Like I said in the previous follow-up, Senators Dole and Burr both signed on to the Brownback/Durbin "Dear Colleague" letter. Now, ONE is asking that we take a few minutes to send them a Thank you letter or call them to thank them.

Even if you did not call beforehand you can get in on this. Us contacting them to let them know we appreciate their supporting this cause can go a long way. The budget will not be finalized until late February. So, lets make sure they are aware that we, as their constituents, do not want to see this funding go away.

Here is the suggested message from ONE:

Hello, As a voter in your district and a member of the ONE Campaign, I thank you for signing on to the Brownback/Durbin “Dear Colleague” letter to help fund $1 billion for poverty-focused development assistance so that America can help win the war against the indignities of poverty.

Feel free to make it your own. Relax. Tell them "Thanks". Let them know you appreciate their help in give hope to the hopeless. I would say be sure to mention you are calling on behalf of yourself and the ONE campaign. If everyone references the ONE campaign it show a united force, something a little harder to ignore.

Here is some other info that you can use if you want:

This funding is vital to provide clean water, education and life-saving medicine to the world’s most vulnerable people. There are few places in the U.S. budget where dollars translate so directly into lives saved. Without this funding, 350,000 people will not receive life-saving AIDS medicines, nearly 1 million anti-malaria bed nets will not be distributed and 120,000 people will not receive treatment for tuberculosis.

So, please call them:

Senator Dole's phone number: 202-224-6342
Senator Burr's Phone number: 202-224-3154

Or, write them. ONE is providing letters to make it easy. All you have to do it print it, sign it, and then fax or mail it.

Letter to Senator Dole
Letter to Senator Burr

Let me know if you end up calling of sending them a letter.

Peace.

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