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Subject: URGENT: Action needed as Senate blocks anti-war debate
ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE: February 5, 2007
Tell Congress: Bring the Troops Home
Just now in the Senate, pro-war members have used the filibuster to stop
debate against the escalation of the war in Iraq.
It's all up to the House now. Unfortunately, many anti-war members there are
feeling timid about acting to stop the war with the strongest possible
binding legislation.
This is a pivotal moment: The entire Congress needs to hear the booming
voice of the American people right now demanding an end to the war loudly
and clearly. Many groups will be reaching out to their members this week to
raise that voice, and we think it's important for all of us to take every
opportunity to act.
Act now by telling your represenative to stop playing games and bring the
troops home.:
http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/...ep50COb0BWZs0EK
With President Bush planning to escalate the war by sending as many as
48,000 more troops to Iraq, this is not the time for timidity among anti-war
leaders in Congress or game-playing among pro-war ones. It's been three
months since the American people voted to shake up Congress, sending the
clearest possible anti-war message to our national leaders. It's time for
binding legislative moves to stop the war, including denying the President
any more funding for his war.
The stakes could not be higher. A new report by the nonpartisan
Congressional Budget Office shows that the real troop increase associated
with President Bush's escalation policy could be as high as 48,000, more
than double the 21,500 soldiers that Bush has claimed.
These new facts about escalation come just as Congress is set to receive a
long-delayed National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraq, the first such
document from the U.S. intelligence community since 2002. According to the
Washington Post, the NIE "outlines an increasingly perilous situation in
which the United States has little control and there is a strong possibility
of further deterioration."
The anti-war leaders in Congress know what needs to be done. The
Constitution of the United States gave Congress "the power of the purse"
precisely so that it could reign in Presidents fighting wars against the
reasoned will of the American people. Congress has several means at its
disposal to bring an end to the war in Iraq and it should use ALL OF THEM.
Send a message to your member of Congress now..:
http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/...ep50COb0BWZs0EK
*** Please share this message with everyone you know who opposes sending
more troops into the Iraqi quagmire. ***
THANK YOU for working to build a better world.
Will Easton
Manager, ActForChange.com
Working Assets
ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE: February 5, 2007
Tell Congress: Bring the Troops Home
Just now in the Senate, pro-war members have used the filibuster to stop
debate against the escalation of the war in Iraq.
It's all up to the House now. Unfortunately, many anti-war members there are
feeling timid about acting to stop the war with the strongest possible
binding legislation.
This is a pivotal moment: The entire Congress needs to hear the booming
voice of the American people right now demanding an end to the war loudly
and clearly. Many groups will be reaching out to their members this week to
raise that voice, and we think it's important for all of us to take every
opportunity to act.
Act now by telling your represenative to stop playing games and bring the
troops home.:
http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/...ep50COb0BWZs0EK
With President Bush planning to escalate the war by sending as many as
48,000 more troops to Iraq, this is not the time for timidity among anti-war
leaders in Congress or game-playing among pro-war ones. It's been three
months since the American people voted to shake up Congress, sending the
clearest possible anti-war message to our national leaders. It's time for
binding legislative moves to stop the war, including denying the President
any more funding for his war.
The stakes could not be higher. A new report by the nonpartisan
Congressional Budget Office shows that the real troop increase associated
with President Bush's escalation policy could be as high as 48,000, more
than double the 21,500 soldiers that Bush has claimed.
These new facts about escalation come just as Congress is set to receive a
long-delayed National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iraq, the first such
document from the U.S. intelligence community since 2002. According to the
Washington Post, the NIE "outlines an increasingly perilous situation in
which the United States has little control and there is a strong possibility
of further deterioration."
The anti-war leaders in Congress know what needs to be done. The
Constitution of the United States gave Congress "the power of the purse"
precisely so that it could reign in Presidents fighting wars against the
reasoned will of the American people. Congress has several means at its
disposal to bring an end to the war in Iraq and it should use ALL OF THEM.
Send a message to your member of Congress now..:
http://act.actforchange.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/...ep50COb0BWZs0EK
*** Please share this message with everyone you know who opposes sending
more troops into the Iraqi quagmire. ***
THANK YOU for working to build a better world.
Will Easton
Manager, ActForChange.com
Working Assets