US citizens: please call your House member right away. (General House phone number 202-224-3121). Tell them to stop this deal while there's still time!

"I'm a constituent. My name is...

"I'm calling about an outrageous provision that Wall Street lobbyists and a few House and Senate leaders are trying to sneak into the budget agreement. It would let the biggest banks go back to using taxpayer subsidies and guarantees to gamble on the riskiest derivatives - the exotic financial instruments that blew up the economy in 2008.

"This would be a huge giveaway to a tiny handful of the biggest Wall Street banks, and it would put the country's financial and economic stability at risk. Please do all you can to remove this provision from the spending bill, and make it clear that you will oppose the bill unless it is removed."