Finally a Vote on War Funding This Week
On the House calendar for this week is a vote on a $33 billion supplemental bill to escalate the war in Afghanistan. The Senate did not accept the House version (passed without a vote on July 1st). The House will likely now vote on the Senate version or something close to it. This will likely mean something quite unusual: a straightforward vote in which yes means yes more war, and no means no.
Whether we block the bill or not, we will now be able to identify clearly and unambiguously the war supporters and war opponents. They will need to be punished and rewarded while they’re home for August and at the polls in November. If the majority of Democrats vote against the war funds, we will be able to point out that opposition from the President’s own party. And the closer we come to defeating the bill the more we will have to build on as the peace movement joins with the labor and civil rights movements this fall.
Our message is simple:
Vote no on funding this escalation of war, regardless of whether it’s a procedural vote, and regardless of any good measures attached to it.
FCNL has a toll-free number to call your representative: 1-888-493-5443, or use the standard number (202) 224-3121.
Pull U.S. Troops Out of Pakistan
The House is expected to debate and vote on Tuesday on a privileged resolution (HCR 301) introduced by Congressmen Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul to remove U.S. forces from Pakistan. The resolution directs the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Pakistan. On this one we want to ask for Yes votes.
Call Congress (202) 224-3121.
Healthcare for a Spam eater
When I was five years old, I was in a coma for 3 weeks, in critical condition with failing kidneys. Two weeks before, I had a strep throat. It lingered, but my parents had no health insurance. They could afford only to trust my young immune system. By the time my throat felt better, an …Continue Reading
HR676 Is What America Needs!
HR676 IS WHAT AMERICA NEEDS! Only HR676 would have made this a shameful legacy of America’s past. But we won’t get what we need from Obama! So disappointing, but true! Single payer healthcare (HR676) is, tragically, not within our grasp:( Firm cancels health insurance coverage for girl, 17, after celiac disease diagnosis
HealthCare Not Warfare
My mother died in a hospice care in San Diego. My grandmother was a nurse in an Oakland Hospital. I cannot afford adequate health insurance in California, or most of the rest of our United States, for that matter. My awareness and appreciation of the “Healthcare Not Warfare” campaign launched by the Progressive Democrats of …Continue Reading
Americans Without Health Care Are Dying!
AMERICANS WITHOUT HEALTH CARE ARE DYING! OCTOBER 28TH 2009 Because the corporate media “say it aint so” NO EMERGENCY, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO AMERICANS DIE EVERYDAY from lack of health-care. Big Pharmaceutical companies have not t yet fully figured out how to profit “enough” from the un and under-insured to “push” its’ “newsworthiness” http://pdamerica.org/articles/news/2009-10-27-10-51-06-news.php
