[Publib] Fwd: [District Dispatch] IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED - CALL NOW TO SAVE $200 MILLION FOR Amendment to cut libraries out of broadband package in Senate stimulus bill!

[Diedre Conkling]

 IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED - CALL NOW TO SAVE $200 MILLION FOR Amendment to
cut libraries out of broadband package in Senate stimulus bill!
<http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=1817>
February 06th, 2009 | Category:
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Please - calls to ALL Senators are needed IMMEDIATELY to protect $200
million for libraries, community computing centers and related institutions
in the original language of the Senate stimulus bill, H.R. 1, the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.   We have just been advised that
Senators Kent Conrad (ND-D) and Lindsey Graham (SC-R) are expected to
introduce Senate Amendment 501 which would strip funding for libraries and
broadband to put additional funding in FDIC.  If introduced, the vote could
take place this afternoon.

The message is:  keep the $200 million for libraries and broadband in H.R. 1
- defeat amendment 501.  Libraries provide information on jobs, employment
skills, and all other types of job-seeking information.  More people are
using libraries during these difficult times and the demand for broadband is
greater than ever.

Click HERE <http://capwiz.com/ala/callalert/index.tt?alertid=12607331> to
find your Senator's phone numbers.

ALA Office of Government Relations will keep you updated as the stimulus
debate continues on the Senate floor.

http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=1817


-- 
Diedre Conkling

Lincoln County Library District

P.O. Box 2027

Newport, OR  97365
diedre08 at gmail.com
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