Call your Senators today, using this toll-free number: 1-888-355-3588.
Tell them:
# Vote NO on the budget bill conference report (S. 1932). It hurts low-income children, families, the elderly and disabled.Here are some of the cuts in this nasty deal:
# Do not allow these one-sided sacrifices to be inflicted on low-income Americans while Congress is preparing to give still more tax breaks to the rich.
* Medicaid will be slashed by an estimated $4.8 million.
* People with disabilities will have to wait as long as a year to receive Social Security Income benefits they are owed because the government has taken so long to approve their application.
* Children will be deprived of $1.5 billion over 5 years in child support not collected because of cuts in enforcement.
* Cuts to child care will mean that 255,000 fewer children will receive child care in 2010 compared to this year.
* Student loans will be cut by $12.7 billion over 5 years.
The Republican leadership is determined to reach an agreement on these cuts before the holidays. So call your Senators today. Your support will make a big difference. Thank you very much.
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