September 8 and 9 Call-In Days

Call Your Senators and Representative: 1-800-426-8073
Use this toll-free number (generously provided by the American Friends Service Committee) to be connected to the Capitol Switchboard.

BACKGROUND: By September 16, congressional committees have instructions to cut $35 billion from mandatory programs. Medicaid, Food Stamps, Medicare, the Earned Income Tax Credit, TANF, and SSI for elderly and disabled are all mandatory programs. Medicaid could be cut by as much as $10 billion. Food Stamps are also threatened. See Coalition on Human Needs for more information, http://www.chn.org/.