Last Chance to Stop War Funding and Winter Soldier NW

Submitted by kelly on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 10:03pm.
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In this issue:

 

Northwest Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan
Veterans Speak out Against the War

Hear local and regional chapters of Iraq Veterans Against The War bring home the truth about the occupations with eyewitness accounts of what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan. This event has been endorsed by PDX Peace and many other organizations in the region.

Saturday, May 31st
Noon-4:15pm
Seattle Town Hall, 8th Ave and Seneca St., Seattle WA
Antiwar rally & march @ 4:30pm

If you're interested in carpooling from Portland, email us. Read more.

 

Call your Representatives and tell them to vote “NO” on more funding for the war in Iraq!

We are close to our last chance to stop another year of full  funding for the war in Iraq.

On May 15, 2008 the House voted against more funding for the war in Iraq,  149 NO votes to 141 YES votes. The funding bill was defeated because 132 Republicans voted “present” in protest against how the bill was brought forward by the Democratic leadership. The Republicans would support the same bill if it came up again,  and the bill would easily pass.

Last week the Senate voted for full funding of the war in Iraq for another year, 24 NO votes to 70 YES votes, in a bill that included about 60 Billion dollars in domestic spending.

The combined war and domestic spending bill that passed in the Senate will probably come to a vote in the House next week after the Memorial Day break. There is at least a chance it might be defeated because of anti-war Democrats who oppose the war part and blue dog Democrats and Republicans who don’t want the domestic spending part. To defeat the bill we need 69 more NO votes on top of the 149 who voted NO last time.

Representatives Blumenauer, DeFazio and Wu voted NO. Thank them and tell them to vote NO again.
But Representatives Hooley and Baird voted YES for war funding and Represenative Walden voted "present." Call them and tell them that they need to vote NO this time.

OREGON Representatives

Earl Blumenauer
Washington, DC (202) 225-4811
Portland, OR (503) 231-2300

Peter DeFazio
Washington, DC (202) 225-6416
Eugene, OR (541) 465-6732
Coos Bay, OR (541) 269-2609
Roseburg, OR (541) 440-3523  

Darlene Hooley
Washington, DC (202) 225-5711
West Linn, OR (503) 557-1324
Salem, OR (503) 588-9100

Greg Walden
Washington, DC (202) 225-6730
Le Grande, OR (541) 624-2400
Bend, OR (541)389-4408
Medford, OR (541) 776-4646

David Wu
Washington, DC (202) 225-0855
Portland, OR (503) 326-2901

SW WASHINGTON Representatives

Brian Baird
Washington, DC (202) 225-3536
Vancouver, WA (360) 695-6292

Reminder: PDX Peace Coaliton meeting
Monday, June 2 7:00-9:00 PM
Get involved with the PDX Peace Coalition. All members are invited to help us figure out our next steps.
Multnomah Friends Meetinghouse, 4312 SE Stark Street, Portland. See you there!