Jude Iam
09-27-2018, 11:43 AM
Dear friends and neighbors - Please ask our Representatives in Congress to support PEACE rather than cause endless more suffering and death, inflicted by our country with our money.
Our Reps are Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman - please call both. Thanks, Jude
from PEACE ACTION -
The War Powers Resolution Jon told you about last week was just introduced in the House.
I need you to call your representatives today and ask them to cosponsor and support H.Con.Res 138, the War Powers Resolution on the U.S. role in the war in Yemen. Here's all you need to do:
1) Call the Capitol Switchboard today at 202-224-3121.
2) Follow instructions to reach your Representative in the House of Representatives, and then say (in your own words to the extent possible):
3) My name is ______, and I'm a constituent from [YOUR CITY]. I'm calling to urge Representative Thompson / Huffman___ to cosponsor H.Con.Res 138, the War Powers Resolution on the U.S. role in the war in Yemen. It is time for Congress to take back its constitutional authority in authorizing U.S. wars. Please, co-sponsor the War Powers Resolution to end the U.S. role in the war in Yemen.
Thanks for all you've done to help end the suffering in Yemen.
Paul Kawika Martin
Senior Director, Policy and Political Affairs
P.S. Let us know how your representative's office responded by leaving a comment for us here on this press release from our blog. (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=buDBAmtUg4kCT5f%2Bokvt6Av88gJnPGq0)
Of all the horrendous foreign policy moves the Trump administration has made, last week’s announcement from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo might just top them all.
On Wednesday, Secretary Pompeo reported to Congress that Saudi Arabia and thehttps://org.salsalabs.com/o/161/images/YEMEN%20STATS%20-%20unbranded.jpg United Arab Emirates were working to reduce civilian casualties in their war on Yemen, in an attempt to avoid limitations on U.S. military support for the coalition. [1]
J., it was only last month that I wrote to you about the Saudi-led coalition blowing up a school bus, killing dozens of civilians, including 44 children. The bomb used to commit this terrible war crime was made in the U.S.A.
It’s now crystal clear that the Trump administration will stop at nothing, even bald-faced lying to Congress, to continue its support for the largest humanitarian catastrophe on the planet.
Congress must act to reign in U.S. support for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Some of our allies in Congress are reviving the effort to invoke the War Powers Act for Congress to vote on whether the U.S. is authorized to continue its support for the war in Yemen.
Please, contact your Senators and Representative today and ask them to co-sponsor this critical legislation. (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BEuKsR4uejhwAq0qIN1YdAv88gJnPGq0)
In the House, Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Adam Smith (D-WA) are leading the charge. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are echoing this charge in the Senate.
I think Rep. Khanna put it best in response to the Pompeo’s announcement when he said “Pompeo’s ‘certification’ is a farce. The Saudis deliberately bombed a bus full of children. There is only one moral answer, and that is to end our support for their intervention in Yemen. If this executive will not do it, then Congress must pass a War Powers Resolution.”
These Members of Congress need your help in order to make sure the Republican leadership doesn’t kill their effort like they did last year with another shady, backroom deal. Racking up co-sponsors on their legislation can help guard against this, and that’s where you come in. Contact your members of Congress today and ask them to co-sponsor a privileged War Powers Resolution on Yemen. (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BKnRRnWqTLlU1%2FutlLImtQv88gJnPGq0)
We came close to winning this vote last March with a bill led by Senators Murphy and Mike Lee (R-UT). Republican leaders essentially negotiated this human rights “certification” requirement to siphon votes away from the bill that would have actually ended U.S. support in the war.
In response to Pompeo’s certification announcement, Senator Murphy stated “It might be interesting to revisit the war powers resolution given the fact that some members voted against us because they thought we were getting real teeth legislatively — and the administration effectively ignored the language, maybe now there’s more interest.”
We need your help J.. Contact your Members of Congress today and ask them to co-sponsor a privileged War Powers Resolution on Yemen. (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XvTCRP1irLKy%2F%2Bt26E6ypAv88gJnPGq0)
Thanks again for everything you do for peace.
