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  LAMPa Highlights Newsletter                                                  February  2013
In This Issue
Medicaid Expansion
Payday
State Budget
Lutheran Day
Green News
LAMPa's New   
Mission Statement

In response to God's love in Jesus Christ, we advocate for wise and just public policies in Pennsylvania that promote the common good.
FEBRUARY STAFF EVENTS
 
Cover the Commonwealth Medicaid Rally Harrisburg
February 12, 1:00

Lutherans &  Contemporary Political Issues
East Berks Mission District
February 18

Budget Summit, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center Harrisburg, February 21

Senior High Youth Gathering, Southeastern PA Synod King of Prussia
February 23
 

Interfaith Power and Light Board Meeting
Philadelphia
February 27 


LAMPa Links
 

Cover the Commonwealth by Expanding Medicaid

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In his budget address, Governor Corbett left a  crack in the door on the opportunity to expand Medicaid for over half a million working Pennsylvanians. LAMPa will be working to open the door - will you help?
Read more.
 
COVER THE COMMONWEALTH CAMPAIGN with our partners at PA Health Access Network. Come to Harrisburg on Tuesday, February 12 for a lobby day and rally at 1:00 p.m.
Find out more
It's Baaaack - Time to Defeat Payday Lending Once and For All

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We turned back the well-financed, out-of-state Payday lobby effort last fall, but this bad bill is back. Read an update, and more importantly, call your State Senator to voice your opposition. Act now - this bill may move fast.  Find your Senator
2013-14 State Budget - A First Look 

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Governor Corbett released his draft budget on February 5th. See how it stacks up with some LAMPa advocacy priorities in food security, health care, the environment and other areas. Read more. 
   
Lutheran Day at the Capitol - May 7, 2013
A Moral Budget and the Common Good


Bishops at 2012 Lutheran Day
Come to Lutheran Day at the Capitol to seek greater justice for the common good!  The keynote speaker will be the Rev. Dr. Bob Edgar, President and CEO of Common Cause. 
Lutheran Day will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, Camp Hill, with a bus shuttle to the State Capitol, Harrisburg. The agenda and registration will be available in March.  
   
Going Green - Solar Rebates and Climate Change Preach-In

Act now to take advantage of a limited number of rebates available for solar projects. Our partners at GreenFaith can help determine the suitability of your site for panel installation. These will go fast so inquire now. Click here.

Interfaith Power and Light, the religious environmental organization, is promoting a preach-in for climate change awareness the weekend of February 8-10, 2013. Find more resources at Working Preacher. And here are morre great ideas for a Low Carbon Lent. 
 
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