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Budget Ammendment Alert

The House has reached a consensus on a tax package that will raise approx. $1B in revenue. This money will be used to offset some of the severe cuts that we saw in their April 18th budget.

This week the budget and amendments goes to the House Floor.

Please contact your Representative, Speaker Finneran, and Ways and Means Chair Rogers. Thank them for passing a revenue package and use them to restore funding to the following line items:

Pending amendments and sponsors

4120-2000
$950,000 for VR
Representatives Broadhurst, Kennedy, Ayers, Torrisi, Perente
Amendment #203

4120-3000
$1,000,000 Supported Employment
Representatives Fagan, Parente
Amendment #371

4120-4000
$200,000 for Turning 22
Representative Parente
Amendment #654

4120-4001
$50,000 Housing Registry
Representatives Merrigan, Story, Smizik, Gomes, Canavan, Patrick, Kahn, Falzone
Amendment #363

4120-6000
No Dollars Attached only removal of language ( General Fund and Trust Fund split )
Representative Bradley
Amendment #1234

4120-6001
$1,000,000 increase
Representative Bradley
Amendment #1236

4120-6002
Amends Chapter 10 sec.59
Representative Bradley
Amendment #1235

WE NEED CALLS TO THESE REPRESENTATIVES, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, FINNERAN, ROGERS.

IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE TO MAKE THESE CALLS - THERE ARE OVER 1,550 AMENDMENTS AND EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THEIR SHARE OF THE REVENUE!!

FORWARD THIS INFORMATION TO ALL PERSONS WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH RESTORING FUNDING

YOUR CALL CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!

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