Subject: What's at stake- Kaine for Virginia

Thanks so much for signing Governor Kaine’s petition urging Congress to stop with the political gamesmanship and fund disaster relief efforts. But we need your help to spread the word.
According to the Associated Press, "the government’s main disaster relief fund is on track to run dry" by next week. In Louisa County, Virginia, alone, last month's earthquake caused more damage than the entire non-capital county budget for 2011-2012. Now high school and middle school students can only attend classes two or three days per week because there aren't enough functioning classrooms.
Fortunately, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation last week to fund disaster relief efforts. But George Allen, Eric Cantor, and the Tea Partiers in the House of Representatives are holding funding hostage. These are the same folks who voted for two wars and tax cuts for millionaires without paying for any of it – and now they’re insisting on enacting more spending cuts before they’ll appropriate money to help those impacted by natural disasters.
Will you forward this message to your friends and family and ask them to click on this link and add their names to tell Congress not to hold disaster relief hostage in order to pursue an ideological agenda?
Thanks for your help.
Mo Elleithee
Kaine for Virginia
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From: Tim Kaine
Date: Wed, Aug 31
Subject: What's at stake