Thursday, January 31, 2008

Action for Children Action Alert

Greetings,

The U.S. House of Representatives and the President have come to an agreement on an Economic Stimulus package that is expected to reach the House floor for a vote this week. Unfortunately, the deal leaves out two effective measures that would both improve the economy and give a boost to those who need it most: increased food stamp and unemployment insurance benefits.

In 2006, food stamps helped more than 854,000 North Carolinians feed their families, and food banks around the state say demand is growing every day as food prices skyrocket and the economy slumps.

Every year, thousands of North Carolinians exhaust their unemployment insurance benefits before they can find another job.

Food stamp and unemployment insurance dollars are an efficient way to infuse money into the economy, since they are spent immediately on food and other basic households needs. The two measures together stimulate about twice as much economic activity as they would cost.

Please contact your Representatives and Senators and encourage them to include a temporary increase in food stamp benefits and a temporary extension of unemployment insurance benefits in the Economic Stimulus package.

By Phone:

Senator Burr: 202-224-3154
Senator Dole: 202-224-6342
Rep. Butterfield (1st District): 202-225-3101
Rep. Etheridge (2nd): 202-225-4531
Rep. Jones (3rd): 202-225-3415
Rep. Price (4th): 202-225-1784
Rep. Foxx (5th): 202-225-2071
Rep. Coble (6th): 202-225-3065
Rep. McIntyre (7th): 202-225-2731
Rep. Hayes (8th): 202-225-3715
Rep. Myrick (9th): 202-225-1976
Rep. McHenry (10th): 202-225-2576
Rep. Shuler (11th): 202-225-6041
Rep. Watt (12th): 202-225-1510
Rep. Miller (13th): 202-225-3032

By email:

TAKE ACTION!

Thanks to our friends at the NC Justice Center for providing this email contact option.

Thank you,

Action for Children North Carolina

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