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March 24, 2009
1.) GIVE Act
2.) Update on Employee Free Choice Act – Card Check
1.) On March 18th H.R. 1388, Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act or GIVE Act, passed out of the House by a vote of 321 to 107. Check who voted how – you may be surprised who voted for this bill –here’s the roll call . Congressman George Miller offered an amendment which struck Title VI – the Congressional Commission on Civil Service charged with researching the possibility of “a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people could be developed.” The Miller Amendment passed, thus the final version of the bill sent to the Senate did not contain the provision authorizing a commission to study the feasibility of a mandatory service requirement for America’s youth.
However as you consider the following, remember in a speech delivered in Colorado last July candidate Barak Obama said that he wanted to create a "National Civilian Security Force” as big and well-funded as the U.S. military. Many wonder if this may be the beginning of that ‘security force.’
Here are a few of the troubling aspects of this bill:
(a.) It will raise the number of paid ‘volunteers’ in these programs to 250,000 by 2014.
(b.) It establishes programs for a National Civilian Community Corps. According to Title 1, Subtitle E, Section 1501, “It is the purpose of this subtitle to authorize the operation of, and support for, residential and other service programs that combine the best practices of civilian service with the best aspects of military service, including leadership and team building, to meet national and community needs.
(c.) Funding may be used to “establish or implement summer of service programs,” “integrate service-learning programs into the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) curricula at the elementary, secondary, or post-secondary, and post-baccalaureate levels,” and “involve high school age youth in the mentoring of middle school youth while involving all participants in service-learning.” The programs listed are only the tip of the iceberg in this huge expansion of ‘volunteerism.’
(d.) Twenty-five ‘campuses of service’ will be named each year from applicants for additional funding.
(e.) There are additional programs outlined under Title 1, Subtitle B, Section 1201 for “Elementary and Secondary Students.”
(f.) The Congressional Budget Office has determined that the bill would cost about $6 billion over the 2010-2014 period.
According to a report by Canada Free Press, "'volunteerism' that kept America running since the days of its founding" would be "wiped out with the stroke of a pen." "The Give Act puts the finishing touches to Public Allies New Leadership for New Times, modeled after Saul Alinsky's 'Peoples Organizations' and operating under Michelle Obama," the commentary said.
H.R. 1388 is now awaiting a vote in the Senate – possibly by the end of this week!
2.) Senator Specter has said he will vote ‘no’ on cloture and apparently delivers the death blow to Card Check!
If concerned, these are the steps you can take:
1.)Contact Senator Bob Casey and Senator Arlen Specter and ask them to oppose H.R.1388. Also, thank Senator Specter for saying he will vote ‘no’ on allowing the ‘card check’ bill to advance. Here’s the contact information.
E-mail Senator Casey using the web form: casey.senate.gov/contact/ and then call his D.C. office at (202) 224-6324 or fax: (202) 228-0604 and/or the district office nearest you.
Senator Casey’s district offices:
· Harrisburg Toll Free: (866) 461-9159; Fax: (717) 231-7542
· Philadelphia (215) 405-9660; Fax: (215) 405-9669
· Pittsburgh (412) 803-7370; Fax: (412) 803-7379
· Scranton (570) 941-0930; Fax: (570) 941-0937
· Erie (814) 874-5080; Fax: (814) 874-5084
· Bellefonte (814) 357-0314; Fax: (814) 357-0318
· Allentown (610) 782-9470; Fax: (610) 782-9474
E-mail Senator Specter using the web form: http://specter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm
And then call his D.C. office at (202) 224-4254 Fax: 202-228-1229 or the his district office nearest you.
- Philadelphia (215) 597-7200; Fax: 215-597-0406
- Pittsburgh (412) 644-3400; Fax: 412-644-4871
- Harrisburg (717) 782-3951; Fax: 717-782-4920
- Scranton (570) 346-2006; Fax: 570-346-8499
- Allentown (610) 434-1444; Fax: 610-434-1844
- Erie (814) 453-3010; Fax: 814-455-9925
- Wilkes Barre (570) 826 6265; no fax listed
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