On the line: Health care for 1 in 3 kids!
Summer is heating up and so are the politics in Washington. Right now, Congress is debating how to reduce the deficit. Well-heeled lobbyists representing big business and the very wealthy are descending on Washington, D.C. in full force to make sure that their corporate subsidies and tax cuts don’t get eliminated in the budget negotiations.
Our voices are needed too! Why? Because critical programs like Medicaid — which provides health coverage for more than one out of three of our nation’s children — are at the top of the list for drastic cuts. If we don’t stand up for our kids now in the budget negotiations, no one will.
** Send a letter now telling Congress not to enrich corporate special interests at the expense of our kids! http://action.momsrising.org/letter/budget4kids
What’s happening?
Right now, a group of negotiators from both parties are meeting to seek a budget agreement that would pave the way for Congress to raise the debt ceiling in early August.[2] There are many different ways to cut the deficit and