Obama milked the community organizing angle so hard when he was campaigning. But his heart isn't really in it--if it ever was. And so he's standing by while Congress kills one of this country's crowning examples of what community organizing can really do: the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.

I got this press release last night from Virginia Walden Ford, founder and tireless leader of D.C. Parents for School Choice:

Just an hour ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the omnibus bill that kills the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). This is devastating news, and it means that if this bill makes it through the U.S. Senate and is signed into law by President Obama, the OSP will slowly die, with no new students permitted to access great schools through this groundbreaking program.

When we began the fight to save this program more than a year ago, we pledged that we would fight hard and fight long and fight to the finish. We said we wouldn't give up--regardless of the odds. Tonight is no exception. The House passed the voucher-killing omnibus by a tiny margin. The Senate must still act. So, we have not yet been defeated in our effort.

Over the last 16 months, countless low-income families have sacrificed mightily to protect the educational futures of their children. They've come to events early in the morning, at lunchtime, late at night. They've sat with their children and written letters and filmed videos to the president and Congress. They've joined me in visits to Capitol Hill. They've taken time off of work, investing themselves fully in this fight in every sense of the word. This isn't typical Washington lobbying. This is real-life, person-to-person advocacy. And it won't stop tonight. We will continue to fight until the last vote in the U.S. Senate is cast and President Obama makes his final decision.

The U.S. Senate still must vote on this bill, and we've heard that the Senate might vote on the bill as early as tomorrow or this weekend.

I am urging you tonight to please contact your home state's U.S. Senator and ask your Senator to stand up and demand that additional students be included in the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program. Ask your Senator not to support any budget that doesn't allow for the addition of new students to the OSP. You can find your Senator's contact information at www.senate.gov. Please, take action tomorrow morning. Do it not for me, but for the families that have sacrificed so much to save their children's educational options.