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Help Workers Who Lost Jobs in Katrina
On March 4, 140,000 workers left unemployed by Hurricane Katrina will start running out of federal jobless benefits unless Congress takes action. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill, the Katrina Emergency Assistance Act, that would extend those benefits by 13 weeks.
The U.S. House of Representatives needs to take immediate action to help those 140,000 workers get the assistance they need. Help Katrina survivors today by writing your representative and asking him or her to support S. 1777, the Katrina Emergency Assistance Act.
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Subject: Support S. 1777 and Help 140,000 Jobless Katrina Workers
Dear [ Decision Maker ] ,
On March 4, 140,000 workers left unemployed by Hurricane Katrina will start running out of federal jobless benefits. The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed S. 1777, the Katrina Emergency Assistance Act, which would extend disaster benefits by 13 weeks.
It is imperative that the U.S. House pass this bill immediately. I urge you to call on Speaker Dennis Hastert to schedule a vote on S. 1777 and to support its passage.
The March 4 deadline is very close. We cannot abandon the families left jobless by Katrina. Please do everything you can to pass the Katrina Emergency Assistance Act and extend their benefits as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
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Campaign Launched:
March 02, 2006
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On March 4, 140,000 workers left unemployed by Hurricane Katrina will start running out of federal jobless benefits unless Congress takes action. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill, the Katrina Emergency Assistance Act, that would extend those benefits by 13 weeks.
The U.S. House of Representatives needs to take immediate action to help those 140,000 workers get the assistance they need.
There is an enormous amount of work left to be done to rebuild the Gulf Coast and the lives of those displaced by Katrina. Passing the Katrina Emergency Assistance Act is only one part. But it means immediate help for 140,000 workers whose lives were torn apart, and it is crucial that the House pass this bill soon.
Today, 100 members of Congress will be visiting the Gulf Coast to mark the six-month anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. There is no better opportunity to tell your representative to support a measure that will give immediate, necessary support to 140,000 workers who were left jobless by the storm.
Our government abandoned many Gulf Coast families when they needed help the most. Now it's time to do something right. Please tell your representative to pass the Katrina Emergency Assistance Act.
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