FYI - Jeff Begin forwarded message: > From: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org> > Subject: CBPP: Greenstein Statement on Enzi budget > Date: March 18, 2015 at 6:39:11 PM EDT > To: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org> > > Building on yesterday's analysis of the House Budget Chair's proposal, today Robert Greenstein examines Senate Budget Committee Chair Enzi's plan. > > Greenstein states that the Enzi plan would increase poverty, decrease key investments to promote opportunity and foster economic growth, and rely on enormous “magic asterisks” to balance the budget. > > He explains that the Senate plan would: > > § Balance the budget in ten years through massive cuts in domestic programs, with no revenue contribution; > § Hit programs for Americans with low or modest incomes exceptionally hard; > § Repeal health reform and cut Medicaid deeply on top of that; > § Essentially balance the budget only on paper, with the help of a “magic asterisk”; > § Cut funding below the already-damaging sequestration levels in the years after 2016 for non-defense discretionary programs; > § Shrink federal spending to stunningly low levels. > Read the full statement here (PDF 4 pp.) and see all of our budget analysis here. > > > > Joel Packer > CEF Executive Director > JPacker@cef.org > 202-383-0083 > 202-255-0915 (cell) > www.cef.org > www.Twitter.com/edfunding > > >

thank you for these! Also, are the advocacy calls weekly or monthly? My calendar repeat option disabled itself. Heather Heather Ritchie Education Consultant & ESOL Instructor/Trainer 240-643-4612 heatheredu1@gmail.com — President, MAACCE (2014-2016) www.maaccemd.org <http://www.maaccemd.org/> > On Mar 18, 2015, at 9:28 PM, Jeff Carter <jeffcrtr@gmail.com> wrote: > > FYI - Jeff > > Begin forwarded message: > >> From: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org <mailto:jpacker@cef.org>> >> Subject: CBPP: Greenstein Statement on Enzi budget >> Date: March 18, 2015 at 6:39:11 PM EDT >> To: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org <mailto:jpacker@cef.org>> >> >> Building on yesterday's analysis of the House Budget Chair's proposal <http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=5284>, today Robert Greenstein examines Senate Budget Committee Chair Enzi's plan. <http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=5285> >> Greenstein states that <http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=5285> the Enzi plan would increase poverty, decrease key investments to promote opportunity and foster economic growth, and rely on enormous “magic asterisks” to balance the budget. >> >> He explains that the Senate plan would <http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=5285>: >> >> § Balance the budget in ten years through massive cuts in domestic programs, with no revenue contribution; >> § Hit programs for Americans with low or modest incomes exceptionally hard; >> § Repeal health reform and cut Medicaid deeply on top of that; >> § Essentially balance the budget only on paper, with the help of a “magic asterisk”; >> § Cut funding below the already-damaging sequestration levels in the years after 2016 for non-defense discretionary programs; >> § Shrink federal spending to stunningly low levels. >> Read the full statement here <http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=5285> (PDF 4 pp. <http://www.cbpp.org/files/3-18-15bud-stmt.pdf>) and see all of our budget analysis here. <http://www.offthechartsblog.org/congressional-budget-roundup-2015-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-house-and-senate-budget-plans/> >> >> >> Joel Packer >> CEF Executive Director >> JPacker@cef.org <mailto:JPacker@cef.org> >> 202-383-0083 >> 202-255-0915 (cell) >> www.cef.org <http://www.cef.org/> >> www.Twitter.com/edfunding <http://www.twitter.com/edfunding> >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Members mailing list > Members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > To unsubscribe: http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/members_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org

Hi Heather, Our policy calls are monthly, on the first Wednesday of every month, at 4pm. Our next call is on 4/1. 605-477-2100 Pin: 240804# Jeff > On Mar 19, 2015, at 4:28 PM, Heather Crunk <hcrunk@gmail.com> wrote: > > thank you for these! > > Also, are the advocacy calls weekly or monthly? My calendar repeat option disabled itself. > Heather > > Heather Ritchie > Education Consultant & ESOL Instructor/Trainer > 240-643-4612 > heatheredu1@gmail.com <mailto:heatheredu1@gmail.com> > — > President, MAACCE (2014-2016) > www.maaccemd.org <http://www.maaccemd.org/> > > > > > >> On Mar 18, 2015, at 9:28 PM, Jeff Carter <jeffcrtr@gmail.com <mailto:jeffcrtr@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> FYI - Jeff >> >> Begin forwarded message: >> >>> From: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org <mailto:jpacker@cef.org>> >>> Subject: CBPP: Greenstein Statement on Enzi budget >>> Date: March 18, 2015 at 6:39:11 PM EDT >>> To: Joel Packer <jpacker@cef.org <mailto:jpacker@cef.org>> >>> >>> Building on yesterday's analysis of the House Budget Chair's proposal <http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=5284>, today Robert Greenstein examines Senate Budget Committee Chair Enzi's plan. <http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=5285> >>> Greenstein states that <http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=5285> the Enzi plan would increase poverty, decrease key investments to promote opportunity and foster economic growth, and rely on enormous “magic asterisks” to balance the budget. >>> >>> He explains that the Senate plan would <http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=5285>: >>> >>> § Balance the budget in ten years through massive cuts in domestic programs, with no revenue contribution; >>> § Hit programs for Americans with low or modest incomes exceptionally hard; >>> § Repeal health reform and cut Medicaid deeply on top of that; >>> § Essentially balance the budget only on paper, with the help of a “magic asterisk”; >>> § Cut funding below the already-damaging sequestration levels in the years after 2016 for non-defense discretionary programs; >>> § Shrink federal spending to stunningly low levels. >>> Read the full statement here <http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=5285> (PDF 4 pp. <http://www.cbpp.org/files/3-18-15bud-stmt.pdf>) and see all of our budget analysis here. <http://www.offthechartsblog.org/congressional-budget-roundup-2015-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-house-and-senate-budget-plans/> >>> >>> >>> Joel Packer >>> CEF Executive Director >>> JPacker@cef.org <mailto:JPacker@cef.org> >>> 202-383-0083 >>> 202-255-0915 (cell) >>> www.cef.org <http://www.cef.org/> >>> www.Twitter.com/edfunding <http://www.twitter.com/edfunding> >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> National Coalition for Literacy Members mailing list >> Members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org <mailto:Members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org> >> To unsubscribe: http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/members_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > > _______________________________________________ > National Coalition for Literacy Members mailing list > Members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > To unsubscribe: http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/members_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org

thanks! H Heather Ritchie Education Consultant & ESOL Instructor/Trainer 240-643-4612 heatheredu1@gmail.com — President, MAACCE (2014-2016) www.maaccemd.org <http://www.maaccemd.org/> > On Mar 19, 2015, at 6:55 PM, Jeff Carter <jeffcrtr@gmail.com> wrote: > > Our policy calls are monthly, on the first Wednesday of every month, at 4pm. Our next call is on 4/1. > > 605-477-2100 > Pin: 240804#