Residents go Door-to-Door in Support of President Obama's Budget

20 Mar 2009 16:16 Africa/Lagos

New York Residents Go Door-to-Door in Support of President Obama's Budget

Organizing for America Canvassers Call on Neighbors to Help Rebuild and Renew America by Passing President's Budget

WASHINGTON, March 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Saturday, Organizing for America (OFA), the grassroots and volunteer network which came together to help elect President Obama in November, will launch a nationwide canvassing effort in support of President Obama's proposed budget plan. Citizens across New York will canvass their communities to let their friends and neighbors know about the President's plan to invest in America's future, improve health care and education, create green jobs, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and cut the deficit in half over the next four years. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have already signaled their support for the Organizing for America Pledge Project - part of an OFA project to identify and mobilize support for the economic vision President Obama outlined in his budget. OFA is also encouraging Americans to call their Members of Congress and urge them to support the plan.


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"Across the nation, people are suffering," said Mitch Stewart, Director of Organizing for America which is a project of the Democratic National Committee. "The President has a bold plan to invest in America's future and get our economy moving again, and now he needs our help to turn his budget into law. That's why it's so important for Americans on Saturday to go door-to-door and talk to their neighbors about the President's plan and ask them for their support. The President has made great strides in turning the economy around with passage of his jobs and economic recovery package. However, to ensure long term economic growth, we must make health care more affordable, reduce our dependence on foreign oil and improve education - all priorities the President has outlined in his budget plan and which are part of the change he promised to bring to Washington. The vast majority of Americans support the President on these issues because they know they are critical to long term economic growth and to creating jobs. The canvasses on Saturday, the pledge drive and the calls to Congress are all designed to put our elected officials in Washington on notice that Americans expect that the change President Obama campaigned for becomes reality."


The canvasses are open to the press and public.


WHAT: Organizing for America's Pledge Project Canvass Kick Off in Support of President Obama's Budget


Suggested canvasses to attend below:

FORT GREENE PARK, (Cumberland DeKalb Entrance)
Brooklyn, NY
1 p.m.

UNION SQUARE, E. 14th St., New York, NY 10010
NEW YORK CITY, NY
1 p.m.

HUE-MAN BOOKSTORE, 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd., New York, NY 10027
NEW YORK CITY, NY
12:30 p.m.


Paid for by Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic National Committee -- 430 South Capitol Street SE, Washington, D.C. 20003. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.


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CONTACT: Caroline Ciccone or Michael Czin, both of Organizing for
America, +1-202-863-8148


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