ACTION ALERT
Key English Vote Possible
Tuesday, Nov. 13th
Conferees to decide btwn Salvation Army & EEOC
Saturday, November 10, 2007
By Jim Boulet Jr.
Executive Director
English First
TAKE ACTION
On Tuesday, November 13th, House and Senate conferees are scheduled to meet to finalize the Commerce-State-Justice Appropriations bill (H.R. 3093). Monday, November 12th is Veteran's Day, a federal holiday.
On Thursday night (November 8th), the House voted to instruct its conferees on H.R. 3093 to protect Senator Lamar Alexander's Salvation Army amendment.
The Alexander amendment, if passed, would forbid the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from spending any more of our money to sue the Salvation Army over its English-only policy.
The EEOC's 2007 lawsuit is particularly offensive because a similar lawsuit was filed against the Salvation Army in that very same courtroom and rejected in 2003.
The Salvation Army could allow its employees to remain huddled in their little linguistic ghetto. (It would be cheaper.) Instead, the Salvation Army insists that its employees learn the American language so they might look forward to a future beyond sorting old clothes.
The Alexander amendment is in danger because the Hispanic Caucus threw a fit Friday morning (November 9th) leading to a shouting match on the House floor away from C-SPAN's cameras. The Hispanic Caucus is irate that 36 Democrats voted for the Republican's Salvation Army amendment, reversing a July 26th defeat on this same issue in the House.
Your Congressman and two Senators need to hear from you right away
Please ask your family, friends, neighbors and coworkers to do the same.
Thank you for your time
Sincerely,
Jim Boulet, Jr.
Executive Director
English First
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