<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:18pt"><div><span>FYI</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> ----- Forwarded Message -----<br> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "John Hlinko, LeftAction" <John@LeftAction.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> pagesincolor@yahoo.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, March 28, 2014 8:43 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Senate advances unemployment extension, but Boehner refuses to even hold vote<br> </font> </div> <div
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<td align="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="560"><div>Republicans talk a big game about "supporting the troops," but <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ALDk%2Bb07O%2BL56CXKxTe8NS3fyldzNLfc"><b>over 200,000 veterans have lost their unemployment benefits due to Congressional Republican inaction.</b></a> The Senate has advanced an extension, with bipartisan support -- but <b>Speaker Boehner is refusing to even hold a vote</b>. </div>
<div><b><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=07FRp2JHUvCVCQ4V77Nf%2BT7ocT7wq74P">Join</a> with Senator Cory Booker & VoteVets (a veteran's organization fighting for progressive causes), and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=iYwYzlZPC5clB4lfvYNPQD7ocT7wq74P">tell Boehner to hold an up-or-down vote</a>! <br>
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<div>John Hlinko, Left Action</div>
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<div><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana">When his country called, Rick Hall went to Vietnam. </font></font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana">He served and sacrificed, but now that he finds himself out of work — for the first time in over fifty years — all he can do is wait for Congress restore the unemployment benefits he lost late last year. </font></font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana">Last month, almost 40,000 veterans, military family members, and VoteVets supporters signed our petition calling on Congress to act on this important issue. And the good news is, the Senate is set to vote on bipartisan, compromise legislation this week that will restore unemployment benefits for over two million Americans who have lost them since December. </font></font></div>
<div><b><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"> </font></font></b><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VGIk8znnJxdA%2B%2BsGryMoPi2tzbQNqD9w"><b>Unfortunately, Speaker Boehner and his Tea Party Caucus refuse to hold vote on the bill in the House, despite the fact that over 200,000 veterans have lost their benefits since Congress failed to act last year</b></a></font><b><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana">. </font></b></font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana">They deserve a vote. </font></font></div>
<div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=U5D%2BPScuQaFilFOPtXCPcD7ocT7wq74P"><b><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"> Please join VoteVets, Senator Cory Booker, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and Senator Chris Murphy and sign our joint petition calling on Speaker Boehner to bring an unemployment insurance extension up for a vote. </font></font></b></a></div>
<div><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana">As Rick Hall says, <b>"</b>I have never asked for anything that I have not worked for, but after paying into the system for 55 years and fighting for our country in Vietnam, I believe that I have more than paid my fair share in unemployment insurance … It's not a handout." </font></font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana">We received messages and notes from hundreds of veterans like Rick who have lost their benefits since December. Their stories deserve to be heard, and their service to country acknowledged in this debate. </font></font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://salsa.wiredforchange.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pHyat%2BySST4cfOMrqV6Otj7ocT7wq74P"><b>Sign our petition and tell Speaker Boehner that Rick Hall and the 200,000 veterans who have lost unemployment insurance deserve a vote in the House</b></a></font><b><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana">. </font></b></font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana">This is an issue of fairness to those who sacrificed so much to serve. They deserve a vote, and we intend to make our voices heard until they get one. </font></font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana">All the best, </font></font></div>
<div><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana">Jon Soltz <br>
@JonSoltz <br>
Iraq War Veteran and Chairman <br>
VoteVets.org </font><font style="font-size:14px;" face="Verdana"><br>
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