URGENT ALERT FROM THE COALITION ON HUMAN NEEDS:
From Our Friends at FRAC (Food Research and Action Center)
We urge your organization to sign onto a national, state, and local organization letter in support of a House (and Senate) effort to override the presidential veto of the Farm Bill (H.R. 2419), scheduled for as early as this week. Key improvements in the nutrition title include enhancing food stamp benefits, food stamp access, and emergency food purchases.
Even though the House and Senate votes reflect a comfortable, veto-proof majority, efforts to override a presidential veto can be very complicated. Therefore, it becomes necessary to re-double our efforts to work this override. We urge you to forward this alert to your local and state networks so we can send a united and strong message to Congress.
The earliest the veto override could occur is Wednesday, May 21st which would require the letter be sent to Congress as early as Tuesday, May 20th. Given this time line, we are asking for signatures by COB, Monday, May 19th.
Please enter the information required, including your organization's name as you would like it to appear on the letter. If you have any questions, please contact Ellen Vollinger, evollinger@frac.org, Ellen Teller, eteller@frac.org, or Etienne Melcher, emelcher@frac.org.
Click here to sign the letter.
If you have problems with the link, go to:
http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5118/t/1472/petition.jsp?petition_KEY=61
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