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Subject: Say no to cuts
Hi,
The House just voted to make huge cuts in this year’s budget. Poverty-fighting priorities--which make up less than one percent of the US budget--were sharply cut.
Now it’s the Senate’s turn to weigh in on the budget--and we’ve got to tell them to preserve this life-saving funding. Cuts to these life-saving programs will have a real, immediate, and devastating impact on the world’s poor.
I just signed this petition asking the Senate not to make cuts.Will you sign it, too?
http://one.org/us/actnow/
Together as ONE we can make a difference.
Thanks!
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From: "Sheila ------, ONE.org" <one-----@list-----org>
Date: February 19, 2011 9:05:05 AM MST
To: "Rhiannon" <------------@gmail.com>
Subject: Bad news
Reply-To: one@list.one.org
Dear ONE Member,I’ve got some really bad news.
A few hours ago, the House voted to make huge cuts in this year’s budget. Poverty-fighting, cost-effective programs—which make up less than one percent of the US budget—were sharply cut. Some key programs that fight AIDS, malaria and hunger were cut by 40%. Programs that promote long-term economic growth were chopped up to 30%. We know Congress faces tough choices on the budget, but these cuts fall hardest on the people who can least afford them.
Now it’s the Senate’s turn to weigh in on the budget—and we’ve got to let them know that they must preserve this funding. Cuts to these life-saving programs will have a real, immediate and devastating impact on the world’s poor.
Urge the Senate to fix the House bill now:
http://www.one.org/us/actnow/2011budget/o.pl?id=2155- 4085951-6Hlf4cx&t=1 The petition reads:
Dear Senators,
Please do not cut cost-effective, proven programs that fight HIV/AIDS, hunger and preventable disease in this year's budget. These programs—which make up less than 1% of the budget—save millions of lives, strengthen our national security, and help lift people out of poverty for the long-term.ONE members have been fighting hard to stop these House cuts. Over the past few days, members have made thousands of calls to their representatives, urging them not to cut these life-saving—and bipartisan—programs.
But the House ignored us and made cuts that will threaten the health and survival of the world’s most vulnerable. As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote earlier this week, cuts of this size will be “devastating to our national security, will render us unable to respond to unanticipated disasters and will damage our leadership around the world.”
Now it’s the Senate’s turn to tackle the budget—and we have to let them know that in this part of the budget, steep cuts could cost lives. House cuts could mean:
- 3.7 million people won’t get tested for HIV this year
- 10.4 million bed nets won’t get to families to fight malaria
The public is letting Congress know that it’s time to cut spending. That's why we must have your voice, as a constituent and a ONE member, to make sure the Senate doesn’t cut this small but vital part of the budget.
- 58,000 moms-to-be won’t receive the medicine to make sure their babies are born HIV-free
Sign our petition and we'll deliver it to the Senate so they will hear us loud and clear.
Thank you again for standing up for the world’s poor.
Sheila Nix
U.S. Executive Director, ONE
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