Fwd: Email Clinton to sign orders re battered women

[Clare Kinberg]

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>From: Women Leaders Online <w...@wlo.org>
>Sat, 24 Aug 1996 16:07:36 +000
>To: re...@wlo.org
>Subject: WOC Alert 8/24/96:
>
>SUMMARY:
>
>We have learned that President Clinton is reviewing Executive Orders
>regarding battered women and job development, which may lessen some of
>the harm that the newly-signed welfare reform bill will cause.
>
>Contact President Clinton by phone (202-456-1414), fax (202-456-2461),
>or e-mail (pres...@whitehouse.gov) and urge him to sign these
>orders.
>
>BACKGROUND:
>
>Despite the long and united opposition of the women's movement,
>President Clinton signed the horrendous Gingrich-Dole welfare
>repeal bill on Thursday. But we're not giving up the fight yet! In his
>public comments, President Clinton promised to make important changes
>to the bill to make it slightly less harmful to women and children. It
>is essential that we hold him to this promise.
>
>Thursday's White House demonstration, in which the Women Leaders Online
>staff enthusiastically participated, was a good start. We expressed our
>rage and disappointment, and we got a lot of media coverage. (Rhonda
>Lees, our deputy director, was prominently quoted in the AP story that
>many of you probably saw in your local newspapers. Way to go, Rhonda!)
>
>We know President Clinton felt the heat, because administration
>officials called the demonstration's organizers. The officials
>indicated that President Clinton would issue executive orders on job
>development and battered women immediately.
>
>It is *crucial* that we strike while the iron is hot and while all
>attention is on President Clinton! Contact President Clinton by phone
>(202-456-1414), fax (202-456-2461), or e-mail
>(pres...@whitehouse.gov) and urge him to sign these orders.
>
>Our message is simple: President Clinton must issue Executive Orders
>on job development and battered women immediately. Also feel free to
>express your personal feelings on this subject. And spread the word!
>
>Please call , fax or e-mail IMMEDIATELY to get this message to
>President Clinton. We cannot live with a welfare bill that will push
>1.3 million children and 1 million mothers deeply into poverty.
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