WE NEED A BUDGET THAT MAKES CHILDREN A PRIORITY!

The House and Senate will vote the week of March 14th on a federal budget resolution! We need to tell our Senators and Representatives that we are counting on them to produce a responsible resolution that makes children's services a priority for our nation. We must stop attempts to sacrifice health care for millions of children, end legal guarantees of protection for abused and neglected children, cut child care programs, deny children Head Start services and more. We need them to vote to make sure that our most vulnerable children and families do not bear more budget cuts, caps, freezes or eliminations in order to pay for more tax cuts for the wealthy.

Call Wednesday, March 16th toll-free at 1-800-247-2971

You'll be connected to your Senators and Representative or directly call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121. The toll-free number is provided courtesy of the American Friends Service Committee. Don't be discouraged if the lines are busy -- we want calls to pour into the offices! Thousands of calls were generated last week--please make your voice heard this week!

Please ask your members of Congress to:

--Protect programs like Medicaid, Earned Income Tax Credit, Food Stamps and assistance for abused and neglected children. Do not cut or cap the federal funding of, or destroy the guarantees and legal framework of, these critical child health and child protection services.

--Protect successful domestic programs that invest in children including child care and Head Start. Do not adopt President Bush's proposals to cut or eliminate programs that will result in fewer children receiving child care, access to Head Start, and other children's health, child welfare, and education services. Stop considering shredding federal guarantees that reduce child suffering while stacking the deck in favor of the wealthy. Do not adopt budget rules that cap programs for children while continuing to give massive tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans and adding their cost to the national debt our children will inherit.

For more information, call 1-866-274-9654, or visit the Children's Defense Fund's website and find out how you can join the Children's Defense Fund's campaign to Stand for Justice for Children and the Poor and participate in our March 2005 Actions.

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