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Alert ArchivesAction Alert: Call Congress BEFORE October 13, 2011 to Protect Ryan White and Other HIV Programs in the Deficit Reduction PackageBackground-Federal Deficit ReductionCongress passed the Budget Control Act in August, creating a 12-member bipartisan "super committee" tasked with developing a proposal to reduce the federal deficit by $1.2 to $1.5 trillion over the next ten years. The 12 members of the super committee are:
Between now and October 14, all members of Congress can make recommendations to the 12 members of the deficit reduction super committee about how to reduce the federal deficit. It is important that your members of Congress hear from YOU about the HIV community's priorities. The super committee must make a proposal to Congress by November 23. If it doesn't, there will be automatic cuts to programs in all federal agencies, which could seriously harm programs and services for people with HIV and AIDS. (Or, if the committee's proposal doesn't cut at least $1.2 trillion, automatic cuts will make up the difference.) If automatic cuts are triggered, certain "entitlement" programs for poor and low income individuals and families, such as Medicaid, will not be affected.
Action Needed You can be connected to your member of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121 or look them up via the link below.
Message
Congressional Call-in Day to Support HIV/AIDS ProgramsTell your Senators and Representative that cutting programs vital to people with HIV/AIDS is no way to reduce the deficit - we need a fair and balanced approach now!BACKGROUND:
Please call your Senators and Representative and tell them to prevent harmful cuts and caps to health care and low-income programs, including those that impact persons with HIV/AIDS, in negotiations to reduce the deficit -- we need a fair and balanced approach now! Please make these critical calls today! You can be connected to your member of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121. Or look them up via the link below.
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Urge Your Senators to Sign Sen. Gillibrand's "Dear Colleague" Letter in Support of the Domestic HIV PortfolioURGENT. Deadline is TODAY, Thursday, June 9, for Senators to Sign the LetterSen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is circulating a "Dear Colleague" letter in support of funding increases for the domestic HIV/AIDS portfolio, including the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. It is important that we get as many senators to sign this letter as possible and there is only one day to do it. Pleae call your senators THIS MORNING and urge them to sign the letter. Remind your senators that: The letter is available at the link to the right. You may need to email or fax this letter to the staff in your senators' offices as they may not have a copy. Call ASAP. Senator Gillibrand must submit this letter to the Appropriations Committe on Friday. You can contact your senators through the Senate switchboard at 202-224-3121 or through their web sites, which are accessible at www.senate.gov. To sign on to the letter, Senate offices should contact Heather Loneck at heather_loneck@gillibrand.senate.gov or 202-224-3460 in Senator Gillibrand's office. Please note: only senators can sign this letter. Individuals or organizations cannot sign the letter and should not contact Sen. Gillibrand's office to sign on.
Urge Your Senators to Support Increased Ryan White Program Funding in FY 2012Call Now. Deadline for Senate Letters is Friday, June 10, 2011Senators are currently in the process of submitting their FY 2012 appropriations priorities to the Appropriations Committee. We need as many senators as possible to request increased support for the Ryan White Program, especially for our priority areas of Part A, Part C, ADAP and the AETCs. Download the CAEAR Coalition FY 2012 Funding Request Chart at right and urge your Senators to include these funding priorities in their letters to the committee. Remind your senators that: The talking points at right offer more details. Call ASAP. Senators are working on their letters now and are due to the Appropriations Committee this Friday, June 10. You can be connected to your senators by calling the Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121. Members of Congress can also be contacted through their web sites, which are accessible at www.senate.gov
National Call-in Day to Support Funding for Domestic HIV/AIDS ProgramsTuesday, April 5, 2011CAEAR Coalition is joining with our national partners to urge you to call on Congressional leaders to support full funding for domestic HIV/AIDS programs, including the Ryan White Program, during a national call-in day on Tuesday, April 5.A number of CAEAR Coalition members will be on Capitol Hill that day carrying this same message and your support will make our presence stronger and our message louder.
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Action NeededPlease call the following Congressional leaders and ask them to support full funding for domestic HIV/AIDS programs, including the Ryan White Program, and no policy riders. (Details on the requested funding amounts can be found here.)
MessageI am calling to ask the Senator/Speaker to support full funding for domestic HIV/AIDS programs and no policy riders in the final FY11 funding bill!
