On Thursday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi will try again to force the House to approve $163 billion more of our tax dollars for the occupation of Iraq – nearly $100 billion for 2008 plus nearly $70 billion more for 2009.
Last week, your passionate calls persuaded several Democrats to vote no and helped delay the vote for a week. Please call your House Representative again today at 202-224-3121!
We are outraged because this Democratic Congress was elected to end the occupation, not fund it forever. A new Democrats.com poll found an overwhelming 68% of Americans want to bring our troops safely home within 6 months – a significant increase from 54% last September.
As our economy tanks, we cannot afford to waste $163 billion more of our tax dollars for Iraq on top of the $562 billion we’ve already wasted and the $3-5 trillion overall cost, included tripling the price of gasoline.
On Tuesday, the conservative voters in Mississippi’s 1st CD elected a Democrat, Travis Childers, because he promised to bring our troops home from Iraq. There is absolutely no political reason for any Representative to vote for the occupation.
So it’s urgent for everyone to call his or her House Representative (not Senators) today with a simple message: Not One More Penny to Occupy Iraq!
This battle is far from impossible. On January 16, 42 progressive Democrats voted against the last $70 billion blank check. This week, 21 more Democrats promised to vote no (see below). Most Republicans oppose Pelosi’s bill because it includes some domestic spending, so a large bloc of progressive Democrats can defeat it.
Call the switchboard at 202-224-3121 or find your House Representative’s name and direct dial by entering your address on the right side here. Please report the results of your call here: http://www.democrats.com/iraq-sellout-alert-call-congress-today
Thanks for all you do!
Voted No 1/16/08
Promised No 5/08
Baldwin, Tammy, WI02 Capuano, Michael, MA08 Clarke, Yvette, NY11 Clay, Lacy, MO01 Conyers, John, MI14 Davis, Danny, IL07 DeFazio, Peter, OR04 Delahunt, William, MA10 Doggett, Lloyd, TX25 Ellison, Keith, MN05 Fattah, Chaka, PA02 Filner, Bob, CA51 Frank, Barney, MA04 Grijalva, Raul, AZ07 Holt, Rush, NJ12 Jackson, Jesse, IL02 Kucinich, Dennis, OH10 Lee, Barbara, CA09 Lewis, John, GA05 Markey, Edward, MA07 McDermott, Jim, WA07 McGovern, James, MA03 Miller, George, CA07 Moore, Gwen, WI04 Oberstar, James, MN08 Olver, John, MA01 Pallone, Frank, NJ06 Pastor, Ed, AZ04 Payne, Donald, NJ10 Schakowsky, Janice, IL09 Serrano, Jose, NY16 Stark, Pete, CA13 Tierney, John, MA06 Towns, Edolphus, NY10 Velázquez, Nydia, NY12 Waters, Maxine, CA35 Watson, Diane, CA33 Welch, Peter, VT00 Woolsey, Lynn, CA06 Wu, David, OR01 Wynn, Al, MD04 Yarmuth, John, KY03
Abercrombie, Neil, HI01 Allen, Tom, ME01 Andrews, Rob, NJ01 Arcuri, Michael, NY4 Blumenauer, Earl, OR03 Carnahan, Russ, MO03, Cummings, Elijah, MD07 Doyle, Michael, PA14 Eshoo, Anna, CA14 Harman, Jane, CA36 Hooley, Darlene, OR05 Hinchey, Maurice, NY22 Maloney, Carolyn, NY14 McCarthy, Carolyn, NY04 Nadler, Jerry, NY08 Rangel, Charlie, NY15 Rothman, Steve, NJ09 Tauscher, Ellen, CA10 Shea-Porter, Carol, NH01 Waxman, Henry, CA30 Weiner, Anthony, NY09
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