<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruth Flower, FCNL</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fcnl@fcnl.org">fcnl@fcnl.org</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:55 PM<br>
Subject: Your Rep. Says "No" to Dangerous Budget, Say "Thank You"<br>To: Robert Naiman <<a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a>><br><br><br><u></u>
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<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:12px;margin-top:0">Dear Robert Naiman,</p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:12px;margin-top:0"><a href="http://fcnl.org/r/B/MjA0ODcy/NzIxMDE/0/0/aHR0cDovL2NhcHdpei5jb20vZmNvbmwvaXNzdWVzL2FsZXJ0Lz9hbGVydGlkPTYxMzI3MTk2IyEjIQ" style="color:#007572" target="_blank"><img align="right" border="0" style="margin:0 1em 1em 1em"></a>Your representative was one of 16 Republicans to vote "no" last week on a bill to <em>increase</em> Pentagon spending and <em>cut</em> domestic programs deeply. The bill, which passed by an otherwise party-line vote of 218-199, would cancel the current law that requires automatic cuts in the military and in domestic and international programs (known as "sequester"), transferring all the cuts to the domestic and international side of the equation.</p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:12px;margin-top:0">Many of the members who voted "no" raised concerns that military spending is growing too fast, or that the cuts to domestic spending would hurt people in their districts - the very points you've been making with them!</p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:12px;margin-top:0">It takes a lot to break with the party leadership, especially in an election year. <a href="http://fcnl.org/r/B/MjA0ODg1/NzIxMDE/0/0/aHR0cDovL2NhcHdpei5jb20vZmNvbmwvaXNzdWVzL2FsZXJ0Lz9hbGVydGlkPTYxMzI3MTk2IyEjIQ" style="color:#007572" target="_blank"><strong>Please contact your representative to say "thank you" and to reinforce your message about spending priorities for this nation</strong></a>.</p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:12px;margin-top:0">If it becomes law, this House legislation will affect many people, especially those who must rely on programs like food assistance, Medicaid, and the programs provided by the Social Services Block Grant (such as Meals on Wheels, preventing child abuse and neglect, and assisting with child care for low-income working parents). At least 300,000 children would lose food assistance they get through food stamps and school lunches. You can <a href="http://fcnl.org/r/B/MjA0ODg3/NzIxMDE/0/0/aHR0cDovL2Zjbmwub3JnL2lzc3Vlcy9idWRnZXQvaG91c2VfYnJpbmdzX2hhcnNoX3Zpc2lvbl9pbnRvX2ZvY3VzLyMhIyE" style="color:#007572" target="_blank">find out more about this legislation on our website</a>.</p>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:arial,georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin-bottom:12px;margin-top:0"><a href="http://fcnl.org/r/B/MjA0ODk3/NzIxMDE/0/0/aHR0cDovL2NhcHdpei5jb20vZmNvbmwvaXNzdWVzL2FsZXJ0Lz9hbGVydGlkPTYxMzI3MTk2IyEjIQ" style="color:#007572" target="_blank"><strong>Please thank your representative for taking a stand against this legislation by voting "no."</strong></a><br>
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<br> Sincerely,</p>
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