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Following the Penny Poll conducted in May, members of PPJ will be writing letters and sending faxes to those in decision-making roles for tax dollar spending. Attached here and below are the Penny Poll results, some info on the new defense spending bill passed the other day in the House, and contact info for our Maine representatives and the White House. One suggestion is to print out the penny poll results, append some comments and mail or fax to whomever you choose. You may also want to print out the list of contact information for future use. Budget and spending initiatives are so completely out of line with people’s needs and public opinion... and growing worse all the time. Please take a few moments to contact your representatives.<BR>
Thank you, PPJ<BR>
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Press release published:<BR>
P.O. Box 1515, Blue Hill 04614 <BR>
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BLUE HILL – Public surveys on federal spending have been held in several Maine towns during the months of April and May, conducted by local community organizations. In Blue Hill, the “Penny Poll” was conducted by Peninsula Peace & Justice on May 21st at Tradewinds Marketplace. 120 passersby participated. Each was given ten pennies to spend in any combination on ten federal budget categories. <BR>
Results show (see attached piechart) that Education is most popular, earning 22% of votes cast, followed by Health Care (19.25%), Environment (18%), Food and Agriculture (10.5%), Veterans Support (8 %), Transportation (7 %), Housing (6 %), Interest on the National Debt (5%), Defense (2.25%), and Government (2%). There were lively discussions and diverse opinions offered, and many expressed hope that the results would not only be published locally, but would be sent to elected representatives both in Maine and in Washington.<BR>
Details of how the actual 2010 Federal Budget was allocated are available at nationalpriorities.org (categories of spending and dollar amounts taken from Budget of the United States Government, Public Budget Database).<BR>
Peninsula Peace & Justice is a Blue Hill organization that has been providing community education on local, national and global issues since 1999. <BR>
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<B>House Boosts Military Budget<BR>
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read the whole article here: <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43688283/#">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43688283/#</a> <BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#336699">WASHINGTON</FONT> <a href="http://ezurl.co/19646f1"><http://ezurl.co/19646f1></a> <FONT COLOR="#333333">— Money for the Pentagon and <BR>
the nation's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is proving largely immune from the budget-<BR>
cutting that's slamming other government agencies in the rush to bring down the deficit. <BR>
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On a 336-87 vote Friday, the Republican-controlled House overwhelmingly backed a <BR>
$649 billion defense spending bill that boosts the Defense Department budget by $17 billion. <BR>
The strong bipartisan embrace of the measure came as White House and congressional <BR>
negotiators face an Aug. 2 deadline on agreeing to trillions of dollars in federal <BR>
spending cuts and raising the borrowing limit so the U.S. does not default on debt payments. <BR>
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While House Republican leaders agreed to slash billions from the proposed budgets for <BR>
other agencies, hitting food aid for low-income women, health research, energy <BR>
efficiency and much more, the military budget is the only one that would see a double-digit <BR>
increase in its account beginning Oct. 1 <BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:18.0px'><B>ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES<BR>
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Congressman Michael Michaud<BR>
Bangor, Maine<BR>
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Suite 205<BR>
Bangor, ME 04401<BR>
Phone: 207-942-6935<BR>
Fax: 207-942-5907<BR>
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<B>Washington DC<BR>
</B>1724 Longworth HOB<BR>
Washington, DC 20515-1902<BR>
Phone: 202-225-6306<BR>
Fax: 202-225-2943<BR>
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<a href="http://www.michaud.house.gov/">http://www.michaud.house.gov/</a> <http://www.michaud.house.gov/> <BR>
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<B>Congresswoman Chellie Pingree<BR>
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2 Portland Fish Pier Suite 304
Portland, ME 04101 <BR>
..or at Washington, DC Office at (202) 225-6116, fax (202) 225-5590<BR>
1037 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515<BR>
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<a href="http://www.pingree.house.gov/contact/index.shtml">http://www.pingree.house.gov/contact/index.shtml</a> <a href="http://www.pingree.house.gov/contact/index.shtml"><http://www.pingree.house.gov/contact/index.shtml></a> <BR>
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Washington, DC 20510<BR>
Phone: (202) 224-2523<BR>
Fax: (202) 224-2693<BR>
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<B>Bangor State Office:<BR>
</B>P.O. Box 655<BR>
202 Harlow Street, Room 204<BR>
Bangor, ME 04402 <BR>
Main: (207) 945-0417<BR>
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<a href="http://collins.senate.gov">http://collins.senate.gov</a> <a href="http://collins.senate.gov"><http://collins.senate.gov></a> <BR>
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<B>Mailing Address:<BR>
</B>154 Russell Senate Office Building<BR>
Washington, DC 20510<BR>
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Phone: (202) 224-5344<BR>
Toll Free: (800) 432-1599<BR>
Fax: (202) 224-1946<BR>
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<B>Bangor State Office:<BR>
</B>202 Harlow St<BR>
Suite 214<BR>
Bangor, ME 04401 <BR>
Main: (207) 945-0432<BR>
Fax: (207) 941-9525<BR>
1-800-432-1599<BR>
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<a href="http://snowe.senate.gov/public/">http://snowe.senate.gov/public/</a> <http://snowe.senate.gov/public/> <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'><B>President Obama<BR>
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW<BR>
Washington, DC 20500<BR>
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</B></SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
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FAX: 202-456-2461<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'><B>Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'><B>Main address: </B>
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520 <BR>
<B>Main Switchboard: </B>
202-647-4000
TTY:1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay Service)<BR>
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</SPAN><FONT SIZE="5"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:17.0px'><B>Vice-president Biden<BR>
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<B>The White House</B>
1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20500<BR>
<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice_president_biden/">http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice_president_biden/</a> <http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice_president_biden/> <BR>
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