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ACT TODAY TO STOP MORE TAXPAYER LOAN GUARANTEES FOR NEW REACTORS AND DIRTY, DANGEROUS REPROCESSING PROGRAMS
April 17, 2009
Dear Friends,
The U.S. Senate adopted two amendments to President Obama's budget that can and must be defeated.
Both amendments were offered by Sen. Crapo (R-Idaho). One would (once again!) set the stage for Congress to provide $50 Billion in taxpayer loan guarantees for construction of new nuclear reactors. The other would encourage taxpayer funding for dangerous and dirty radioactive waste reprocessing programs--despite the fact that the Obama Administration is just beginning a re-evaluation of U.S. radioactive waste policy.
Fortunately, these amendments can be defeated in the House-Senate conference committee that will take place next week.
Please take action now to ensure defeat of these amendments!
Individuals: please send a letter to your Representative here. After you've sent your letter please forward this alert to your friends and colleagues.
Organizations: please sign on to a group letter here. Please note, this letter is for organizations only--please sign only if you are authorized to sign on behalf of an organization or business. Please sign on by 9 pm, Monday, April 20.
A little more background: in the byzantine world of the federal budget process, the budget bill does not actually provide money for the federal budget. Rather, it provides parameters in which the Congressional appropriators have to operate. Thus, these amendments do not fund these programs at this time--but if they stay in the Budget Resolution, they will make it much easier for nuclear supporters to fund these programs later in the year.
And, of course, the nuclear industry and its supporters are going to be trying for more taxpayer money throughout the Congressional session.
But we beat them in February, and with your help, we can beat them again now and throughout the session. Please take action today.
And we are now preparing for a National Grassroots Call-In Day, which likely will be in mid-May. Watch for our Alerts on this important effort!
Thanks for all you do,
Michael Mariotte
Executive Director
Nuclear Information and Resource Service