Labor, Liberal Groups Mobilizing Against White House on Debt Deal
Incensed at reports that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) may be nearing agreement on a debt-ceiling deal that would involve cuts to federal entitlement programs but no immediate provisions to raise taxes, labor and liberal groups are urging their members to rally against such a plan.
On Friday, a coalition of national groups including MoveOn.org, Democracy for America, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee and the AFL-CIO organized an “emergency call-in day,” urging members in an e-mail to contact Democratic members of Congress and tell them to “keep their promises to reject any debt deal that slashes programs for seniors and working families while doing little or nothing to make the rich and corporations pay their share.”
Members of MoveOn.org are also planning on calling Senate and House Democrats’ campaign arms as well as Obama’s Chicago-based reelection campaign in opposition to any deal that would not include spending cuts but no immediate revenue increases.
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