[PAA-Discuss] FW: Tell Congress to Stop Funding the War in Iraq

[A. Artemis]

I'd have to agree.   We'll never get all the Dems, because war is not a partisan issue.   So why not work on the Repubs?   Tell them the same thing:   war is not a partisan issue.   There is a groundswell towards impeachment.   That's because of the war.  And whatever the political party of an impeachee is, that party will take a hit once the impeachment process begins.
   
  Ending war (and its funding) is the easy way to stem the anti-repub tide.

donald cook <zenblews at hotmail.com> wrote:
    Doesn't an override of a veto require two thirds majority, which would 
basically require almost a third of the Repubs in both house to break ranks 
and go along with *all* of the Dems, while I'm not sure we have all the 
Dems? Not tryin' to be negative (just comes naturally; no effort 
required), but maybe we should focus on cracking the Repub facade. 
   
  Maybe we should convince 'em that if they are concerned about being re-elected and/or preserving some Repub political strength after the next election they should 
get on board the impeachment bandwagon and dump the doofuses early. 


From: "Kathleen kain" 

Why doesn't Nancy Pelosi force through a bill that refuses funding and get 
the dang house (perhaps through the same pork barrel-kind of promises she 
made to pass the other supplemental bill) to override Bush's veto? All this 
"crafty" maneuvering is a waste of time and lives. Peace Action and Dennis 
Kucinich have the only humane approach: not one more cent for the Iraqi and 
Aghan occupations and ALL troops HOME (not redeployed) by December.


----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Martin, Peace Action

Instead of responding to President George "Endless War" Bush's veto of the 
nearly $100 billion supplemental war funding bill with a proposal to only 
fund the safe and orderly withdrawal of all U.S. troops, contractors and 
bases from Iraq, the House of Representatives will vote Thursday or Friday 
on a plan to give Bush $40 billion now and force a second vote in July on 
the balance of the money. The second vote will be conditioned on 
"benchmarks" to be met by the Iraqi government.

Media reports will portray this as a crafty challenge to Bush by the 
congressional leadership (though early reports are the Senate will not take 
this approach, so a conference committee will presumably need to be called 
in the next week or so to reconcile the House and Senate bills).

Make no mistake, this is a vote to continue funding the war. Peace Action 
has never supported a dime for this war, and we're not about to start now.

There will be many more rounds in this legislative saga this summer, and we 
will keep track of and work to impact the to-ing and fro-ing between Bush 
and Congress.

But we need to remain clear and consistent in our demands to Congress, and 
right now, today, is an opportunity to tell your representative you want 
this war to end - period.

Please call your representative today (you can reach him or her through the 
Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121) and urge a vote against the 
supplemental appropriations bill that continues funding the wars and 
occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. While you're at it, call back two more 
times and tell your Senators to bring our troops home for the holidays.

After calling, click here or visit http://peaceblog.wordpress.com to tell us 
how your call went.

Sincerely,

Kevin M. Martin
Executive Director
Peace Action
P.S. Take a moment now to call your congressional representatives and tell 
them to stop funding the Iraq war.

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