Urge Congress Not to Cut the Ryan White Program This Year (2/7/2011)FY2011 Budget Mandates Threaten FundingMembers of the House of Representatives are making important funding decisions over the next few days about funding for federal programs for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2011. The House Budget Committee has cut the funds available for labor, health and education programs below current Fiscal Year 2010 spending levels by 4% and 8% below President Obama's spending request for the current fiscal year. WE MUST ACT NOW.As the House decides how to make these cuts to health programs tell them that the Ryan White Program needs more funding, not less. No cuts to Ryan White in 2011. Call your House member and tell them:
*All components of the Ryan White Program must be protected
*With more HIV tests, care costs are increasing
*Cuts will have consequences in our district Make an appointment in the district office to let them know that Ryan White is important to the district for these reasons: (XXX people receive medical care, XXX people receive case management and treatment adherence services. Highlight whatever services are at risk in your jurisdiction.) The House will most likely be voting on these issues this week or next. Please call now. You can be connected to your member of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121. Or look them up via the link below. Urge Your House Member to Vote for Health Care Reform and Support Inclusion of the Early Treatment for HIV Act (ETHA)The health care reform vote is happening this week in the House of Representatives! Make sure your member stands with us in support of reform and the inclusion of ETHA. ETHA would add HIV coverage to Medicaid rather than forcing people living with HIV to wait until they are diagnosed with AIDS to get care. The health care reform bill:
Reforms Public Insurance
Reforms Private Insurance Reform
Creates Other Key Improvements
CALL NOW!Urge your member to: Vote for reform and support the inclusion of ETHA.You can be connected to your member of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121.
Urge Your House Member/Delegation to Sign Dear Colleague Letters in Support of AIDS Funding (3/3/2010)The FY 2011 appropriations process is moving into high gear. Our allies in the House are circulating Dear Colleague letters in support of funding increases for the domestic AIDS programs, including the Ryan White Program. Please urge your House member/delegation to sign both the Dear Colleague letter in support of all domestic HIV/AIDS programs and a separate Dear Colleague letter being circulated in support of the Minority AIDS Initiative.
Domestic HIV/AIDS Programs Dear Colleague LetterRepresentatives Pascrell, Baldwin, Capuano and Waters are circulating a Dear Colleague letter asking the Appropriations Committee to provide increases in funding to HIV/AIDS activities, including the Ryan White Program, CDC, and HOPWA. Members of Congress who wish to sign the letter should contact Mandy Spears in the Office of Rep. Pascrell no later than COB March 11.
Minority AIDS Initiative Dear Colleague LetterRepresentative Maxine Waters is circulating a Dear Colleague letter asking the Appropriations Committee to provide an appropriation of $610 million for the Minority AIDS Initiative. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Madeleine Bordallo, Donna Christensen, Lucille Roybal-Allard, and Bill Pascrell are circulating the letter along with Rep. Waters. Reps. Clarke, Ellison, Grijalva, Gutierrez, Hank Johnson, McDermott, Gwen Moore, Norton, Rangel, Towns, Waxman, and Wu have also agreed to sign. Other Members of Congress have until March 11 to sign. Members of Congress who wish to sign the letter should contact Kathleen Sengstock in Office of Rep. Waters no later than COB March 11.Please note that ONLY Members of Congress can sign these letters. Individuals or organizations should not contact the offices of Rep. Pascrell or Rep. Waters to sign on. You can be connected to your member of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121. Members of Congress can also be contacted through their web sites, which are accessible at www.senate.gov and www.house.gov. If you are unsure who your House member is, input your zip code in the "Find Your Representative" tool on the upper left corner of the www.house.gov home page. Please contact the CAEAR Coalition office with any questions or if you need additional materials or support - info@caear.org, 202-789-3565.
Now is the Time to Thank Our Allies in Congress for Program Extension and Push for Increased Funding (11/2/2009)With the recent signature of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 by President Obama, the campaign to safeguard Ryan White Program services has come to a successful conclusion. We would like to again offer thanks to all who organized, called, wrote, and faxed to your Members of Congress in support of Ryan White Program extension. The sustained, broad support was felt in Congress and certainly contributed to the outcome and to the bill that we have today. If you have not already done so, please take a few minutes to thank your members of Congress for their support and urge their support for increased resources in FY 2011. See below for details on these two messages. Thanking Our Congressional AlliesPlease thank your Senators and your House member for supporting the extension with a call, email or faxed letter. If you are represented by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), or Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA), please make a special effort to thank them for their leadership on the issue. Nine House members voted against extension - Reps. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), John Duncan (R-TN), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Ron Paul (R-TX), and Ted Poe (R-TX). If you are in one of those districts, you may wish to express your disappointment in their vote. You can be connected to your members of Congress by calling the Capitol Switchboard, 202-224-3121. Members of Congress can also be contacted through their web sites, which are accessible at www.senate.gov and www.house.gov. If you are unsure who your House member is, input your zip code in the "Find Your Representative" tool on the upper left corner of the www.house.gov home page. |
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