<div dir="ltr">17 people are signed up so far. MoveOn FedExed me 30 cool #DemandAVote posters. I guess Rep. Davis is a national priority. <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Robert Naiman, Just Foreign Policy</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 9:07 AM<br>Subject: noon today: tell Rep. Davis to open the government<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><br><br> <div>
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<p><b> Friday noon, help us tell Rodney Davis to open the government!<br>
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<h2 style="color:#a02522"><a href="http://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=140107&id=" target="_blank">Sign up to let us know you're coming</a></h2>
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<p>I'm writing to you now because I think you live in the Champaign-Urbana area.</p>
<p>Today I'm working with MoveOn, the Campaign for Better Health Care, and Progressives for Democratic Action to organize an event at Rep. Rodney Davis's office in Champaign to protest the government shutdown. What's particularly outrageous is that Republicans like Davis are shutting down the government because they want to cut the funding that's allowing millions of Americans to get health insurance while they shovel our tax dollars to fat cat Pentagon contractors like Lockheed Martin for taxpayer ripoffs like the $1.5 trillion F-35 war plane.</p>
<p>I hope you can join us today. The sign-up page is here:</p>
<p><a href="http://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=140107&id=" target="_blank">http://civic.moveon.org/event/events/event.html?event_id=140107&id=</a></p>
<p>Here is the advisory we sent to media:</p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">MEDIA ADVISORY</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
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</span><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">For immediate release<br>
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">October 3, 2013<i><br>
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</i></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">CONTACT: Robert Naiman, <a href="tel:217-979-2857" value="+12179792857" target="_blank">217-979-2857</a>, <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">MoveOn Members Tell House GOP & Speaker Boehner: We Demand a Vote to Reopen the Government<br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Champaign-Urbana Residents Gather to Tell Rep. Rodney Davis to Vote to Reopen the Government</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Champaign, Illinois - On Friday, October 4, MoveOn.org members, the Campaign for Better Healthcare, Progressive Democrats of America, and other concerned residents will be heading to Rep. Rodney Davis’ district office in Champaign to demand that he vote to</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#282828"> end the government shutdown by supporting a clean Continuing Resolution to fund the government, without demanding that millions of Americans be blocked from receiving health insurance. MoveOn members will be carrying signs that read, “We #DemandAVote,” and “End the #GOPShutdown.” <br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The local organizer of the event, Robert Naiman, said he decided to plan an event because, “</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#282828">Republicans have shown they’re willing to hold our government hostage in a vain attempt to block Americans from receiving health insurance. The shutdown is depriving Americans of access to services, forcing hundreds of thousands of public servants to go without pay, and undermining our economic recovery. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Rep. Davis <span style="background:white">should immediately pass a clean Continuing Resolution</span>, without demands to defund Americans’ health care. If Rep. Davis wants to cut government spending, he should cut the bloated Pentagon budget, including the $1.5 trillion F-35 warplane taxpayer ripoff. He should leave Social Security and Medicare benefits alone.” <br>
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"Over the past 3 years millions of Illinoisans have already directly benefited from Obamacare," commented Jim Duffett, Executive Director of the Campaign for Better Health Care. "Starting on January 1st, 2014, over a million other Illinoisans will be able to have peace of mind and financial security by enrolling in private sector health care plans through the new Illinois Marketplace. It is appalling that while Congressman Davis and his family enjoy peace of mind and financial security because of his tax-payer funded health insurance, Congressman Davis is willing once again to deny hard working Americans that same human dignity of access to health care by continuously voting to shut down the U.S. Government. Shame on the Congressman!" stressed Duffett.<br>
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<b>WHAT:</b> MoveOn Members, the Campaign for Better Healthcare, and Progressive Democrats of America will visit Rep. Davis’ office to urge him to vote to reopen the government and carry signs that read:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#282828"> “We #DemandAVote,” and “End the #GOPShutdown.” </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">WHERE</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">: 2004 Fox Drive, Champaign, Illinois <br>
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<b>WHEN: </b> Friday, October 4 at Noon</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">MORE INFO on the event:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://civic.moveon.org/event/teatimeisover/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155cc">http://civic.moveon.org/event/teatimeisover/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
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Background:“8 Things You Need to Know About the Shutdown”<br>
<a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/8-Things-You-Need-to-Know-About-the-Shutdown" target="_blank">http://www.aflcio.org/Blog/Political-Action-Legislation/8-Things-You-Need-to-Know-About-the-Shutdown</a><br>
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