[aisle] Funding for libraries''ALA alert

[David Little]

*ALA Advocacy Alert: If you have a Senator on the Appropriations Committee,
they need to hear from you!*



*Even though Congress is on recess, critical funding decisions are being
considered now.*



In recent days reports have noted that $5 billion may be diverted from the
Senate spending bill that funds the Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) and other library programs to fund the President's
priorities, such as the border wall.



Earlier this summer, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the FY 2020
Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies appropriations measure. In early
September, the Senate will formally consider its version of the bill, but
Senate appropriators are making decisions about funding for library
programs right now.



Contact your senator on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee now and
urge them to include $206 million in funding for the Library Services and
Technology Act and $29 million in funding for Innovative Approaches to
Literacy, levels that were agreed to by the House.



Please take a moment to email your senator
<http://cqrcengage.com/ala/app/take-action?engagementId=501878&ep=AAAAC2Flc0NpcGhlcjAxyhWkTVQze_U08uduTZzx4esQ6s7-ZG5s3nVa4MjPcKytK8e3xbZ-9FyVmOCgkgiTQotiskEhapdwIvfsmsZJMTdsQsfIrxQ6PfX0Ba2VCZw&lp=0>
and
urge their vote to support these important programs.

-- 
David Little
Box 442
Astoria, IL  61501

309-337-3054
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