<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">--- On <b>Mon, 3/7/11, Daniel Mintz, MoveOn.org Political Action <i><moveon-help@list.moveon.org></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small; ">It's time to sound the alarm. </span><br><div id="yiv1345705078"><font face="Arial, Verdana, sans-serif" size="2">
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This week, Congress could cut a deal on the budget. And if Republicans get their way, billions will be cut from vital programs
that millions of Americans count on—while tax cuts for the richest are protected.
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But most people don't have any idea what's at stake—and how devastating these cuts would be to their communities—even
though the cuts could take effect within weeks. <span style="font-weight:bold;">So we're launching an emergency campaign
to spread the word.</span> Republicans want to gut programs with enormous public support, and hope no one notices. So it's
up to all of us to spark a public outcry before it's too late.
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The devastating impact these cuts will have on our country—and on your community—is unprecedented. <span style="
font-weight:bold;">Check out the list below. If we can get it out to a million people, we can start to sound the alarm and stop the GOP.
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Thanks for all you do.</p><p>–Daniel, Peter, Carrie, Kat, and the rest of the team</p>
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://pol.moveon.org/soundthealarm?id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=3">Top 10 Worst Things about the Republicans' Immoral Budget</a>
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The Republican budget would:
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1. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Destroy 700,000 jobs</span>, according to an independent economic analysis.
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2. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Zero out federal funding for National Public Radio</span> and public television.
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3. Cut $1.3 billion from community health centers—which will <span style="font-weight:bold;">deprive more than 3 million
low-income people of health care</span> over the next few months.</p>
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4. Cut nearly a billion dollars in <span style="font-weight:bold;">food and health care assistance to pregnant women, new
moms, and children.</span></p>
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5. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Kick more than 200,000 children out of pre-school</span> by cutting funds for Head Start.</p>
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6. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Force states to fire 65,000 teachers and aides</span>, dramatically increasing class
sizes, thanks to education cuts.
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7. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Cut some or all financial aid for 9.4 million low- and middle-income college students.</span>
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8. Slash $1.6 billion from the National Institutes of Health, a cut
that experts say would <span style="font-weight:bold;">"send shockwaves" through cancer research, </span>likely
result in cuts to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's research, and cause job losses.</p>
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9. End the only federal family planning program, <span style="font-weight:bold;">including cutting all federal funding that
goes to Planned Parenthood to support cancer screenings and other women's health care.</span></p>
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10. <span style="font-weight:bold;">Send 10,000 low-income veterans into homelessness</span> by cutting in half the number
of veterans who get housing vouchers this year.</p>
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We've got to get the word out about this awful budget—right away. Please, share this with your friends on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206567&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=4">Facebook</a>
and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206575&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=5">Twitter</a>, or by forwarding this email, today.
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Sources:</p>
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1. "GOP spending plan would cost 700,000 jobs, new report says," <span style="font-style:italic;">The Washington
Post</span>, February 28, 2011
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206357&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=6">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206357&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=6</a></p>
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2. "GOP budget would cut funding for public broadcasting," <span style="font-style:italic;">The Washington Independent</span>,
February 14, 2011
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206513&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=7">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206513&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=7</a>
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3. "NACHC Statement in Response to the Budget from the House Appropriations Committee," National Association of
Community Health Centers website, accessed March 4, 2011
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206514&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=8">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206514&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=8</a></p>
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4."Bye Bye, Big Bird. Hello, E. Coli.," <span style="font-style:italic;">The New Republic</span>, February 12,
2011
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206104&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=9">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206104&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=9</a></p>
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House Republican Spending Cuts Target Programs For Children And Pregnant Women
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206566&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=10">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206566&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=10</a></p>
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5. "Obama and the GOP's Spending Cuts: Where's the Outrage?" <span style="font-style:italic;">Mother Jones</span>,
February 18, 2011
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206569&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=11">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206569&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=11</a></p>
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6. Ibid.</p>
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7. "Deficit Reduction on the Backs of the Most Vulnerable," Center for American Progress, March 2011
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206518&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=12">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206518&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=12</a>
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8. "The GOP Budget and Cancer—Why New Research Is at Risk," Politics Daily, February 27, 2011
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206515&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=13">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206515&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=13</a>
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"Republican Budget Cuts at Heart of Medical Research: Albert Hunt," Bloomberg, February 20, 2011
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206516&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=14">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206516&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=14</a></p>
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"Durbin: Cuts to NIH put research jobs at risk," <span style="font-style:italic;">Business Week</span>, February
28, 2011
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9LLSCB00.htm">http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9LLSCB00.htm</a></p>
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9. "GOP Spending Plan: X-ing Out Title X Family Planning Funds," <span style="font-style:italic;">Wall Street
Journal</span>, February 9, 2011
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206105&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=15">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206105&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=15</a></p>
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10. "House GOP Spending Cuts Would Prevent 10,000 Low-Income Veterans
From Receiving Housing Assistance," Think Progress, March 1, 2011
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<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206517&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=16">http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206517&id=26413-10635882-afXUh3x&t=16</a></p>
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