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    <p>Hey SOA Colleagues,</p>
    <p>Please take this opportunity to contact your Congressional
      Representative and our US Senators to speak positively for the
      agencies--NEH, IMLS, NHPRC-- named in the NCH email, urging these
      members to fund these agencies in the new budget year.</p>
    <p>It is easy to reach our federal legislators, whether by email,
      telephone, US Mail, or a visit to DC or a district office. My
      usual path is to go through either "us senate.gov" or "house.gov"
      and then look for the list of senators or the list of
      representatives (clicking here will lead you to the
      representatives from each state, e.g., Ohio, then district by
      district). Linking with members will lead you to web sites that
      has information on offices, phone numbers, and a box for writing
      an email directly to the respective legislator (and his/her
      staff). Most phone numbers take messages after hours.</p>
    <p>Remember, no one can argue our case more forcefully than we
      ourselves; it helps when others support us but that support gets
      diluted if we do not first speak for ourselves.</p>
    <p>George Bain, Co-Chair, SOA Advocacy & Outreach Committee<br>
    </p>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/13/2018 4:23 PM, Carleton, Janet
      via OHIOARCHIVISTS wrote:<br>
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            National Coalition for History [<a
              class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
              href="mailto:lwhite=historycoalition.org@mail134.atl221.rsgsv.net">mailto:lwhite=historycoalition.org@mail134.atl221.rsgsv.net</a>]
            <b>On Behalf Of </b>National Coalition for History<br>
            <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 13, 2018 3:11 PM<br>
            <b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
              href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu"><carleton@ohio.edu></a><br>
            <b>Subject:</b> Trump FY19 Budget Proposes Massive Cuts to
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style="font-size:20.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:red">Trump
                                                          FY19 Budget
                                                          Proposes
                                                          Drastic Cuts
                                                          to History
                                                          &
                                                          Humanities
                                                          Funding Again</span></strong><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">
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style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:18.75pt;box-sizing:
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style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Open
Sans";color:#252525">On February 12, President Trump sent his
                                                          budget request
                                                          to Congress
                                                          for fiscal
                                                          year (FY)
                                                          2019. Like
                                                          last year, it
                                                          proposes
                                                          devastating
                                                          cuts to
                                                          federal
                                                          humanities and
                                                          history
                                                          funding,
                                                          including
                                                          elimination of
                                                          the <a
href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=db1e3efe08&e=994dc209a0"
moz-do-not-send="true"> <span style="color:#6DC6DD">National Endowment
                                                          for the
                                                          Humanities</span></a>
                                                          (NEH), <a
href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=29237ab878&e=994dc209a0"
moz-do-not-send="true"> <span style="color:#6DC6DD">Institute of Museum
                                                          and Library
                                                          Services</span></a>
                                                          (IMLS), the <a
href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=b601d76821&e=994dc209a0"
moz-do-not-send="true"> <span style="color:#6DC6DD">National Historical
                                                          Publications
                                                          and Records
                                                          Commission,</span></a>
                                                          and several
                                                          key education
                                                          and
                                                          preservation
                                                          programs. To
                                                          see detailed
                                                          numbers for
                                                          agencies and
                                                          programs
                                                          affecting our
                                                          interests, <a
href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=fa5763f9e6&e=994dc209a0"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"> <span style="color:#6DC6DD">click
                                                          here</span></a>.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          The major
                                                          point to
                                                          remember is
                                                          that Congress
                                                          ultimately
                                                          controls
                                                          appropriations,
                                                          not the
                                                          president. In
                                                          addition,
                                                          Trump’s
                                                          request does
                                                          not take into
                                                          account the
                                                          $132 billion
                                                          increase in
                                                          nondefense
                                                          discretionary
                                                          spending over
                                                          the next two
                                                          budget cycles
                                                          that Congress
                                                          authorized in
                                                          its most
                                                          recent
                                                          continuing
                                                          resolution to
                                                          keep the
                                                          government
                                                          operating.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Leaders of
                                                          both parties
                                                          have
                                                          pronounced
                                                          Trump’s FY19
                                                          budget “dead
                                                          on arrival,”
                                                          and these
                                                          draconian cuts
                                                          are unlikely
                                                          to pass. Quite
                                                          simply, the
                                                          president is
                                                          appealing to
                                                          his base by
                                                          paying lip
                                                          service to
                                                          downsizing the
                                                          government,
                                                          while not
                                                          proposing a
                                                          realistic
                                                          budget for
                                                          Congress to
                                                          use as a
                                                          starting
                                                          point. For
                                                          example,
                                                          Trump’s
                                                          proposed
                                                          elimination of
                                                          four cultural
                                                          agencies, even
                                                          if enacted,
                                                          would have a
                                                          miniscule
                                                          impact on the
                                                          deficit. <a
href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=90e1ccddcd&e=994dc209a0"
moz-do-not-send="true"> <span style="color:#6DC6DD">According to the
                                                          Washington
                                                          Post</span></a>,
                                                          the budgets
                                                          for the NEH,
                                                          IMLS, the
                                                          National
                                                          Endowment for
                                                          the Arts, and
                                                          the
                                                          Corporation
                                                          for Public
                                                          Broadcasting
                                                          combined
                                                          account for
                                                          less than $1
                                                          billion of the
                                                          $4.4 trillion
                                                          federal
                                                          budget.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Our community
                                                          can and should
                                                          fight
                                                          vigorously
                                                          against these
                                                          proposed cuts,
                                                          but there is
                                                          no need to
                                                          panic. We need
                                                          to focus our
                                                          attention, as
                                                          we always
                                                          have, on the
                                                          appropriations
                                                          subcommittees
                                                          with
                                                          jurisdiction
                                                          over the
                                                          programs that
                                                          affect our
                                                          constituents.
