[GPRI] FW: [usgp-dx] [IPPN] Fw: [UFPJ] Immediate Action Needed!

Fri Mar 23 01:59:18 PST 2007

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From: <hhart at blue.weeg.uiowa.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:15:43 -0500
To: <natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org>
Subject: [usgp-dx] [IPPN]  Fw: [UFPJ] Immediate Action Needed!

IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED

We hope that you all know that tomorrow - Friday, March
23rd - the House of Representatives will be voting on the
"Iraq Accountability Act." In case you missed it, the action
alert we sent to our national email list explaining why we
oppose this bill is included below.

The margin of victory or defeat on this supplemental
spending bill is razor thin. We still have a chance to
defeat this bill if we can mobilize our members and generate
a significant number of calls to our representatives in
Congress. And those calls need to be made today and as early
tomorrow morning as possible...before the House votes.

UFPJ urges you to get word out as far and wide as you
can...everyone on your email lists should get a copy of this
message, or send your own. One important thing that people
should tell their representatives: MoveOn is supporting
passage of the "Iraq Accountability Act" but they do NOT
speak for the antiwar movement. The antiwar movement opposes
this bill and we want Congress to use their power to end
this war and bring the troops home, now! (For more
information on the MoveOn poll and how its reporting of its
results were flawed, click here:
http://www.prwatch.org/node/5882 )

Please help us get the word out as quickly as possible.
Thank you.

peace,

Leslie Cagan
National Coordinator
UFPJ
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Please forward widely!
Tell Your Representative TODAY:
Fund Withdrawal, Not More War!
Vote NO on the supplemental spending bill!
Call the Congressional Switchboard toll-free:
888-851-1879Dear Leslie,
The House of Representatives could vote today to give
President Bush another $100 billion to continue the wars in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Democratic Party leadership of the House is trying to
portray this bill as a positive step toward ending the war,
and some organizations are saying the bill challenges the
Bush Administration's failed policy in Iraq, and therefore
should be supported by the antiwar movement.
United for Peace and Justice strongly disagrees.
We urge you to call your representative in the House NOW and
tell him or her to VOTE NO on the supplemental, to VOTE NO
on the "Iraq Accountability Act."
If you are not sure who represents you in Congress, you can
find out by clicking here:
http://capwiz.com/fconl/directory/congdir.tt
Call the Congressional Switchboard toll-free: 888-851-1879
(ask the operator to connect you to your Representative's
office).

Your message is simple:
Bring the troops home now;
Vote NO on the supplemental (the "Iraq Accountability Act");
Support military funding only for the safe withdrawal of the
troops (the Lee amendment).
BACKGROUND INFO

Here are some of the reasons we oppose the supplemental
spending bill (also known as the "Iraq Accountability Act")
the House will be voting on:
It funds both the continued occupation of Iraq and Bush's
escalation of the war.
It allows Bush to decide when U.S. troop withdrawal should
begin -- possibly not until Sept. 1, 2008 -- a full 18
months from now.

It is silent on the question of attacking Iran. (Language
requiring Congressional authorization for military action
against Iran was removed from the bill.)
It allows an unspecified number of troops (10,000? 30,000?
50,000?) to remain in Iraq indefinitely.
It would bring spending on the Iraq war to more than $500
BILLION!
Democratic members of Congress may tell you, "this is the
best we can do." No, this is not the best they can do! The
voters of this country didn't elect a new Congress to give
us excuses; we elected them to use their power to end this
war -- to stop the flow of money for war and to set a
specific, short-term timeframe for bringing the troops home.
Any funds Congress appropriates must be restricted to
withdrawing the troops as soon as practicable. We are
outraged that the Congressional leadership will not allow an
amendment from Rep. Barbara Lee (and supported by Reps.
Maxine Waters and Lynn Woolsey) to even come to the floor
for debate. This amendment would have limited the use of new
funds to the safe withdrawal of all U.S. troops and military
contractors from Iraq by December 31, 2007, to
reconstruction in Iraq and to regional diplomacy efforts.

The Congressional struggle is far from over. Next week the
Senate will debate and vote on its version of the
supplemental. The two versions passed in the House and the
Senate will then go to a conference committee, where
differences between them will be reconciled. In other words,
there will be more opportunities to pressure Congress to
begin to do the right thing. We will keep you updated on
what's happening in the Senate and will let you know when
calls to your Senators are needed. But right now, the most
important thing is to call members of the House!
Finally, all of this Congressional activity is unfolding as
the fifth year of the war in Iraq has begun. There have been
more than 1,000 antiwar activities in cities and towns all
across this country marking the 4th anniversary of the
invasion of Iraq. We've been gathering reports on the local
actions and we encourage you to take a moment to read
them -- it's truly inspiring!

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