[Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: Fund Withdrawal Letter: Get Bay Reps to Sign On!]
Gerry Gras
gerrygras at earthlink.net
Fri Sep 21 04:32:12 PDT 2007
From the San Mateo County list.
Gerry
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Subject: [gpsmc-d] Fw: [cpaction] Fund Withdrawal Letter: Get Bay Reps
to Sign On!
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:59:29 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
From: Cindy Marcopulos <cmarcopulos at earthlink.net>
Reply-To: Cindy Marcopulos <cmarcopulos at earthlink.net>
To: GreenParty list serve to all <gpsmc-d at cagreens.org>
This is a letter Code Pink is requesting those of us in Lantos' district
to compose and send.
Thank you,
c
-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Rae Abileah
Sent: Sep 20, 2007 10:30 AM
To: "bayareacodepinkaction at lists.riseup.net" , Bay Area Code Pink
Subject: [cpaction] Fund Withdrawal Letter: Get Bay Reps to Sign On!
An idea for those of you in Miller, Lantos, Farr, or Eshoo’s
districts: See letter below.
****
Get your Rep. to sign onto Cong. Barbara Lee, Cong. Maxine Waters,
and Cong Lynn Woolsey’s letter to Bush calling for a fully funded
withdrawal! Visit www.codepinkalert.org/fundwithdrawal for updates
and organizing info!
Dear Pinks,
As you know, Congress will vote this fall on another Iraq funding
bill -- this one would fund the war until the end of the Bush regime
if it is passed as is. [Note: we had expected this vote to take
place in September but it has been pushed back until October or
November]
As a precursor to the debate over funding, Representatives Lee,
Woolsey, and Waters have initiated a 'showdown' letter to Bush
pledging to vote against all funding for the military in Iraq except
for money needed to bring all US. troops home. They sent the letter
to Bush with the signatures of 69 of her colleagues in July. They
want to send it again at the end of September with over 100
signatures, and, thanks to DC and grassroots lobbying efforts, there
are now up to 80, including two presidential candidates (Kucinich
and Paul).
The mainstream media is trying to make it appear as if it is a
foregone conclusion that the President will get his blank check yet
again. But this fight is far from over. The more signatures we can
get on this letter, the stronger the message is to Bush, and to
Pelosi that Congress can and must stop funding the war and
occupation of Iraq. Although the letter is addressed to Bush, it is
aimed at Pelosi. We've held vigils, occupied, called, emailed and
screamed at Pelosi -- now we will see if a letter from her
colleagues will show her how to be tough.
Our immediate goal is 100 signatures. Please do what you can—office
visits, emails, calls, pubic actions, sit-ins, letters to the local
newspaper, etc.--to help us get 20 more signatures on this clear and
powerful letter.
Who are our targets?
(These targets are generally the most progressive members of
congress, but a surprising number of moderates have signed the
letter, so anyone is fair game.)
Note: Women are listed with a *; as CODEPINK we can make a special
focus on the Congresswomen to rep the women!
Senate: Dodd (CT), Sanders (VT)
House:
California: Becerra, Miller, Farr, Lantos, Waxman, Roybal-Allard*
New York: Serrano, McNulty, Slaughter*
Massachusetts: Capuano, Tierney, Neal
Connecticut: Larson, DeLauro*
Texas: Doggett, Johnson*
Other states: Brady (PA, Philly area), Udal (NM), Jefferson (LA),
Oberstar (MN), Rahall (WV), Kilpatrick* (MI), Tubbs-Jones* (OH),
Bordallo (Guam), Hirono (HI)
Here are some great resources to help you organize:
* Letter to Your Representative for a Fully-Funded Withdrawal
http://www.codepinkalert.org/downloads/LettertoRepresentative.doc
* Letter to Your Senator for a Fully-Funded Withdrawal
http://www.codepinkalert.org/downloads/LettertoSenate.doc
* Talking Points on Supporting a Fully Funded Withdrawal
http://www.codepinkalert.org/downloads/Talkingpoints_fullyfundedwithdrawal.doc
* Tool to send an email to members of congress
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/302/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=12375
Please mark your calendar to join a conference call with Rep. Lee
organized by United for Peace and Justice on Monday evening (Sept.
24). The exact time is TBA, but it will be in the neighborhood of
5:30 pacific, 8:30 eastern.
Waters, Woolsey and Lee, three phenomenal female champions of peace,
understand that the only thing that will stop the war in Iraq is if
Congress votes to stop funding all military operations, except to
remove all U.S. soldiers and contractors from Iraq on a rapid and
binding timeline. This fall, Congress will vote on another $142
billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for FY 2008. Let's
support the Lee-Waters-Woolsey effort: Ask your Representative to
sign on to the letter to Bush pledging they will no longer buy his war!
Visit www.codepinkalert.org/fundwithdrawal for updates and
organizing info!
If you have any questions about this action, please contact me at
locals at codepinkalert.org or 415-994-1723. For legislative insight,
you can also contact CODEPINK co-founder and co-chair of the UfPJ
legislative working group Gael at gael at codepinkalert.org or
202-422-6700.
Thank You for all you are doing to end this occupation!
In solidarity,
Rae
Text of letter to Bush
July 20, 2007
Dear Mr. President:
We are writing to inform you that we will only support appropriating
additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during Fiscal
Year 2008 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of all
our troops out of Iraq before you leave office.
More than 3,600 of our brave soldiers have died in Iraq. More than
26,000 have been seriously wounded. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis
have been killed or injured in the hostilities and more than 4
million have been displaced from their homes.
Furthermore, this conflict has degenerated into a sectarian civil
war and US. taxpayers have paid more than $500 billion, despite
assurances that you and your key advisors gave our nation at the
time you ordered the invasion in March, 2003 that this military
intervention would cost far less and be paid from Iraqi oil revenues.
We agree with a clear and growing majority of the American people
who are opposed to continued, open-ended U.S. military operations in
Iraq, and believe it is unwise and unacceptable for you to continue
to unilaterally impose these staggering costs and the soaring debt
on Americans currently and for generations to come.
Sincerely,
79 Democratic and Republican members of Congress:
Tauscher
Blumenauer
Napolitano
Hinojosa
Delahunt
Butterfield
Davis (AL)
McCollum
Scott (GA)
Oberstar
DeGette
Solis
Hare
Hodes
Scott
Lynch
Cleaver
Capps
Rothman
Paul
Capps
Holt
Hinchey
Watson
Pastor
Frank
Conyers
Hall
Filner
Rush
Rangel
Towns
Clay
Wynn
Norton
Maloney
Nadler
Honda
Cohen
Hastings
Waters
Lee
Woolsey
McGovern
Kaptur
Carson
Grijalva
Olver
Markey
Fattah
Pallone
Stark
Moran
Johnson (GA)
Payne
Clarke
Moore
Ellison
Baldwin
Gutierrez
Cummings
Velaszuez
Davis (IL) Christensen
Abercrombie
Linda Sanchez
Schakowsky
Lewis (GA)
Jackson Lee
McDermott
New additions:
Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Chris Murphy (Conn.)
Brown (FL)
Thompson (Miss.)
Watt
Meeks (NY)
Loebsack
Weiner
Kucinich
DeFazio
If you're not fighting for our democracy, then you're part of the problem.
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