Peace Movement Asks You Call for Congressional Debate on Iraq!

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National Call-In Day, Wednesday, June 7

Call your Congressional Representative

Call (888) 355-3588 (toll-free) or 202-224-3121

An open debate on Iraq is OVERDUE!

 

The people of Iraq want their nation back; they understand that the departure

of U.S. troops will be the first step toward quelling the violence that has

overtaken their country. People in the U.S. want their sons and daughters

home. Children want their mothers and fathers home. Most of the U.S. troops

think they should leave in the next 6 months, if not sooner. Facing this is a

moral and non-partisan challenge.

 

 

But, after more than three years, over $300 billion spent and the death of

more than 100,000 Iraqis and nearly 2,500 American soldiers, Congress still

refuses to debate real alternatives to the President's stay-the-course policy.

It is a policy that over 80% of Iraqis, more than 70% of U.S. soldiers

stationed in Iraq and a majority of the people in the U.S. say is not only a

failure but fails to stop terrorism and creates more hatred towards our troops

in

Iraq. Even reports of civilian massacres by U.S. soldiers in Haditha and

Ishaqi has not moved Congress to act.

 

We have a unique opportunity to demand that Congress stop passing the buck.

So far, 122 members of the House of Representatives have signed a 'discharge

petition' calling for immediate debate and consideration of ALL alternatives

to the policy of open-ended occupation of Iraq (including an immediate

withdrawal of all U.S. troops). All we need is 96 more members of Congress to

sign

the petition for debate to begin. We need your help.

 

Call your U.S. Representative on Wednesday, June 7th. Ask your

Representative to sign H.Res. 543 OR thank them if they have already signed and

ask them

to ask a colleague to sign H.Res. 543.

 

Here are lists of those who have and have not signed:

_http://www.openiraqdebate.com/inner/roll-call.html_

(http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=133192671 & url_num=5 & url=http\

://www.openiraqdebate.c

om/inner/roll-call.html)

 

 

The pressure we are applying is already having an impact. There have been

news reports that some members of Congress, hoping to dodge a real discussion

about Iraq, will offer a tightly-controlled debate framed by supporters of the

war. This alternative is clearly an election-year effort, rather than a

serious commitment to address the failed policy and the need to bring all the

troops home now. This alternative won't allow members who oppose the war to

offer plans to bring the occupation to an end.

Tell your Congressmember that you demand a debate with an " open rule, "

meaning that any proposals to bring the trooops home can be introduced, debated

and voted on. The surest route to that debate is for them to sign the discharge

petition and ask their colleagues to do the same.

Call 202-224-3121, give the operator your Representative's name or go to

_power search_

(http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=133192671 & url_num=6 & url=http\

://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/powersearch.htm) on Congress

Merge to find the local district office.

 

 

 

Message for NON-signers of H.Res. 543:

Message for signers of H.Res. 543: As your constituent, I ask you to sign

onto H.Res. 543, a " discharge petition " that calls for open and honest debate

on Iraq and consideration of ALL alternatives to the policy of open-ended

occupation of Iraq. I will not be satisfied with a limited debate that

prohibits the introduction of real alternatives to the President's failed

policy in

Iraq. It is time to show strong leadership to bring peace in the region.

As your constituent, I want to thank you for signing H.Res. 543. So

important is 17 hours of full and honest debate and consideration of ALL

alternatives

to the policy of open-ended occupation of Iraq that I ask you to ask one of

your NON-signing colleagues to sign H.Res. 543. This is one important step in

building peace in Iraq and throughout the region.

We feel this is an important opportunity for you to do something personally

to help change the course in Iraq. It is an historic opportunity for members

of Congress to offer alternatives to war without end in Iraq. See _Open Iraq

Debate_

(http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=133192671 & url_num=7 & url=http\

://www.openiraqdebate.org/index.html) for more information about

H.Res. 543. You can check the _House Clerk's site_

(http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=133192671 & url_num=8 & url=http\

://clerk.house.gov/109/lrc/

pd/Petitions/Dis6.htm) daily for new signatures.

 

Several UFPJ member groups are working on this National Congressional

Call-In Day, including: 20/20 Vision, AfterDowningStreet.org, American Friends

Service Committee, Code Pink, Democracy Rising, Maryknoll Office for Global

Concerns, Peace Action, Progressive Democrats of America and Women's Action for

New Directions (WAND); we are also working with Backbone Campaign, DC for

Democracy, Democrats.com, NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby,

Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations and Win Without War.

 

 

 

 

_http://www.openiraqdebate.com/inner/roll-call.html_

(http://www.openiraqdebate.com/inner/roll-call.html)

 

Where Does Your Member Stand on House Resolution 543 and on Open and Honest

Debate on Iraq?

_Call Your Member and Urge Their Support for H.Res 543!_

(http://www.house.gov/)

Signed H. Res 543 Has Not Signed H. Res 543

 

 

 

New Additions are Bolded

Arizona

Raul M. Grijalva (D-07)

 

California

Mike Thompson (D-01)

Doris Matsui (D-05)

Lynn C. Woolsey (D-06)

George Miller (D-07)

Nancy Pelosi (D-08)

Barbara Lee (D-09)

Tom Lantos (D-12)

Fortney Pete Stark (D-13)

Anna G. Eshoo (D-14)

Michael M. Honda (D-15)

Zoe Lofgren (D-16)

Sam Farr (D-17)

Lois Capps (D-23)

Adam Schiff (D-29)

Henry A. Waxman (D-30)

Xavier Becerra (D-31)

Hilda L. Solis (D-32)

Diane E. Watson (D-33)

