Fw: RE FARM BILL: All Eyes On the Senate!

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Dear friends,

 

Here's the update on the Farm Bill. As you will see below, the bill was

approved by the House of Reps., and the Senate will be voting on it possibly

tomorrow or early next week. So this is what we need to do in the next few days

before the Senate votes:

 

(1) please please please make those phone calls to our senators (by Monday at

the latest) telling them we want them to vote NO on the Farm Bill because (a) it

is an awful bill for animals, the environment and family farms; (b) it's using

our tax dollars for things we're against (billions of dollars in subsidies to

factory farms; and © it's undemocratic (because those animal protection

amendments were voted into the original bill by Congress, and then taken out by

a few representatives who were on the committee that worked on the final version

of the bill); and

 

(2) forward this email to, or call, everyone you know all over the United

Stateswho cares about animals and/or the environment and/or family farms and/or

who is fiscally conservative (remember, animal advocates, environmentalists,

family farm defenders and fiscal conservatives are united in their

disappointment with this bill, and all are rallying to defeat it).

 

For the animals, as always, THANKS for doing whatever you can to help defeat

this bill. Let's make it clear to Congress that there are a lot of us who

really care about these issues, especially animals and the environment. And

remember that " all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good peole

to do nothing. " If good people all over the United States call their senators,

this bill CAN be defeated.

 

Nadine

 

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" John Goodwin " <JGoodwin

" Beth Rosen " <BRosen

Thursday, May 02, 2002 2:33 PM

All Eyes On the Senate!

 

 

> Dear friends,

>

> Today the House of Representatives approved the Farm bill 280 to 141. Now the

Senate will vote whether or not to accept this version of the Farm bill. We

expect that to happen on next week.

>

> Various media sources have highlighted the fact that animal activists are in

up arms about the Farm bill. This opposition to the Farm bill that you all are

spearheading is making the waves we need if we are to demonstrate that animal

protection is an issue the Congress must support.

>

> Please continue your good efforts in getting calls in to your two U.S.

Senators.

>

> We have tomorrow and throughout the weekend to continue generating calls.

>

> Thank you,

>

> John Goodwin

>