Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Call Congress to Put "First Things First"

Washington CAN! and the Emergency Campaign for America’s Priorities need your help to tell Congress to put "First Things First" and support a US House budget that is a good down payment towards meeting America's critical human needs.

Step 1: Call 1-800-459-1887 and ask the Capitol Switchboard operator to connect you to your member of Congress' office. (If you don't know your representative's name, go to www.house.gov)

Step 2: Call your House representative and deliver this message to the staffer who answers the phone: 

Please put "First Things First" by voting for the House budget resolution that includes a significant spending increase for pressing needs that have been neglected for years, like ___ (mention examples that mean the most to you, e.g. housing, child care, senior services, education, Head Start, Food Stamps, children's health coverage or child support collections). Our nation needs these investments – we don't need more tax cuts for millionaires.

Step 3: Help Spread the Word!

Talking Points

You can find further talking points on

Children and Youth at: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/support_kids

Workers at: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/support_working_families

Education at: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/fund_education

Housing and Nutrition at: http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/nutrition_and_housing

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