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The stand-off on the budget continues.

While it looks like the deadline could be extended, the President has said from the beginning that we simply can't do business a few weeks at a time.

At OFA, we've been working hard at the local level. I can tell you the Republican plan isn't getting any prettier. It costs nearly a million American jobs -- including 21,000 in North Carolina -- and it makes drastic, politically motivated cuts to education and innovation. Click here to learn more about how the Republican plan hurts people you know.

Let's be real -- this plan is not how we're going to win the future. President Obama has offered a budget that would reduce the deficit by more than $1 trillion, but he's said he's not willing to go along with any plan that would hurt our economic recovery.

So, we're keeping the pressure on Republicans to come to the table to pass a responsible budget.

You've already taken the first step by adding your name to the President's call for a commonsense budget -- but here's what you can do now before we deliver each and every name to Congress: Spread the word to friends and family in North Carolina about exactly what the Republican plan would do.

Please pass along the email below, and ask folks to join you in making their voices heard.

Mitch and I will keep you posted as we learn more.

Thanks,

Yohannes

Yohannes Abraham
Political Director
Organizing for America

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Subject: Stand up for 21,000 North Carolina jobs

Dear friends,

I'm writing because 21,000 North Carolina jobs are at risk -- along with key investments in education, innovation, and infrastructure.

The President is committed to finding common ground on a budget that reduces the deficit and cuts wasteful spending, but he's made it clear that he can't go along with any plan that could derail our economic growth.

The current spending plan proposed by Republicans would be devastating -- and you can see exactly what the Republican budget would mean for North Carolina: eliminating 3,100 community health center jobs, cutting North Carolina homeland security investments for local law enforcement by $1.9 million, and dropping 5,298 North Carolina children from Head Start.

Even with a deadline extension in the works, if Republicans refuse to come to the table to find a long-term solution, the government will be forced to shut down.

Check out all the consequences of the Republican plan for people in North Carolina -- and join me in standing with President Obama for a commonsense approach to the budget:

http://my.barackobama.com/State-Consequences

Thanks


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SGT. JIRI TREBISSKY H&D SAS

“A conservative is a man or woman or child who looks backward to ‘the good old days’, and strives mightily to drag the rest of us back there, kicking and screaming if need be.”
~ Jiří Trebissky