[Fwd: Protect Exchange Programs--Ask Senators to Vote NO on S AMDT 3303]

[Stuart Goldberg]

The attachment didn't go through, so I am pasting below my original message.

Dear SEELangers,

Please see this disturbing development.  Send letters and spread the word!

To give you an idea of the impact see this paragraph from the suggested 
letter on the Fulbright Alumni Association's site:

"Sen. Coburn's list of duplicative international education programs 
include: the Department of State's Benjamin A. Gilman International 
Scholarship Program; the Defense Department's National Security 
Education Program; the Department of Education's Title VI Programs and 
Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Program; and the Office 
International Science and Engineering at the National Science Foundation."

Best to all,
Stuart Goldberg

Stuart Harris Goldberg:

Please help the Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Program 
and other important federal exchange programs! Write to your Senators 
immediately using the form at 
http://capwiz.com/fulbright/issues/alert/?alertid=1459951 
<http://www.fulbrightalumni.org/links/link.cgi?l=1049135&h=623584&e=FBA-20100125174206>1 
<http://www.fulbrightalumni.org/links/link.cgi?l=1049136&h=623584&e=FBA-20100125174206>. 
Ask that they vote NO on amendment (S AMDT 3303) to joint resolution (HJ 
Res 45) to increase the U.S. debt limit. The amendment is offered by 
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and would rescind $120 billion in federal 
spending and require the consolidation of many government programs, 
including a number of international exchange and education programs. S 
AMDT is scheduled to be debated this week, possibly as soon as today or 
tomorrow, so please act now!

*Background*
The amendment offered by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) is attached to a joint 
resolution that would increase the U.S. debt limit. The amendment would 
rescind $120 billion in federal spending and require the consolidation 
of many government programs, including a number of international 
exchange and education programs including the Department of State's 
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program; the Defense 
Department's National Security Education Program; the Department of 
Education's Title VI Programs and Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation 
Research Program; and the Office of International Science and 
Engineering at the National Science Foundation.

Remember, this amendment is scheduled to be debated this week, possibly 
as soon as today or tomorrow. Please take action now!

[For more information on Sen. Coburn's amendment, please see 
http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=RightNow.Home&ContentRecord_id=4... 
<http://www.fulbrightalumni.org/links/link.cgi?l=1049137&h=623584&e=FBA-20100125174206> 

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