House of Representatives Votes On War Today
HOUSE VOTES ON WAR TODAY
Today the House of Representatives is expected to vote on a variation of Rep. Jim McGovern's bill HR 746 to mandate the withdrawal of most American forces from Iraq.
Then the House is expected to vote on a Supplemental war spending bill that gives Bush and Cheney money to continue the war and does not include even a nonbinding withdrawal date.
Representatives Waters, Lee, and Woolsey have urged their
colleagues to vote YES on McGovern's bill, but have failed
to urge them to vote NO on the Supplemental:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/22342
This is not the position of the peace movement outside the beltway, which demands a YES vote on McGovern and a NO vote on the Supplemental.
TELL CONGRESS
Capitol Hill Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
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McGovern's
Proposal will be like his bill, except that
* the word
"withdrawal" is replaced with redeployment throughout the
bill;
* it would go into effect "90 days after enactment"
instead of the 30 days in the original bill;
* it would
withdraw all US troops except for troops engaged in limited
operations against al-Qaeda and foreign terrorists, and for
training Iraqi troops (this is the sentence from the
House-passed supplemental in April); and
* in addition to
clarifying that economic and social reconstruction aid for
Iraq continues, it adds the word "diplomatic" as well, so
that funding for our embassy personnel is not cut
off.
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And while you’re calling, please ask
your Congress member to co-sponsor H.Res. 333, Articles
of Impeachment against Vice President Cheney. The bill,
drafted by Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), bases impeachment on
Cheney’s manipulation of intelligence to launch the Iraq
invasion and on his threats of aggressive action against
Iran. The bill is now co-sponsored by William. Lacy Clay
(D-MO) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL).
We need co-sponsors
for this bill impeaching Cheney first! Email your Congress
member, or call them at 202-224-3121.
http://www.impeachcheney.org