[LM_NET] URGENY action needed by 10am, May 14 to get senators to support the Improving Literacy through Libraries funding

[Sara Kelly Johns <sarakellyjohns@YAHOO.COM>]

To
take action that has a 10am Nov. 14 deadline, call your se




To
take action that has a 10am Nov. 14 deadline, call your senators asking
for their signature on this Dear Colleague letter or click on the "Take
Action" link below. If your senator has signed already, call to thank
him/her and ask him/her to  encourage their colleagues to sign on.



Your voice matters, Sara





From: Kristin Murphy,
American Library Association [mailto:kmurphy@alawash.org] 

Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:05 PM

Subject: URGENT! LSTA in danger! Call NOW to protect library funding!







 



 


  
  
  

 
 
  


 
 
  
  
  
   
    
    URGENT! ILTSL andLSTA in danger! Call NOW to
    protect library funding! 
    
     
      
      URGENT!!! DEADLINE TOMORROW TO PROTECT ILTSL LSTA
      FUNDING!!!
      
      
      
      Take Action!
      
     
     
      
      Call your Senators now!!!
      
     
     
      
       
      
     
     
      
      
      Please contact your Senators and ask them to sign the
      "Dear Colleague" letter being circulated by Senators Jack Reed
      (D-RI) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) in support of funding for the Library
      Services and Technology Act (LSTA) and the Improving Literacy Through
      School Libraries Program.
      
      
      The deadline has been extended to 10am on May
      14, 2009!!!!!!!
      
      
      

      This is a tough budget year. After passing the stimulus package, only a
      select few programs will receive an increase in FY 2010. LSTA and the
      Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program are in serious danger
      of receiving level funding, or possibly even a cuts, if we don't have 60
      signatures on the letter. Please contact your Senator NOW! 

      

      The letter is addressed to the Senate Labor, Health and Human Services
      and Education Appropriation Subcommittee and requests that the Senate
      include $300 million for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
      and $100 million for the Improving Literary Through School Libraries
      program for FY 2010.  It has come to our attention that Senate
      offices have been told this request is considered an earmark. We have
      been assured by Appropriations Committee staff this is not the case.
      
      
      

      Please CALL your Senators and let them know that this letter is an
      absolute priority.  Click on the "take action" link in the
      upper left hand corner and enter your zip code.  It will provide you
      with both talking points and the contact information for your elected
      official.  When you convince your Senators to sign onto the Dear
      Colleague, you must ask him or her to call Andrew Odgren with Senator
      Reed at 202-224-4642 or Mathew Hussey with Senator Snowe at 202-224-5344.

      

      The following Senators have signed onto this letter.  If your
      Senator is not on this list, but has committed to signing the Dear Colleague,
      please call them IMMEDIATELY:
      
      
      Reed

      Snowe

      Kohl

      Lautenberg

      Cardin

      Gillibrand

      Lieberman

      Wyden

      Boxer

      Lincoln

      Kennedy

      Menendez

      Levin

      Whitehouse

      Bingaman

      Sanders

      Schumer

      Rockefeller

      Conrad

      Johnson

      Burris

      Tester

      Casey

      Dodd

      Baucus

      Burr

      Leahy

      Bunning

      Merkley

      Brown 
      
      
       
      
      
     
    
    
   
  
  
  
 
 
  







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Sara Kelly Johns

Immediate Past President, AASL

Associate Editor for AASL Community, Knowledge Quest

Lake Placid Middle/High School LMC

34 School Street

Lake Placid, NY 12946

518-523-2474, ext. 4132

FAX: 518-523-4861

johns@northnet.org

SaraKJohns@aol.com

 



"Information is the currency of democracy." -- Thomas Jefferson

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