Posted on October 20, 2011 |
Last week, Senate Republican leaders blocked debate on the full American Jobs Act. So President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) are trying to move the jobs agenda one piece at a time. And they're starting with a measure that is especially important to women.
The Senate could vote as early as tonight on whether to allow debate to begin on the Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act. Call 1-888-847-0941 NOW and ask your Senators to support the Act!
When connected to your Senators' offices, please tell them:
- Your name, where you are from, and that you are a constituent.
- That you're counting on them to support the Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act to keep teachers in the classroom and police and firefighters on the job.
- That you support paying for these vital investments with a small surtax on incomes over $1 million.
After you place your call, please call back to be connected to the office of your other Senator.
The Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act would provide $30 billion to protect or create jobs for nearly 400,000 teachers and $5 billion to keep thousands of local police and firefighters on the job. It would be fully paid for by a surtax of one-half of one percent on income above $1 million.
The Act is especially important to women because women hold three-quarters of local education jobs — and 255,000 local education jobs have been lost since June 2009. These layoffs, which are continuing, are a blow to the economic security of women and their families and the educational opportunities of millions of students.
Please call 1-888-847-0941 today and ask your Senators to support the Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act!
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Jobs for Teachers and First Responders
President Obama's Jobs Bill should never have been broken into pieces. The American voters and organizations which keep the public informed are watching. We want to know who among our legislators is truly representing our interests, not the interests of the wealthy. Stop pandering to greed. Many of you are doing the wrong things, going along with what is wrong in the name of partisan politics.
We demand you stand up for teachers, firemen and police -- get these Americans back to work! Then, ladies and gentlemen, turn your attention to making unified effort for all American workers and our communities. We need jobs. Our neighborhoods need us -- the nation needs us! We promise you we will get out and vote to keep healthier, better educated, safer, communities.
JOBS
STOP playing GAMES and get this DONE!
PASS THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE JOBS BILL!!!! ASAP!!!
PLEASE cast your vote in FAVOR of PASSING this important piece of the president's Jobs Bill !!! It should never have had to be broken down into pieces!! I hope you ALL know that your jobs are on the line here also!! We will NOT forget who caused the failure of all legislation intended to help American citizens.... on election days!! Concerned citizens who are much more dedicated that I are tracking & saving important information regarding all of you in D.C. so that we know who's got our back & who's rooting for us to fail in our struggles just to carve out an existence in the now bottom of the so called middle class!! STAND & BE COUNTED & DO WHAT'S RIGHT!!! Respectfully submitted by Alexis Twiford (Denver, Colorado)
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