AUFC Launches Largest Advertising Effort to Date Supporting the President’s Budget Blueprint
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As Key Congressional Committees Begin Work on the Obama Budget Plan This Week, Americans United for Change Launches Largest Advertising Effort to Date in Support of the President's Blueprint for Rebuilding and Renewing America's Economy
Ads Airing in 12 Targeted States Represented by Republican and Democratic Members of Congress Critical to Outcome of Budget
Click Here to View New AUFC TV Ad "Blueprint"
Washington D.C. - As the U.S. House and Senate Budget Committees begin key work this week on President Obama's fiscal year 2010 budget request to Congress, Americans United for Change launched the largest advertising blitz to date in support of the President's transformational blueprint for rebuilding and renewing America. See script below for "Blueprint" and click here to view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar4FTclpVkg
With a significant six-figure buy behind it, "Blueprint" will run on national cable, a mix of cable and broadcast in the nation's Capitol and at persuasion levels on broadcast television in targeted media markets represented by Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who will play a critical role in shaping the budget and the nation's priorities. Markets include: Maine, North Dakota, Nebraska, Virginia, Indiana, Alaska, Louisiana, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Arizona and New Hampshire.
Tom McMahon, Acting Executive Director of Americans United for Change: "The work that begins this week on President Obama's budget is by far the most significant in shaping the President's transformational commitments to healthcare reform, education and clean energy - investments that will rebuild and renew America's economy and lay a solid foundation for long-term prosperity. This ad is designed to engage the American people in the process of bringing about the transformational change they voted for in November by contacting their elected representatives and asking for their help in putting our country on the road to prosperity. It is our hope that Congress gets the boost it needs to stand up to the special interests that will do anything to maintain the failed policies of the last eight years that were entirely stacked in their favor and that turned our economy into a house of cards."
Americans United for Change is among over 100 national progressive, labor and advocacy organizations that have signed onto the campaign to Rebuild and Renew America Now!, working together to pass President Obama's historic and transformational budget plan. In addition with the new advertising effort from Americans United, the $5-7 million coalitional campaign effort will substantially ratchet up activity this week, including grassroots events across the country, grass tops contacts, and a major paid phone and email campaign into Members of Congress' offices.