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....we need every supporter to sign the Save AmeriCorps petition and or call members of the House (especially folks in NY, OH, GA and FL).
We've garnered broad, bipartisan support for full AmeriCorps funding: 43 governors, 147 mayors, 228 Congressmen, 186 college & university presidents, 1,180 community organizations and a majority of the US Senate. Over 250 private sector leaders took out full page ads on our behalf in the NYT, Financial Times and Roll Call.
This is far broader support than for repealing the Estate Tax or Bush's abortion Gag Rule.
A tiny number of Right-Wing ideologues are blocking this, and their motivation is that AmeriCorps is successful, popular and 100% to the credit of Bill Clinton & the Democrats.
Your help is deeply appreciated...
I was going to put up a post today about HeadStart, which also needs our help. But there's time for that. Let's concentrate on getting this one past those self-appointed masters of the universe, sometimes called "House leaders."
And, by the way, don't we need to get that broader coalition going against repeal of the estate tax and the reinstitution of a global gag order on informing women what their health options are?
Just asking.