Political Action...

Bet you never thought you'd see those words from me, eh? well, watch out. The tides are turning. Motherhood and all that led up to it have me fired up about things that need to change. LOL.

There are some serious concerns that the government is going to repeal the tax credit and roll it into a smaller $$ OR remove entirely for adoption -- this is a $10k or so tax credit now, and believe me, that is HUGE. Especially for families like ours who lost more than that to a challenging adoption agency experience... (for new readers, ie: we changed agencies after 1 year of going nowhere with another agency and lost a gob of money as a result)...Thankfully, as we all know, our agency, Adoption Options, was amazing. And we are DELIGHTED with the outcomes (Little Man!).... But, do not let me digress.. The issue is huge -- we can't let this credit go bye bye.. please see the below and send a note to your congressman! Even if you haven't adopted, you can still "log your vote"...
Bootlegged from another blogger who wrote it well:

1. Find the name and Washington, D.C. mailing address of your Representative and Senators at www.congress.org. To find e-mail addresses, click through to the Senator’s or Congressperson’s Web site.
2. Next, log on to http://thomas.loc.gov/ to find out whether your Congresspersons are already co-sponsors of the legislation. On the thomas.loc.gov opening page, under “Search Bill Summary and Status,” search by bill number for H.R. 213. Then click on “Bill summary and Status.” On the page that comes up, click on “Cosponsors,” “Text of Legislation,” or “All Congressional Actions” to follow the progress of the bill.
3. If your representatives have not signed on as co-sponsors of the bill, send them your request that they do so. Tell them how important the tax credit was to you when you adopted your children, or how much you and other families you know are counting on it to be available in the future. Emphasize that the tax credit truly results in more children finding homes. Tell them that this is so important to you that you will be following the bill’s progress through Congress.
4. INCLUDE A FAMILY PHOTO: While e-mails are valuable, a written note with a picture of your family or your children will be most effective. If sending e-mail, you’ll actually want to avoid attaching a photo; the large size of the message and the attachment could, potentially, mark it as junk or harmful e-mail.
5. If any of your Congresspersons are already co-sponsors, write them a thank-you note. Again, letters sent by snail-mail with photos of your children will receive more attention.

THANKS for taking a moment to attend to this!!! Future families will thank you tremendously if we save this tax benefit from being axed!

Stay tuned for the regularly scheduled "All about Little Man" posting this week. :) He is just AMAZING... more soon on that!