Call your Senators! We have to stop this war funding right now — it’s the only way to end these failed military adventures — before they destroy the U.S. Right now we are spending $5,000 per second in Iraq. It’s a money pit and there is no end in sight. We aren’t winning either unwinnable situation in either country. Here is what’s coming up this week: The Iraq - Afghanistan war supplemental may be voted on this Thursday, May 8, in the House of Representatives.
The Senate Appropriations Committee will “mark-up” the supplemental this Thursday, May 8, setting the stage for a full vote by the Senate.
To express opposition to additional war funding, you can call the Capitol Switchboard to be connected to your Representative’s and your Senators’ offices: 1-202-224-3121 or toll free at: 1-800-828-0498
Here’s the latest from D.C.: This information is from Voices for Creative Non-Violence
Democrats Unveil War Supplemental Plans — CQ Today Midday Update - May 6, 2008
Dems Prepare $183.6 B Supplemental, May Vote Thursday — Congress Daily, May 6, 2008
Senate Appropriations Committee Markup of Emergency Supplemental — Now Scheduled for Thursday, May 8 at 2:00 p.m.
It’s important that you contact your Senators today and tomorrow and Thursday. Call them every day and tell them you are fed up with the failed war policy and you are demanding they stop borrowing money to throw away on these failed war policies. We are bankrupting our country. We need to invest in some tough diplomacy and training, not more failed war policy. And we need to keep Blackwater out of it and stop throwing away money on more war profiteers!
