Yes!

We finally broke through the Senate Republicans' blockade of aid to state and local governments to save the jobs of hundreds of thousands of teachers, firefighters, police officers, nurses and others who provide vital public services. Thank you for your calls and e-mail messages to your senators, which made this possible.

Now the vote is back in the hands of the House--and Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling representatives back from their August recess to vote on the aid next week.

Please take a moment right now to urge your representative to vote for state aid and teacher funding to save these essential jobs. Call 877-442-6801.

The legislation provides $16 billion for a Medicaid funding assistance program known as FMAP and $10 billion for teachers' jobs. Without such funding, the states facing huge budget shortfalls will be forced to begin massive layoffs that could cost hundreds of thousands of workers their jobs and endanger important public services.

Saving and creating jobs now is the key to keeping America's fragile economic recovery alive and averting a double-dip recession. The last thing America's working families need is more joblessness and a longer and harder recession made even more painful by larger class sizes in schools and less public safety.

Act today. Call your representative at 877-442-6801. It only takes a minute to urge your representative to vote for state aid and teacher funding to save hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Thanks for your action,