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------ Forwarded Message From: "Melissa Madill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 09:52:09 -0400 To: "Marianna Kali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Judy Townsend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Karen Kissick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "David Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bob Roe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Melissa Downton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Teresa Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Juli Warpenburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Melody Conway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Tim Kwitney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jean Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Houston Leek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ron Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Valerie Shankland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Marcus Baxter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: URGENT - ACTION NEEDED ON SSI AT FEDERAL LEVEL Hey Advocates! This is an exercert from the GPC Council News that is crutial to ALL people with diasabilities and requires immediate action! URGENT - ACTION NEEDED ON SSI AT FEDERAL LEVEL SSI also is in serious jeopardy in the budget bill conference negotiations in Washington. A paper explaining the issue is now posted on the CCD website at: <http://www.c-c-d.org/SSI%20Threat4c.pdf>. For the first time, we know for sure that there are conversations about cutting SSI as part of budget reconciliation. And, recently, the Hill news services reported that the budget conferees are trying to agree upon $43 billion in cuts in mandatory spending programs - this would mean that substantial cuts would have to come from Medicaid, SSI, EITC and other programs important to people with disabilities and their families. Action alerts will be posted to the action centers on the websites of The Arc (www.thearc.org <http://www.thearc.org> <http://www.thearc.org>) and United Cerebral Palsy (www.ucp.org <http://www.ucp.org> <http://www.ucp.org>). Feel free to use those sites to send email to your Members of Congress on this issue. Karen Vaughn Fifth Freedom Network ACT Team Coordinator (317) 253-4393 (866) 757-7299 toll free ------ End of Forwarded Message |
Title: FW: URGENT - ACTION NEEDED ON SSI AT FEDERAL LEVEL
