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Invest today, earn a return, provide them with a livelihood.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="10eec8010.png" border=0 width="200" height="1" ALT="line break" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">           <IMG SRC="10eec8010.png" border=0 width="200" height="1" ALT="line break" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">             <IMG SRC="10eec8010.png" border=0 width="200" height="1" ALT="line break" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="10eec8010.png" border=0 width="200" height="1" ALT="line break" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>Biden Rolls out $1.3 Billion for Amtrak</B></div> <div> WASHINGTON (CNN) --</div> <div> Vice President Joe Biden continued the administration's rollout of the recently passed economic stimulus package Friday</div> <div> highlighting $1.3 billion in federal funding for Amtrak.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <script src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/js/2.0/video/evp/module.js?loc=dom&vid=/video/politics/2009/03/13/sot.biden.amtrack.funding.cnn" type="text/javascript"></script><noscript>Embedded video from <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video">CNN Video</a></noscript>  </div> <div> <IMG SRC="10eec8010.png" border=0 width="200" height="1" ALT="line break" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">           <IMG SRC="10eec8010.png" border=0 width="200" height="1" ALT="line break" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">             <IMG SRC="10eec8010.png" border=0 width="200" height="1" ALT="line break" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="10eec8010.png" border=0 width="200" height="1" ALT="line break" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>THE NAT GAS ACT Needs Your Help Now!</B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1439d63a0.png" border=0 width="726" height="314" ALT="reduce our dependence on foreign oil" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> We are participating in an energy virtual march that starts today!</div> <div> April 02-2009</div> <div> Three members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill which will reduce our dependence on foreign oil.</div> <div> Reps. John Larson, D-Conn.; Dan Boren, D-Okla.; and John Sullivan, R-Okla.; have introduced legislation called the New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions Act of 2009. The shorthand is the NAT GAS Act.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://links.chkenergy.org/ctt?kn=7&m=32244079&r=MTU3NDU2MzI5MQS2&b=0&j=NDcwNjM3MjYS1&mt=1&rt=0" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://links.chkenergy.org/ctt?kn=7&m=32">CLICK HERE</A>  TO EMAIL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ABOUT THE NAT GAS ACT TODAY</div> <bR> <div> The NAT GAS Act will have a majority of the elements for natural gas vehicles (NGVs) contained in the Pickens Plan.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">It extends the tax credit for natural gas used as a transportation fuel. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">It provides a tax credit for 80 percent of the additional cost when purchasing a dedicated natural gas vehicle. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">It creates incentives for the major manufacturers to sell natural gas vehicles (which they already produce for overseas markets) in the United States. </div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700dc00000000.png" HEIGHT="15" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">It requires that 50% of the fleet vehicles purchased by the federal government over the next five years must be fueled by natural gas.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://capwiz.com/pickensplan/issues/alert/?alertid=13047601&type=ML" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://capwiz.com/pickensplan/issues/ale"><IMG SRC="143a8d230.jpg" border=0 width="141" height="35" ALT="CLICK HERE NOW" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> In 2007, the federal government purchased 65,000 gasoline, diesel and E-85 vehicles.</div> <div> In that same year, the federal government bought only 129 natural gas vehicles.</div> <div> Over the next five years, the federal government will purchase approximately 325,000 cars and light-duty trucks.</div> <div> If passed, this bill will require that instead of only 645 natural gas vehicles, the government will purchase 162,500.</div> <div> This demand will help jump start domestic manufacturing capabilities, allowing NGVs to become more readily available to the consumer marketplace.</div> <div> The NAT GAS Act introduced in the U.S. House is only the starting point.</div> <div> There has to be a similar bill introduced in the U.S. Senate; followed by hearings and voting from the House and Senate floor before the bill goes to the president for signing.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="http://links.chkenergy.org/ctt?kn=7&m=32244079&r=MTU3NDU2MzI5MQS2&b=0&j=NDcwNjM3MjYS1&mt=1&rt=0" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://links.chkenergy.org/ctt?kn=7&m=32">CLICK HERE</A> TO EMAIL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ABOUT THE NAT GAS ACT TODAY</div> <div> We're marching on.</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>to contact U.S. representatives</B></div> <div> <B>On the Net:</B></div> <div> FDA Alert: <A HREF="http://www.foodsafety.gov/index.html/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.foodsafety.gov/index.html/">FoodSafety.gov</A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls/default.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls/defaul">US Food and Drug Administration - Recalls and Safety Alerts</A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state&Sort=ASC" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_in">U.S. Senators Contact info</A>     <A HREF="http://www.house.gov/writerep/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.house.gov/writerep/">Congressperson in the U.S. House of Representatives</A>     <A HREF="http://congress.org/stickers/?dir=congressorg&officials=officials&lvl=L" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://congress.org/stickers/?dir=congre">Governors & State Officials</A></div> <div> <B>White House:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.whitehouse.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.whitehouse.gov/">www.whitehouse.gov/</A></div> <div> <B>Obama radio address: </B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.whitehouse.gov/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.whitehouse.gov/">www.whitehouse.gov</A></div> <div> <B>GOP Radio address: </B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/gopweeklyaddress" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.youtube.com/gopweeklyaddress">gopweeklyaddress</A></div> <div> New York Stock Exchange: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.nyse.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nyse.com">www.nyse.com</A></FONT></div> <div> Nasdaq Stock Market: <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.nasdaq.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.nasdaq.com">www.nasdaq.com</A></FONT></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>