dhn sequestration budget webinar 3 13-13
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DHN sequestration budget webinar 3/13.TRANSCRIPT
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What Was Washington Thinking?
Congress, Sequestration, and Budget Standoffs
March 13, 201312:00 pm EST
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• Debt Limit raised
• Budget Control Act in effect – for 10 years
• Sequester established
Aug. 2, 2011
• Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction "super committee“ failed
• Sequester mandated
Nov. 2011
Sequester set for Jan. 4,
2013
Jan. 2012
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Budget Control Act is in effect
for FY2012 Budget
(caps on spending in
discretionary programs)
Oct. 1, 2011
Members try to design
alternatives to sequester
Jan. 2012 –
Dec.31.12
• Congress Fails to establish a budget
• Congress passes a Continuing Resolution to fund the government until March 4, 2013
Sept. 30, 2012
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Sequester postponed until March
4, 2013
Jan.1, 2013
Sequester takes effect, across the
board cuts in most areas
Mar. 4, 2013
• House and Senate release budget resolutions
March, 2013
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• Continuing Resolution for FY 2013 runs out
Mar. 27,2013
• The Debt Limit is reached, again
Spring /summer
2013???????
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Budget Control Act Set CapsFY 2013 - 2021
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Sequestration – Reduces the Size of the Spending Pie
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But, Some People Exaggerate It
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Continuing Resolution and Budgets Proposals - FY2014
– Control Spending in All These Areas, and More.
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The House Budget Will Likely Be Much the Same as the Last Two – but Worse
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The Budget Covers Both Spending and Income
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We Purchased on a Credit Card, Now Pay the Bill – Debt Limit!
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So What?
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Effects of Sequestration
• 600,000 women, children and infants kicked off WIC
• 4 million fewer meals on wheels
• 70,000 children denied Head Start
• 1.2 million students dropped from K-12 education
Courtesy of the Coalition on Human Needs
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Effects of Sequestration
• 75,000 workers with disabilities cut from vocational rehabilitation services
• 33,000 students denied work-study aid
• 30,000 children denied affordable child care
Courtesy of the Coalition on Human Needs
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Effects of Sequestration
• Up to 125,000 families lose rental housing vouchers
• 100,000 formerly homeless people lose housing
Courtesy of the Coalition on Human Needs
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Your State’s Specific Information
http://www.chn.org/background/save-state-fact-sheets/
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Share your story!
http://halfinten.org/stories/submit/
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Chairman Ryan’s Proposed FY ‘14 Budget:Preliminary Analysis
• Believe about 2/3 of cuts are to low-income programs.
• Drastically cuts SNAP (food stamps) and Medicaid and prevents them from responding to periods of high need.
• Would leave 40-50 million more low- and moderate-income people uninsured.
• Cuts the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit.
• Cuts funding for non-defense appropriated programs 3 times as deep as under sequestration.
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Chairwoman Murray’s Proposed FY ‘14 Budget:What we expect
• Balances spending cuts with revenue increases
• Protects SNAP (food stamps)
• Protects Medicaid
• Makes the current Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit benefits permanent
• Cuts defense spending by $240 billion
• Includes funding for infrastructure and job training
• Cuts funding for appropriated programs?
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What’s the take-away?
• Get noisy about the harmful effects of sequestration
• Message: Push for Congress to replace sequestration with a balanced plan that protects poor and vulnerable populations
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View from the Hill
Darrel Thompson, Deputy Chief of Staff for Majority Leader Reid
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Speak Out and Take Action!
Right now, commit to do one of the following:
• Schedule a visit with your members of Congress (recess March 23 – April 7)
• Write Letters to your member of Congress
• Call your members of Congress
• Write a letter to the editor
• Hold an event and invite local media
• Share on social media
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14%
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50%
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69%
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0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Form e-mails
Form postalletters
Phone Calls
Individualized e-mails
Individual postalletters
Lobby visits -constituents
A Lot of Influence Some Influence
Source: Congressional Management Foundation, 2011
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Key components of a letter to Congress
• Make it personal. What motivates you to write?
• Make ‘the ask’ clear. “I want you replace sequestration with a balanced plan that protects our most vulnerable.”
• Include your return address on the letter and envelope
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What will it take to win ?
• Strong grassroots action!• Compelling stories• Team-work• Hope and faith
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Let Us Know What You’re Doing!
• If you meet with your congressional office• If you hold an event• If you write a letter to the editor
Let us know! That way we can follow up with the office. And
you could be featured on our next webinar.
Shantha: [email protected] Marge: [email protected]
Amelia: [email protected]: [email protected]