[Peacectr_list] Call your senators TODAY to say no to Iraq war money

[Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine]

From:  "Peter Lems, American Friends Service Committee" <actioncenter at afsc.org>

Dear Peace & Justice Center,

Today (Tuesday, December 18), your senators will vote on whether the 
U.S. should give the president another $70 billion to fight the wars 
in Iraq and Afghanistan, with no strings attached. Please call your 
senators right now and ask them to vote NO on more money for war.

Take Action

Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for one of your 
senators. You can 
<http://support.afsc.org/site/R?i=tOpBPQtZ7FYMKcsO94QqOQ..>find out 
who your senators are on AFSC's website if you don't already know.

Here are talking points to help you with your call.

My name is {name} and I'm calling from {city, state}.
I want the senator to vote NO on any amendment to the omnibus funding 
bill that would add more money for the war in Iraq.
Thank you.
After you call one office, please call the switchboard again and ask 
for your other senator.

Background

By controlling how U.S. tax dollars are spent, Congress has the power 
to demand a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops and bases from Iraq 
and set a new U.S. policy in Iraq. So far, a majority in Congress has 
been content to cast symbolic votes against the current war policy 
and then write blank checks to keep the war going.

Congress needs to stop voting more money for continuing the war.

Right now, Congress is working to pass the remaining bills to fund 
the U.S. government for the current fiscal year, which began October 
1. Since Congress has run out of time to pass each bill individually, 
members have rolled them all into one large bill, called an omnibus. 
The House passed the bill last night and it is scheduled for a vote 
in the Senate today.

The House bill, which passed Monday night, doesn't include more money 
to fight the Iraq war. When the bill gets to the Senate today, 
several senators have said they are planning to offer an amendment 
that would add as much as $70 billion to wage war in Iraq and 
Afghanistan, with no conditions about how that money could be used. 
President Bush has threatened to veto the bill if there's no money 
for Iraq included.

If 51 senators vote against the amendment adding Iraq war funding to 
the bill, then the money will not be added.

Call your senators today.

In Peace,


Peter Lems
For the American Friends Service Committee's Wage Peace Campaign

P.S.  For more information on the cost of the war and what taxpayer 
money could better be spent on, see our Cost of War web section at 
<http://support.afsc.org/site/R?i=9NnHEk0WWoHOWV5Oh3Bq7A..>www.afsc.org/cost.
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