FW: Tell Your Rep TODAY: Vote NO to Another Year of War!

[Martin, Charlotte]

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From: UFPJ Legislative Working Group [mailto:listm...@unitedforpeace.org]
Sent: Wed 6/18/2008 3:14 PM
To: Martin, Charlotte
Subject: Tell Your Rep TODAY: Vote NO to Another Year of War!

Please forward widely.

In an unprecedented development last month, the House of Representatives voted down the funding for the war, but now the Senate has sent the bill back.

As early as tomorrow, June 19th, the House could be voting on the Senate version, which contains a record-shattering $165 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as some domestic spending on expanded GI benefits and extended unemployment insurance. The bill does NOT specify any conditions on the war funding itself -- no timelines or goals for troop withdrawals, no troop readiness provisions -- nothing to alter or challenge Bush's Iraq war policy in the slightest!

When the funding bill came before the House of Representatives last month, the peace movement lit up the phones and it made a difference. House members need to hear from us again. If this bill passes, it will give President Bush and his successor the unconstrained ability to pursue the war into next summer.

Time is short, so we urge you to act now:

* Email your congressional representative now: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/302/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=24983 Tell your rep to vote against this funding bill because it's time to bring all the troops home. Tell him or her you support GI benefits and extended unemployment insurance, but it is outrageous to attach them to another year of war. Click here to send an email to your representative: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/302/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=24983
Calls and faxes are also effective -- click here to find your representative's phone and fax numbers: http://capwiz.com/fconl/directory/congdir.tt

* Join the Iraq Moratorium -- Friday, June 20 -- Close to 100 events are listed on their website -- join one or plan your own, and focus attention on this upcoming legislation. http://www.iraqmoratorium.org

* Quickly plan a vigil or protest at the office at one of your members of Congress (House or Senate) and pass out literature which explains what this legislation will cost your district (http://www.nationalpriorities.org/costofwar0508), and the price we and the Iraqis will pay during another year of war. Since the media has focused exclusive attention on the GI bill and domestic spending, most people have no idea that Congress is poised to support another year of war. By being visible, we can alert the public to what is happening. Please be sure to post your activity on our events calendar, so others can join you: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/addevent

* Copy this message and distribute it widely.

Yours, for peace and justice,

UFPJ Legislative Working Group

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