---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Frank Tamborello <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 1:52 PM Subject: Federal Farm Bill Cuts to SNAP (FoodStamps) - Please Take Action To: [email protected]
Hi all---Im forwarding this information from Western Center on Law and Poverty about the Farm Bill, including other information from the Food Research and Action Center.**** ** ** *SENATE CUTS FOOD STAMPS* Basically, the Senate has already passed its version of the Farm Bill cutting $4 billion over 10 years from food stamps, which will hurt California (and everyone else.) It also includes harmful language, known as the Vitter amendment<http://www.offthechartsblog.org/senator-vitter-offersand-senate-democrats-accept-stunning-amendment-with-racially-tinged-impacts/>, which would create a life-time bar on SNAP for certain individuals convicted of crimes and who have served their time. **** ** ** *HOUSE WILL VOTE NEXT WEEK ON FARM BILL* The House will be voting on its version, which is even worse and cuts $20 billion from SNAP over the next 10 years.**** They will be voting next week.**** 23 Members of the California Congressional Delegation have signed on to Congressman Jim McGovern's House Resolution 90. This resolution expresses the Sense of the House that the Committee on Agriculture and the House of Representatives should oppose cuts SNAP. We encourage Members of Congress to cosponsor this resolution by contacting Keith Stern in Rep. McGoverns office, 202-225-6101 or [email protected]. **** See: House Resolution 90 Against SNAP Cuts<http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5118/p/salsa/web/common/public/content?content_item_KEY=10936> **** ** ** ** ** *Please thank them for their past support, and confirm they will oppose the SNAP cuts in the House Ag Bill. Ask them to speak against it on the House floor. * ** ** *Immediate action step: Please call your House Member of Congress and confirm that he or she will VOTE AGAINST the House Farm Bill. Find your Representative at : *www.house.gov <http://www.house.gov%20>** ** ** *Urge your House Member to join Jim McGovern in the SNAP Challenge* To demonstrate the need to protect SNAP from devastating cuts, Congressman Jim McGovern and other anti-hunger champions are hosting a SNAP Challenge from June 13 to 19, 2013.**** *1) Urge your Members of CA Delegation to Join CA Congresswomen Barbara Lee & Dorris Matsui * to support the SNAP Challenge. **** ** ** There are many ways House Members can participate in the SNAP Challenge: 1) live on a SNAP budget, even if it's just for a day, 2) participate in the shopping trip on June 12th, 3) speak out on the House floor about the importance of SNAP through one-minutes or special orders, and 4) host a screening of the documentary 'A Place at the Table<http://www.takepart.com/place-at-the-table>'. Follow this link to the Dear Colleague letter<http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=naSMbr528xwdvrSv%2Fa8PYOF%2FahxrKvMT> (pdf) for more details about how to participate. *2) Send out a press release* to applaud your House Member and other leaders for taking the SNAP Challenge. FRAC has provided a model release<http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=yiVnxQ%2Bzc6j0gsUiAzTSEbUhGMyf5efR> for your member of Congress (MS Word document). You can modify this to send a thank you to Members who have signed H.R. 90. They are:**** Karen Bass (D-CA),**** Ami Bera (D-CA),**** Julia Brownley (D-CA),**** Lois Capps (D-CA), **** Tony Cardenas (D-CA), **** Judy Chu (D-CA), **** Susan Davis (D-CA),**** Anna Eshoo (D-CA),**** Sam Farr (D-CA), **** John Garamendi (D-CA),**** Janice Hahn (D-CA),**** Jared Huffman (D-CA),**** Barbara Lee (D-CA),**** Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), **** Alan Lowenthal (D-CA),**** Doris Matsui (D-CA), **** Grace Napolitano (D-CA),**** Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA),**** Linda Sanchez (D-CA), **** Adam Schiff (D-CA),**** Jackie Speier (D-CA), **** Maxine Waters (D-CA), **** Henry Waxman (D-CA) *3) Participate in the conversation* by either taking the SNAP Challenge yourself or by using social media to talk about what the proposed SNAP cuts would mean for low-income Americans. You can: **** **· **Blog or share your experiences, even from a previous challenge you took.**** ** ** **· **Participate virtually in the kick-off shopping trip, which will be held on June 12.**** ** ** **· **Follow @fractweets to join us at all of the events. Use #SNAPchallenge, #SNAPworks, and #endhungernow in your tweets to be included in the ongoing conversation. We will have use this SNAP Challenge page on Storify<http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BHKhGp6gmH3QsvTcCRa507UhGMyf5efR> to capture all of the efforts around the country. Contact Betsy Edwards, [email protected], to make sure we integrate your work into this page.**** ** ** -- JAI RAC-LA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! 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