Tell the House Budget Committee: Don’t Undermine Our Economic Recovery
As the budget battle over funding for the rest of this fiscal year rages on, House Republicans are already gearing up for the release of their budget proposal for fiscal year 2012. Not only will this proposal likely continue the troubling pattern of deep cuts to programs supporting vulnerable families and children but it will also likely propose to restructure some of these programs—a move that would negatively impact families, communities, states, and the overall economy.
When millions of Americans are facing poverty, unemployment, and hunger, such deep cuts and structural changes to the programs they rely on would be devastating. To see how valuable and transformative programs like job training, nutrition assistance, section 8, and Pell Grants can be to these families, visit the Half in Ten-Coalition on Human Needs storybank at http://halfinten.org/grassroots/stories.
Now is the time to contact your member of Congress and ask him or her to weigh in with the House Budget Committee. Tell them to advocate for a budget resolution that protects services assisting low- and moderate-income families. Ask your member of Congress to stand up for these critical human needs programs and ensure vulnerable families and children are protected next year. In the meantime, if you haven’t already contacted your senators to ask them to reject reckless cuts to these programs for the rest of this fiscal year, you can do so at http://www2.americanprogress.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=114.
When millions of Americans are facing poverty, unemployment, and hunger, such deep cuts and structural changes to the programs they rely on would be devastating. To see how valuable and transformative programs like job training, nutrition assistance, section 8, and Pell Grants can be to these families, visit the Half in Ten-Coalition on Human Needs storybank at http://halfinten.org/grassroots/stories.
Now is the time to contact your member of Congress and ask him or her to weigh in with the House Budget Committee. Tell them to advocate for a budget resolution that protects services assisting low- and moderate-income families. Ask your member of Congress to stand up for these critical human needs programs and ensure vulnerable families and children are protected next year. In the meantime, if you haven’t already contacted your senators to ask them to reject reckless cuts to these programs for the rest of this fiscal year, you can do so at http://www2.americanprogress.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=114.