From: CTR9899@whitewater.wcslc.edu (Christopher Ryan) Subject: (Forwarded) URGENT ACTION ALERT Date: 19 Apr 95 17:46:08 MDT LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS URGENT ACTION ALERT RE: Ryan White CARE Act -- S.641 The Senate has introduced the Ryan White CARE Reauthorization Act of 1995 -- S. 641 -- sponsored by Senator Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS). LCR worked closely with Sen. Kassebaum on this bill, and in our House testimony, we strongly endorsed it and urged its passage in both houses of Congress. OUR BILL MAY BE IN TROUBLE IN THE SENATE. WE NEED URGENT ACTION NOW! LEFT-WING GROUPS IN NEW YORK, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, PENNSYLVANIA, TEXAS AND MICHIGAN ARE DOING ALL THEY CAN TO SCUTTLE THIS CRITICAL LEGISLATION BY TELLING REPUBLICAN SENATORS IN THEIR STATES TO OPPOSE SENATOR KASSEBAUM'S BILL. LOG CABIN MUST EDUCATE OUR REPUBLICAN SENATORS AS TO THE CRITICAL NEED FOR THIS BILL TO BE APPROVED IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE SENATE RETURNS FROM ITS APRIL RECESS. I have enclosed a sample letter to your Senator on this issue. Club presidents should write a letter on behalf of the club, but club officers and club members should also write letters immediately. We need a volume of letters MAKING THE CASE, REPUBLICAN TO REPUBLICAN. Contact LCR for further information if you need any. SENATE TARGETS: Al D'Amato (NY) Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX) Phil Gramm (TX) Connie Mack (FL) Paul Coverdell (GA) Spencer Abraham (MI) Arlen Specter (PA) Rick Santorum (PA) SAMPLE LETTER -- S.641 - The Ryan White CARE Reauthorization Act/95 Dear Senator ......: I am writing as the president of the Log Cabin Club of ...... to express our strong support for S.641, the Ryan White Reauthorization Act of 1995, sponsored by Senator Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas. Ryan White reauthorization is the number one federal legislative priority for Log Cabin, the voice of lesbian and gay Republicans nationwide. The Kassebaum bill was the result of intensive, bipartisan negotiations in which Log Cabin played a significant part. S.641 is a bill which ensures that federal AIDS care assistance will be responsive to the present state of the epidemic. It is a fiscally responsible bill which ensures equitable funding for all areas of the country, but would protect urban centers by capping any funding shifts away from cities at no more than 7.5% over five years. This is a reasonable compromise in the midst of much needed government reforms and spending cuts by the Republican majority, and it strongly preserves the federal government's central role in providing disaster relief to local communities like those devastated by the costs of AIDS care. We understand that some urban gay and AIDS groups are opposing the Kassebaum bill. These are groups which oppose any attempts by the Republican Congress to pass successful AIDS legislation like S.641. Their arguments about drastic losses to our state are not sound. Under S.641, [INSERT STATE SPECIFIC LINE ON FORMULAS] Log Cabin joins a broad coalition of groups nationwide, including the AIDS Action Council, Americans for a Sound AIDS/HIV Policy, and the Human Rights Campaign Fund in supporting S.641. Its passage would be another example of how the Republican Congress is responding quickly and fairly to the AIDS epidemic. I strongly urge you to join as a cosponsor of S.641, and to support its swift approval after the April recess. STATE SPECIFIC LINES ON FORMULAS -- NEW YORK funding to Nassau and Suffolk counties, where the need is growing quickly, will increase by 34.27% over five years, and total shifting out of funds will be held firm at 7.5% for New York state. This is an extremely fair compromise to ensure equitable funding for people with AIDS across the state of New York. TEXAS funding to Austin and San Antonio, where the need is growing quickly, will increase by 8.44% and 7.61% respectively over five years, and total shifting out of funds will not exceed 3.33% for the state of Texas. This is an extremely fair compromise to ensure equitable funding for people with AIDS across the state of Texas. GEORGIA funding to Georgia will be virtually unchanged in the new formula, and rural and suburban counties will get a greater share of the funds that they will increasingly need over the next five years. MICHIGAN funding to the state of Michigan will greatly increase, by at least 16% over five years. Funding to Detroit, the center of the epidemic in our state, will increase by almost 30%, and rural and suburban areas will see increases as well. PENNSYLVANIA funding to Pennsylvania will greatly increase, by at least 16.93% over five years. Funding to Philadelphia, the center of the epidemic in our state, will increase by almost 25%, and rural and suburban areas will see increases as well. FLORIDA funding to Orlando and Tampa-St. Petersburg, where the need is growing quickly, will increase by 8.79% and 7.54% respectively over five years, and total shifting out of funds will not exceed 4.36% for the state of Florida. This is an extremely fair compromise to ensure equitable funding for people with AIDS across the state of Florida. Christopher Ryan 50 S. Main #25-S15 Salt Lake City, UT 84144 (801) 364-5930 ********************************************************************** All information contained in this electronic mail message is the sole intellectual property of Christopher Ryan and cannot be used without written permission from the copyright holder. (c) 1995, Christopher Ryan. *********************************************************************