<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><h2 class="entry-title js-entry-title" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Open Sans Condensed'; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.1em; color: rgb(60, 55, 54); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 24px; font-size: 48px; padding-bottom: 20px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(203, 203, 203); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sign the petition: Don’t take phone or Internet service away from poor people</h2><div class="action_description clearfix" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: none; zoom: 1; padding: 0px 2em; width: 502.202px; float: right; color: rgb(60, 55, 54); font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 16px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" class="">As if recent GOP shenanigans weren’t enough, now Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are <a href="https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/1/1686082/-Republicans-push-forward-a-bill-to-take-away-cheap-phones-and-Internet-from-low-income-families" style="box-sizing: border-box; background: transparent; color: rgb(234, 113, 6); text-decoration: none;" class="">attacking</a> access to technology for low-income Americans.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" class="">This week, Rep. Austin Scott introduced the “End Taxpayer Funded Cell Phone Act,” which targets Lifeline. The Lifeline program has provided telephone subsidies to low-income Americans since 1985, and in recent years expanded to include internet and cell service.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" class="">This bill would “restore” Lifeline’s services to solely focus on landline telephones, leaving low-income people without access any other technology. <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 900;" class="">This is unacceptable. </span>Cell phones and Internet service are crucial for <em style="box-sizing: border-box;" class="">all </em>people to stay connected with friends and family and be part of the digital world.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 900;" class="">Sign our petition now to tell Republicans in Congress not to take away Lifeline funding for phone and Internet programs for low-income Americans.</span></p></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><a href="https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/petitions/sign-the-petition-dont-take-phone-or-internet-service-away-from-poor-people?detail=emailaction&link_id=4&can_id=977dbddaeb03416d8c9bff93998b05cd&source=email-statefull-default-state-signatures-needed-gop-cannot-take-phone-service-away-from-poor-people-2&email_referrer=statefull-default-state-signatures-needed-gop-cannot-take-phone-service-away-from-poor-people-2&email_subject=statefull-default-state-signatures-needed-gop-cannot-take-phone-service-away-from-poor-people" class="">https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/petitions/sign-the-petition-dont-take-phone-or-internet-service-away-from-poor-people?detail=emailaction&link_id=4&can_id=977dbddaeb03416d8c9bff93998b05cd&source=email-statefull-default-state-signatures-needed-gop-cannot-take-phone-service-away-from-poor-people-2&email_referrer=statefull-default-state-signatures-needed-gop-cannot-take-phone-service-away-from-poor-people-2&email_subject=statefull-default-state-signatures-needed-gop-cannot-take-phone-service-away-from-poor-people</a><br class=""><div class="">
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