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Follow the leader, please!

-- Amanda Meade -- 03/26/2009

The choice is simple. We can either take on America's long-term challenges or just lower our heads and keep muddling through. Regardless of our decisions, the economic news is dire. One thing is certain; Federal debt will rise much faster without spending to stimulate programs and will create an even steeper hill to climb. What we need is bold action.

The President has called for addressing head on the challenges we face.  We need a massive effort to help Congress realize we want action and not the same old tired politics of the past.

We need to build a better  foundation for our future and to revive our economy. Addressing energy in this Budget will lay that foundation. Our energy needs are growing, but we can't continue our dependency on and expect more from an unstable oil market, or the dirty energy of coal. Those high gas prices that hurt so many families' budgets last summer will return, and with today's economic woes, will cause even more pocketbook pain.  

Congress must vote to support the President's budget. We can't wait any longer to solve these problems.