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February 4, 2009
Advocacy Alert
RE: New Senate Amendment to Bar All Museums From Any Economic Recovery Funds
Recommended Action: Call your Senators TODAY and urge them to vote NO on the Coburn "Limitation of Funds Amendment No. 175." To reach your Senators, call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your Senators' offices. This amendment may be offered as early as Wednesday, February 4.
Urgency:
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has introduced an amendment to prohibit any funds in the economic stimulus bill from going to any museum. The language of the amendment, (Amendment No. 175, as filed) is, "None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for any casino or other gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, swimming pool, stadium, community park, museum, theater, arts center, or highway beautification project, including renovation, remodeling, construction, salaries, furniture, zero-gravity chairs, big screen televisions, beautification, rotating pastel lights, and dry heat saunas."
Act Now: ACM stands with the American Association of Museums (AAM) and the entire museum community on this key issue impacting all museums. Click BELOW to use AAM's advocacy tools to locate your legislators:
http://www.congressweb.com/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=aam
Please call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and urge your Senators to vote NO on the Coburn "Limitation of Funds Amendment No. 175."
Thank you in advance for taking action.
Advocacy Alert
RE: New Senate Amendment to Bar All Museums From Any Economic Recovery Funds
Recommended Action: Call your Senators TODAY and urge them to vote NO on the Coburn "Limitation of Funds Amendment No. 175." To reach your Senators, call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your Senators' offices. This amendment may be offered as early as Wednesday, February 4.
Urgency:
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has introduced an amendment to prohibit any funds in the economic stimulus bill from going to any museum. The language of the amendment, (Amendment No. 175, as filed) is, "None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used for any casino or other gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, swimming pool, stadium, community park, museum, theater, arts center, or highway beautification project, including renovation, remodeling, construction, salaries, furniture, zero-gravity chairs, big screen televisions, beautification, rotating pastel lights, and dry heat saunas."
Act Now: ACM stands with the American Association of Museums (AAM) and the entire museum community on this key issue impacting all museums. Click BELOW to use AAM's advocacy tools to locate your legislators:
http://www.congressweb.com/cweb4/index.cfm?orgcode=aam
Please call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and urge your Senators to vote NO on the Coburn "Limitation of Funds Amendment No. 175."
Thank you in advance for taking action.