[PAA-Discuss] URGENT! PLEASE HELP/American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R. 4213);

[Juli3 at aol.com]

Hanging in the Balance:   
Hundreds of Thousands of  Jobs; Medicaid and other State Services; Help for 
the Long-Term Jobless 
Next week, the Senate will decide whether  to save jobs and services, help 
the unemployed, and boost the  economy.

PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS  (Toll-free:  888-340-6521*)
and tell them: 
    *   Please restore six months of extra  Medicaid help to states and 
COBRA health coverage subsidies for the  unemployed to the American Jobs and 
Closing Tax Loopholes Act (H.R.  4213);  
    *   Protect existing provisions in H.R. 4213  to extend unemployment 
insurance, continue the TANF Emergency Fund, provide  summer jobs for youth, 
and fund the National Housing Trust Fund;  
    *   ENACT H.R. 4213 WITH THESE ESSENTIAL  IMPROVEMENTS NOW!

This  is so important.   Some in Congress are insisting on ending state 
aid, unemployment  benefits, and the other vital services listed above because 
they think it  will help reduce the deficit.  They need to be reminded that 
our  economy is still very weak.  We will not reduce the deficit by throwing 
 thousands more out of work and depriving the jobless of vital income that  
they put right back into the economy.  _Mark  Zandi_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qO0eADI38HHJA/qziRbnnGcwUCd9bJV5) , Chief 
Economist for Moody's Economy.Com, has rated unemployment  insurance and 
state aid as two very effective ways to boost economic  growth.  (For every 
dollar spent on UI, $1.61 is returned in economic  growth; every dollar spent 
on state aid generates $1.41 in economic  growth.)

Please  remember - because Congress did not act last week,  unemployment 
and health insurance benefits for the long-term unemployed have  expired.  
States are now making decisions about their budgets; without  the $23 billion 
that should be added to H.R. 4213, they are likely to make  even harsher 
cuts, not only in Medicaid, but across state programs.   All the above 
provisions are urgently needed.  The Senate must act now.  Please  call:  888-340-6521


_Background_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=anV/v0q2vQUDBTUP43t4YGcwUCd9bJV5)   about the House bill:  
_http://www.chn.org/humanneeds/100602a.html_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=v/jAsT4SKTC+RJ4jI74JemcwUCd9bJV5) 
Read  about the _urgent  need for continued federal aid to states_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=i3hjJbsSH1SOnBewvdZVMmcwUCd9b
JV5) :  Center on Budget and  Policy Priorities, 
_http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3199_ 
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=av3YGjEKE3uUhlci9FU6jGcwUCd9bJV5) 
And  a word about today's unemployment report:  Almost all the job  growth 
in the report is from temporary federal Census collector jobs.   But state 
and local government jobs are declining - a loss of 22,000 state and  local 
jobs in just the last month; 192,000 public jobs lost since August  2008.  
And that's with federal aid - if it is abruptly withdrawn, it  could cost the 
economy up to 900,000 public and private sector jobs next  year.  The May 
unemployment figures show 46 percent of the unemployed  have been out of work 
for more than six months.  More than one in four  teenagers are unemployed.  
Cutting state aid and help for the jobless  will give new depth to the term 
"penny-wise, pound-foolish."
*Thanks to AFSCME for the use of this toll-free number; when you call, you  
enter your zip code and are directed straight to your Senators' offices 
after  a brief message about jobs and Medicaid aid.  Very convenient! 
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