                                                          The budget
                                                          process is
                                                          complex, as
                                                          you can see in
                                                          <a
href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=284556150f&e=994dc209a0"
moz-do-not-send="true"> <span style="color:#6DC6DD">this chart from NEH</span></a>,
                                                          but NCH will
                                                          be advocating
                                                          for
                                                          history-related
                                                          agencies every
                                                          step of the
                                                          way. We have
                                                          built lasting
                                                          relationships
                                                          in Congress
                                                          over the years
                                                          that we can
                                                          draw upon,
                                                          including the
                                                          History Caucus
                                                          in the House.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Your voice had
                                                          an impact last
                                                          year – while a
                                                          final FY18
                                                          budget has not
                                                          yet been
                                                          passed, the
                                                          House and
                                                          Senate
                                                          appropriations
                                                          committees
                                                          have largely
                                                          ignored
                                                          Trump’s
                                                          previous
                                                          request and
                                                          continued to
                                                          fund our key
                                                          programs and
                                                          agencies at
                                                          generally
                                                          close to level
                                                          funding. We
                                                          need to keep
                                                          up the
                                                          pressure on
                                                          Congress to
                                                          ensure that
                                                          the same
                                                          happens this
                                                          year.<br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          Once again, in
                                                          collaboration
                                                          with <a
href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=0bda0fd0b5&e=994dc209a0"
moz-do-not-send="true"> <span style="color:#6DC6DD">our colleagues at
                                                          the National
                                                          Humanities
                                                          Alliance</span></a>,
                                                          we are issuing
                                                          our initial
                                                          legislative
                                                          alerts asking
                                                          you to contact
                                                          your Members
                                                          of Congress.
                                                          We will try
                                                          not to
                                                          overload you
                                                          with similar
                                                          requests, but
                                                          when we do be
                                                          assured it is
                                                          important for
                                                          you to act
                                                          promptly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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moz-do-not-send="true" width="48" border="0"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%" valign="top">
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style="text-align:center" align="center"><a
href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=8b1ee6e45a&e=994dc209a0"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060;text-decoration:none">Twitter</span></a>
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style="border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust:
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cellpadding="0" align="left" border="0">
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                                                          style="padding:0in
                                                          0in 3.75pt
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                                                          valign="top">
                                                          <p
                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:center" align="center"><a
href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=0b927434e7&e=994dc209a0"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                                                          style="text-decoration:none"><img
style="width:.5in" id="_x0000_i1028"
src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-link-96.png"
                                                          alt="Website"
moz-do-not-send="true" width="48" border="0"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%" valign="top">
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                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="text-align:center" align="center"><a
href="https://historycoalition.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878&id=4ef179fdc5&e=994dc209a0"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060;text-decoration:none">Website</span></a>
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                                                class="MsoNormalTable"
                                                style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;min-width:
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                                                cellspacing="0"
                                                cellpadding="0"
                                                width="100%" border="1">
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                                                      style="border:none;border-top:solid
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                                      <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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                                        style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width:
                                        100%;-ms-text-size-adjust:
                                        100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
                                        100%" cellspacing="0"
                                        cellpadding="0" width="100%"
                                        border="0">
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                                            <td style="padding:6.75pt
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style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust:100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust:
                                                100%" cellspacing="0"
                                                cellpadding="0"
                                                align="left"
                                                width="100%" border="0">
                                                <tbody>
                                                  <tr>
                                                    <td
                                                      style="width:6.25in;padding:0in
                                                      0in 0in
                                                      0in;max-width:
                                                      100%;min-width:
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100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%" valign="top" width="600">
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                                                        class="MsoNormalTable"
style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust:
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                                                        cellspacing="0"
                                                        cellpadding="0"
                                                        align="left"
                                                        width="100%"
                                                        border="0">
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                                                          style="padding:0in
                                                          13.5pt 6.75pt
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                                                          class="MsoNormal"
style="line-height:125%"><em><span
style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">Copyright
                                                          © 2018
                                                          National
                                                          Coalition for
                                                          History, All
                                                          rights
                                                          reserved.</span></em><span
style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">
                                                          <br>
                                                          You have
                                                          signed up for
                                                          this
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                                                          <strong><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif">Our mailing address
                                                          is:</span></strong>
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style="line-height:125%"><span class="org"><span
style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">National
                                                          Coalition for
                                                          History</span></span><span
style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="line-height:125%"><span
style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">400
                                                          A Street SE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="line-height:125%"><span class="locality"><span
style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">Washington</span></span><span
style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:125%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">,
                                                          <span
                                                          class="region">DC</span>
                                                          <span
                                                          class="postal-code">20005</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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