1. National Grassroots
Conference Call
and Webinar
October 15, 2013
#BreadWeb
A collective Christian voice urging our nation's leaders to end hunger at home and abroad .

2. National Grassroots Conference Call
and Webinar: Opening Welcome
LaVida Davis
Director, Organizing & Grassroots Capacity
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3. National Grassroots Conference Call
and Webinar: Opening Prayer
Zach Schmidt
Regional Organizer, Chicago, IL
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4. National Grassroots Conference Call
and Webinar: Update from the Field
Beatty Brasch
Bread Activist, Lincoln, NE
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5. National Grassroots Conference Call
and Webinar: Update from the Field
Kristin Ostrom
Bread Activist, Lincoln, NE
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6. National Grassroots Conference Call
and Webinar: White House Speaker!
Paulette Aniskoff
Deputy Assistant to the President and
Director of the Office of Public
Engagement
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/author/Paulette%20Aniskoff
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7. National Grassroots Conference Call
and Webinar: Policy Update
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8. National Grassroots Conference Call
and Webinar: Housekeeping
October is going to be
a busy Month
1. Farm Bill negotiations
2. Major Budget battles
3. Immigration Reform
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9. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar: Farm Bill
Christine Melendez Ashley
Policy analyst, domestic nutrition
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10. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar: Farm Bill
Senate
Passed
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66-27 and included:
$4.1 billion in SNAP cuts
Some improvements to food aid
Appointed conferees, 7 D’s and 5 R’s
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Cochran (R-MS)
Roberts (R-KS)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Boozman (R-AR)
Hoeven (R-ND)
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11. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar: Farm Bill
House
• Attempt #1: cut $20 billion from
SNAP and over $2.5 billion from
international food aid. FAILED 195234
• Attempt #2: “Farm only” farm bill.
PASSED 216-208
• Attempt #3: “Nutrition only” bill.
PASSED 217-210
• Nearly 4 million people off the
program
• 210,000 children lose free school
meals
• Reduced benefits for 850,000
households
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12. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar: Farm Bill
The House Conferees…
Appointed conferees, 17 R’s and 12 D’s
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Southerland (R-FL)
Lucas (R-OK)
King (R-IA)
Neugebauer (R-TX)
Roger (R-AL)
Conway (R-TX)
Thompson (R-PA)
Scott (R-GA)
Crawford (R-AR)
Roby (R-AL)
Noem (R-SD)
Denham (R-CA)
Davis (R-IL)
Royce (R-CA)
Marino (R-PA)
Camp (R-MI)
Johnson (R-TX)
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Fudge (D-OH
Peterson (D-MN)
McIntyre (D-NC)
Costa (D- CA)
Walz (D-MN)
Schrader (D-OR)
McGovern (D-MA)
DelBene (D-WA)
Vela (D-TX)
Negrete (D-CA)
Engel (D-NY)
Levin (D-MI)
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13. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar: Farm Bill
Next Steps
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Current farm law expired
Sept. 30
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Conference committee?
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Extension?
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Budget negotiations?
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14. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar: Farm Bill
Message
• Oppose cuts to SNAP in any final
farm bill
• On Nov. 1, all SNAP households
will already see their monthly
benefits reduced – whether or not
Congress is able to pass a farm
bill
• Support Senate improvements to
international food aid
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15. National Grassroots Conference Call
and Webinar: White House Speaker!
Questions for Christine?
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16. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar
Amelia Kegan
Senior policy analyst, budget
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17. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar: Budget
Budget negotiations
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18. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar: Budget
At Issue
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Opening the government
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U.S. default
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Sequestration cuts
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Funding the government for the
rest of FY 2014
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Taxes and entitlements
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Health care reform
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19. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar: Budget
A deal forming
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Funds the government through
January 15
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Extends debt ceiling to February 7
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Budget conference to address
sequestration and larger budget
issues
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Small health care changes
(reinsurance tax delay & income
verification)
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20. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar: Message
Our Message
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Government shutdown and U.S.
default are not bargaining
chips
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Pass a budget that adequately
fund programs serving poor and
vulnerable populations
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Replace sequestration with a
balanced plan that includes
revenues and responsible
spending cuts
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21. National Grassroots Conference Call
and Webinar: White House Speaker!
Questions for Amelia?
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22. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar: Immigration
Immigration
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The House Judiciary and
Homeland Security Committees
have considered multiple bills.
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House Judiciary Chairman, Bob
Goodlatte, has indicated that he
would like to bring immigration to
the House Floor.
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Conference with the Senate
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23. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar: Immigration
What can you do?
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From Oct. 12-20, Christians will
be engaging in Pray4Reform
events taking place across the
nation.
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October through December: Let
your representative know you
want comprehensive immigration
reform.
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Watch for urgent alerts calling for
specific actions targeting
Congress.
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24. National Grassroots Conference Call
and Webinar: White House Speaker!
Questions for Eric?
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25. National Grassroots Conference
Call and Webinar
Next Steps
• Biggest takeaway
• Next Call: November 19th,
4pm
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