From clowe at igc.org  Tue Dec 13 14:36:32 2011
From: clowe at igc.org (Christopher Lowe)
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:36:32 -0800
Subject: [Justecon] Fwd: Stop This Horrible Bill
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> From: Kelly Fryer <kellyfryer at iwj.org>
> Date: December 13, 2011 12:14:29 PM PST
> To: clowe at igc.org
> Subject: Stop This Horrible Bill
> Reply-To: info at iwj.org
>
>
> Friends,
>
> The U.S. House of Representatives votes tonight on a nasty version  
> of a bill pretending to help the unemployed but actually does more  
> harm than good. The Senate votes on it next.
>
> Click here to tell your Representative and Senators to vote NO on  
> slashing unemployment insurance for 2 million American workers.
>
> The bill extends the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance.  
> But it also cuts benefits by 40 weeks ? even though the number of  
> long-term unemployed people is rising. It also adds on qualifiers  
> designed to slam the door on the jobless, like requiring a drug  
> test before the unemployed can receive benefits. Really?! We?re  
> going to treat all unemployed people like criminals?!
>
> Millions of Americans are unemployed for one reason: There is one  
> job available for every five Americans looking for work.
>
> Unemployment insurance needs to be extended now or it will expire  
> on Dec. 31, but this bill is outrageous. We have to stop it.
>
> Thanks for your support,
>
> Thom Shellabarger,
> Public Policy Associate
> Interfaith Worker Justice
>
> P.S. Tell Congress to do the right thing and pass a simple  
> extension of unemployment insurance. They need to hear from people  
> of faith right now.
>
>
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