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Subject: [grassroots] Please ask your Senators to reauthorize IMLS and confirm Susan Hildreth!<br>To: <a href="mailto:fllan@ala.org">fllan@ala.org</a>, <a href="mailto:grassroots@ala.org">grassroots@ala.org</a><br><br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">This morning the United States Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee reported from committee with unanimous consent, Senate Bill 3984, the Museum and Library Services Act of 2010 to reauthorize the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the primary source of support by the Federal Government for the 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums in the United States.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The next stop for S.3984 will be to have a vote on the Senate floor. Please call your two senators at (202) 224-3121 and tell them to support S.3984 in the lame duck session.<span style="COLOR: #1f497d"> </span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Also, this morning in the Senate HELP committee, the nomination of Susan Hildreth to be the director of IMLS was favorably reported from committee. Her nomination now will face the full Senate. When you call your senators please also urge them to support Ms. Hildreth’s nomination in this lame duck session. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">For more information on the Museum and Library Services Act of 2010, click here: <span style="COLOR: #1f497d"><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:1:./temp/~bdZDE1:@@@L&summ2=m&%7C/home/LegislativeData.php%7C" target="_blank">http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d111:1:./temp/~bdZDE1:@@@L&summ2=m&|/home/LegislativeData.php|</a></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Best,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Kristin Murphy</span></p>
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