An Important Message From MoveOn.org On Bush Empire Wanting To Cut Low Salary American's Overtime

Yesterday the Bush administration is formally introducing new rules that will make millions of people ineligible for overtime protection when they work more than 40 hours per week. This change has been in the works for months, and thousands of MoveOn members have called on Congress to oppose the new rules. Congress has responded -- bipartisan majorities in both houses have voted against rolling back overtime. Bush is feeling the heat, but his corporate-CEO backers are determined to fatten their profits by shortchanging working people, so the White House is pushing ahead with the new rules, accompanied by an aggressive spin campaign. Already, stories in the AP and the Washington Post have suggested that Bush had a last-minute change of heart, and acted to extend overtime protections to more people, rather than gutting them.

Don't be fooled. The rules introduced today would in fact take away overtime pay from workers earning as little as $23,660 a year. This would be a huge pay cut for potentially millions of working Americans and their families. It's urgent that we get the real story out. You can help, by sending a letter to the editor of your newspaper today? Writing a letter takes only a few minutes, and we've made it easy with tips and talking points, below. Please take a few minutes to send a letter to your editor today.

RESOURCES FOR LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

1] Tips on how to get your letter published. Your own words, written from the heart, are always best. Brevity is the soul of wit. The key to publication is to pounce on something specific you've seen in the newspaper -- an article like the AP's, falling for the Bush spin, is perfect. Be sure to include your name and address, and especially your phone number when submitting your letter. Editors need to call you to verify authorship before they can print your letter. They don't print your phone number. Your newspaper's letters page should give you an email address or fax number to use, or you can try this website: Click here: http://congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media/

Democratic National Party Announcement On Ole Shrub The Lesser

Journalist Bob Woodward has revealed that President Bush has a secret deal with the Saudi royal family to influence the November election by manipulating gas prices. Once again we see that President Bush and the Republicans will say or do anything to win the election in November -- even strike secret deals with foreign governments. [Duchess Note - Reagan pulled similiar crap like this in regards to the hostages in Iran 24 years ago. And tried to make Carter look like the fall guy, which he wasn't.] Bush also revealed secret Iraq war plans to the Saudi government before he told his own Secretary of State. Take Action! Click the link below to help us spread the word about the latest Bush outrage by writing a letter to the editor of your local paper. Click here: http://mailer.democrats.org/rdr/002Q100gxE0001D

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM TRUEMAJORITY

EPA Plans to Reduce Air Pollution Controls - Have Your Voice Heard

Does this make sense? The government agency that looks out for food safety urges that we limit how much fish we eat because of mercury contamination. Meanwhile, another agency responsible for preventing mercury from getting into the fish (and the rest of the environment) proposes relaxing controls on releases of the poison. Mercury is known to damage the brains of children growing in the womb. This heavy metal comes out of smokestacks at coal-fired plants, falling back to earth and poisoning its creatures. Like other toxic materials that don't break down, mercury concentrates up the food chain. Because high levels of mercury are now found in many fish, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning this month advising pregnant women and children to stay away from swordfish and to limit the amount of "chunk white" canned tuna they eat to no more than six ounces per week.

Yet just as the FDA urges people to eat less otherwise-healthy food, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes delaying the regulation of mercury in coal-plant emissions - the largest source of mercury contamination, but the only one unregulated by our government. The Clean Air Act requires the EPA to set limits on power-plant pollution such as mercury, taking into account what can be done using current technology. The EPA said it could require a 90 percent reduction in mercury emissions by 2008 using current technology. But instead, the Bush administration proposed dragging out the process until 2018, and even then cleaning up only 70% of mercury emissions. To weaken the current standards, the EPA will have to change its own rules.

This is where you come in. The EPA is required to accept public comments on this proposed rule change. TrueMajority is joining the Environmental Working Group, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the National Council of Churches, the Mercury Policy Project, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Health Care Without Harm to oppose these changes. To tell the Bush Administration's EPA that you want mercury out of our environment so we can feed fish again safely to our children Click here: http://action.truemajority.org/ctt.asp?u=380807&l=552