WE MUST PROVE CONGRESSMAN NUSSLE WRONG:
"My bet is that I will get more calls (from constituents) suggesting I ought to stick to my position than from people suggesting we ought to be increasing foreign aid at a time like this when we're running the deficits we are," Nussle said last week. (in today's Reuters piece)
LET'S MAKE SURE HE GETS MANY MANY MORE CALLS IN FAVOR OF RESTORING THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET!!
Jim Nussle Slashes Funding that Would Help Millions Fighting AIDS! Take Action: Urge Representative Nussle to Stop Blocking Funding for Global AIDS Programs
Congressman Jim Nussle, who primarily represents Northeast Iowa, has let down people fighting AIDS around the world. His recent actions have made it very difficult for the US to do its fair share to stop AIDS. His actions will make it much harder for the US to fully fund the President's emergency AIDS plan. They make it much harder to fund the broader initiative called for by humanitarian and religious groups. What happened to Jim Nussle?s conscience? Has he forgotten the faces of the children he met in Africa last year? Please call Representative Nussle this week and ask to restore the President?s Budget Request for International Affairs for 2005 in order to fight AIDS and save lives. It is not too late for him to change his position ? he will have an opportunity to do the right thing when the House-Senate conference considers the Budget in a few weeks.
Call 202-225-2911 and ask for Chris Bliley and Call 202-226-7270 and ask for Rich Meade or Brett Coulson. Tell them you are calling from Iowa. You do not have to be an expert and this will only take five minutes. Fax a letter to Nussle?s office - Fax: 202-225-9129. Also, stop by one of Rep. Nussle?s local offices and make sure staffers there know how concerned you are. Tell them that you would like Congressman Nussle to support the President?s
Budget Request and the President?s AIDS Initiative. Urge him to restore full funding for the International Affairs budget in the House-Senate Conference and back the amount recently approved by the Senate.
Suggested talking points: "I am extremely disappointed in your plan to cut $4.5 billion from the President's request for international affairs in FY
NOTE: It was only a little over a year ago that Jim Nussle visited four African countries. Two of these, Namibia and South Africa are among the hardest hit in the world, with about one-quarter of all pregnant women there living with AIDS. Upon his return he told C-Span:
"I was just in Africa, about two weeks ago . . . I was in South Africa . . Eight million children are orphaned as a result of this terrible disease. . . If for no other reason we need to be involved for our own national security. So I do support the President's initiative. We should be
involved in Africa."
"My bet is that I will get more calls (from constituents) suggesting I ought to stick to my position than from people suggesting we ought to be increasing foreign aid at a time like this when we're running the deficits we are," Nussle said last week. (in today's Reuters piece)
LET'S MAKE SURE HE GETS MANY MANY MORE CALLS IN FAVOR OF RESTORING THE INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET!!
Jim Nussle Slashes Funding that Would Help Millions Fighting AIDS! Take Action: Urge Representative Nussle to Stop Blocking Funding for Global AIDS Programs
Congressman Jim Nussle, who primarily represents Northeast Iowa, has let down people fighting AIDS around the world. His recent actions have made it very difficult for the US to do its fair share to stop AIDS. His actions will make it much harder for the US to fully fund the President's emergency AIDS plan. They make it much harder to fund the broader initiative called for by humanitarian and religious groups. What happened to Jim Nussle?s conscience? Has he forgotten the faces of the children he met in Africa last year? Please call Representative Nussle this week and ask to restore the President?s Budget Request for International Affairs for 2005 in order to fight AIDS and save lives. It is not too late for him to change his position ? he will have an opportunity to do the right thing when the House-Senate conference considers the Budget in a few weeks.
Call 202-225-2911 and ask for Chris Bliley and Call 202-226-7270 and ask for Rich Meade or Brett Coulson. Tell them you are calling from Iowa. You do not have to be an expert and this will only take five minutes. Fax a letter to Nussle?s office - Fax: 202-225-9129. Also, stop by one of Rep. Nussle?s local offices and make sure staffers there know how concerned you are. Tell them that you would like Congressman Nussle to support the President?s
Budget Request and the President?s AIDS Initiative. Urge him to restore full funding for the International Affairs budget in the House-Senate Conference and back the amount recently approved by the Senate.
Suggested talking points: "I am extremely disappointed in your plan to cut $4.5 billion from the President's request for international affairs in FY
NOTE: It was only a little over a year ago that Jim Nussle visited four African countries. Two of these, Namibia and South Africa are among the hardest hit in the world, with about one-quarter of all pregnant women there living with AIDS. Upon his return he told C-Span:
"I was just in Africa, about two weeks ago . . . I was in South Africa . . Eight million children are orphaned as a result of this terrible disease. . . If for no other reason we need to be involved for our own national security. So I do support the President's initiative. We should be
involved in Africa."