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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Annie Carmichael, Vote Solar
[mailto:annie@votesolar.org]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:16
PM<BR><B>To:</B> zappa2004@earthlink.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Solar tax credits
green the bailout bill<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Friends,</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN>Congress is set to vote on the future of solar in America in the next
36 hours.<BR><BR>The Senate has included the critical clean energy tax
incentives--including an 8 year extension of the 30% investment tax credit, with
removal of residential caps--in the bailout package (aka the Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008). This adds a significant job development
enhancement to the package--according to <A
href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=c0zRoZ2CbQvnN659PZ0R9u5q77wXoqIL">this
study</A> by Navigant, 1.2 million of them. Now the bailout is not just
greenbacks for Wallstreet, but also green jobs for Mainstreet, if you will. The
bill will likely pass the Senate tonight, but prospects in the House are much
more uncertain.</SPAN></DIV>
<P><SPAN>If you want to see the tax credits go through, call your representative
in the House to urge their support for <SPAN>the Senate-passed Stabilization
Bill.</SPAN><BR><BR><B><I><SPAN style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)">-Call
Instructions-</SPAN></I></B><BR><BR>1) Call the Capitol Hill Switchboard
(202-224-3121) and ask for your House Member's office number.<BR><BR>2) When you
call the office, state your name and location and ask to be transferred to the
Chief of Staff. If she/he isn't available, ask to leave a message for
her/him. <BR><BR>3) Sample message: "My name is _____ and I am calling from
(location) to urge Representative XX to vote "YES" on the Economic Stabilization
bill coming over from the Senate. The clean energy tax incentives extender
package was added to the bill, and if signed into law, 1.2 million employment
opportunities, including 440,000 permanent jobs, and $232 billion in new
investment would be generated in the U.S. by the solar energy sector alone
through 2016. Thank you in advance for building the clean energy economy of
tomorrow by voting YES on the Economic Stabilization Bill coming over from the
Senate."</SPAN></P><BR></META></META></META></META></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: small"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Onwards,<BR><BR>Annie and the Vote Solar
Team<BR>The Vote Solar Initiative<BR>300 Brannan Street, Suite 609<BR>San
Francisco, CA 94107<BR>www.votesolar.org<BR><BR>to subscribe:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/votesolar/signUp.jsp?key=987<BR><BR>to
unsubscribe:
http://www.demaction.org/dia/organizations/votesolar/unsubscribe.jsp<BR></SPAN></SPAN>
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