Jon Rainwater
Executive Director
Peace Action
Sources:
[1]https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/09/13/trump-chooses-more-same-yemens-war/
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Our Reps are Mike Thompson and Jared Huffman - please call both. Thanks, Jude
from PEACE ACTION -
The War Powers Resolution Jon told you about last week was just introduced in the House.
I need you to call your representatives today and ask them to cosponsor and support H.Con.Res 138, the War Powers Resolution on the U.S. role in the war in Yemen. Here's all you need to do:
1) Call the Capitol Switchboard today at 202-224-3121.
2) Follow instructions to reach your Representative in the House of Representatives, and then say (in your own words to the extent possible):
3) My name is ______, and I'm a constituent from [YOUR CITY]. I'm calling to urge Representative Thompson / Huffman___ to cosponsor H.Con.Res 138, the War Powers Resolution on the U.S. role in the war in Yemen. It is time for Congress to take back its constitutional authority in authorizing U.S. wars. Please, co-sponsor the War Powers Resolution to end the U.S. role in the war in Yemen.
Thanks for all you've done to help end the suffering in Yemen.
Paul Kawika Martin
Senior Director, Policy and Political Affairs
P.S. Let us know how your representative's office responded by leaving a comment for us here on this press release from our blog. (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=buDBAmtUg4kCT5f%2Bokvt6Av88gJnPGq0)
Of all the horrendous foreign policy moves the Trump administration has made, last week’s announcement from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo might just top them all.
On Wednesday, Secretary Pompeo reported to Congress that Saudi Arabia and thehttps://org.salsalabs.com/o/161/images/YEMEN%20STATS%20-%20unbranded.jpg United Arab Emirates were working to reduce civilian casualties in their war on Yemen, in an attempt to avoid limitations on U.S. military support for the coalition. [1]
J., it was only last month that I wrote to you about the Saudi-led coalition blowing up a school bus, killing dozens of civilians, including 44 children. The bomb used to commit this terrible war crime was made in the U.S.A.
It’s now crystal clear that the Trump administration will stop at nothing, even bald-faced lying to Congress, to continue its support for the largest humanitarian catastrophe on the planet.
Congress must act to reign in U.S. support for Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Some of our allies in Congress are reviving the effort to invoke the War Powers Act for Congress to vote on whether the U.S. is authorized to continue its support for the war in Yemen.
Please, contact your Senators and Representative today and ask them to co-sponsor this critical legislation. (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2BEuKsR4uejhwAq0qIN1YdAv88gJnPGq0)
In the House, Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), and Adam Smith (D-WA) are leading the charge. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are echoing this charge in the Senate.
I think Rep. Khanna put it best in response to the Pompeo’s announcement when he said “Pompeo’s ‘certification’ is a farce. The Saudis deliberately bombed a bus full of children. There is only one moral answer, and that is to end our support for their intervention in Yemen. If this executive will not do it, then Congress must pass a War Powers Resolution.”
These Members of Congress need your help in order to make sure the Republican leadership doesn’t kill their effort like they did last year with another shady, backroom deal. Racking up co-sponsors on their legislation can help guard against this, and that’s where you come in. Contact your members of Congress today and ask them to co-sponsor a privileged War Powers Resolution on Yemen. (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BKnRRnWqTLlU1%2FutlLImtQv88gJnPGq0)
We came close to winning this vote last March with a bill led by Senators Murphy and Mike Lee (R-UT). Republican leaders essentially negotiated this human rights “certification” requirement to siphon votes away from the bill that would have actually ended U.S. support in the war.
In response to Pompeo’s certification announcement, Senator Murphy stated “It might be interesting to revisit the war powers resolution given the fact that some members voted against us because they thought we were getting real teeth legislatively — and the administration effectively ignored the language, maybe now there’s more interest.”
We need your help J.. Contact your Members of Congress today and ask them to co-sponsor a privileged War Powers Resolution on Yemen. (https://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XvTCRP1irLKy%2F%2Bt26E6ypAv88gJnPGq0)
Thanks again for everything you do for peace.
Jon Rainwater
Executive Director
Peace Action
Sources:
[1]https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/09/13/trump-chooses-more-same-yemens-war/
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