Maxine Waters (D-35)

Jane Harman (D-36)

Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-37)

Grace F. Napolitano (D-38)

Linda T. Sanchez (D-39)

Joe Baca (D-43)

Bob Filner (D-51)

 

Connecticut

John B. Larson (D-01)

 

Colorado

Mark Udall (D-02)

Florida

Kendrick B. Meek (D-17)

Robert Wexler (D-19)

Alcee L. Hastings (D-23)

 

Georgia

Cynthia McKinney (D-04)

John Lewis (D-05)

 

Hawaii

Neil Abercrombie (D-01)

Ed Case (D-02)

 

Illinois

Bobby Rush (D-01)

Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (D-02)

Luis Gutierrez (D-04)

Danny K. Davis (D-07)

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-09)

 

Indiana

Julia Carson (D-07)

 

Iowa

James A. Leach (R-02)

 

Maine

Thomas H. Allen (D-01)

Michael H. Michaud (D-02)

 

Maryland

Wayne T. Gilchrest (R-01)

Benjamin L. Cardin (D-03)

Albert R. Wynn (D-04)

Elijah E. Cummings (D-07)

Chris Van Hollen Jr. (D-08)

 

Massachusetts

John W. Olver (D-01)

Richard E. Neal (D-02)

James P. McGovern (D-03)

Barney Frank (D-04)

Martin T. Meehan (D-05)

John Tierney (D-06)

Edward J. Markey (D-07)

William D. Delahunt (D-10)

 

Michigan

Bart Stupak (D-01)

Carolyn C. Kilpatrick (D-13)

John Conyers, Jr. (D-14)

John D. Dingell (D-15)

 

Minnesota

Jim Oberstar (DFL-08)

Missouri

Wm. Lacy Clay (D-01)

Ike Skelton (D-04)

Emanuel Cleaver (D-05)

 

New Jersey

Rob Andrews (D-01)

Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-06)

Steve Rothman (D-09)

Donald M. Payne (D-10)

Rush Holt (D-12)

 

New Mexico

Tom Udall (D-03)

New York

Timothy Bishop (D-01)

Carolyn McCarthy (D-04)

Gary Ackerman (D-05)

Gregory W. Meeks (D-06)

Joseph Crowley (D-07)

Jerrold Nadler (D-08)

Anthony Weiner (D-09)

Edolphus Towns (D-10)

Major R. Owens (D-11)

Nydia M. Velazquez (D-12)

Carolyn B. Maloney (D-14)

Charles B. Rangel (D-15)

Jose E. Serrano (D-16)

Eliot Engel (D-17)

Nita M. Lowey (D-18)

Michael R. McNulty (D-21)

Maurice D. Hinchey (D-22)

Louise Slaughter (D-28)

 

North Carolina

G.K. Butterfield (D-01)

Walter B. Jones (R-03)

David E. Price (D-04)

Howard Coble (R-06)

Brad Miller (D-13)

 

Ohio

Ted Strickland (D-06)

Marcy Kaptur (D-09)

Dennis J. Kucinich (D-10)

Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-11)

Sherrod Brown (D-13)

Tim Ryan (D-17)

 

Oregon

David Wu (D-01)

Earl Blumenauer (D-03)

Peter A. DeFazio (D-04)

Darlene Hooley (D-05)

 

Pennsylvania

Robert A. Brady (D-01)

Chaka Fattah (D-02)

Michael F. Doyle (D-14)

 

Tennessee

Bart Gordon (D-06)

 

Texas

Ron Paul (R-14)

Ruben Hinojosa (D-15)

Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-18)

Lloyd Doggett (D-25)

Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-30)

 

Vermont

Bernard Sanders (I-At Large)

 

Virginia

Robert C. Scott (D-03)

James P. Moran (D-08)

 

Washington

Jay Inslee (D-01)

Jim McDermott (D-07)

Adam Smith (D-09)

 

Wisconsin

Tammy Baldwin (D-02)

Gwen Moore (D-04)

David Obey (D-07)

 

Alabama

Jo Bonner (R-01)

Terry Everett (R-02)

Mike Rogers (R-03)

Robert Aderholt (R-04)

Robert Cramer (D-05)

Spencer Bachus (R-06)

Artur Davis (D-07)

 

Alaska

Don Young (R-At Large)

 

Arizona

Rick Renzi (R-01)

Trent Franks (R-02)

John Shadegg (R-03)

Ed Pastor (D-04)

J.D. Hayworth (R-05)

Jeff Flake (R-06)

Jim Kolbe (R-08)

 

Arkansas

Marion Berry (D-01)

Vic Snyder (D-02)

John Boozman (R-03)

Mike Ross (D-04)

 

California

Wally Herger (R-02)

Dan Lungren (R-03)

John Doolittle (R-04)

Ellen Tauscher (D-10)

Richard Pombo (R-11)

Dennis Cardozo (D-18)

George Radanovich (R-19)

Jim Costa (D-20)

Devin Nunes (R-21)

Bill Thomas (R-22)

Elton Gallegly (R-24)

Howard " Buck " McKeon (R-25)

David Dreier (R-26)

Brad Sherman (D-27)

Howard Berman (D-28)

Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-34)

Ed Royce (R-40)

Jerry Lewis (R-41)

Gary Miller (R-42)

Ken Calvert (R-44)

Mary Bono (R-45)

Dana Rohrabacher (R-46)

Loretta Sanchez (D-47)

John Campbell (R-48)

Darrell Issa (R-49)

Duncan Hunter (R-52)

Susan Davis (D-53)

 

Colorado

Diana DeGette (D-01)

John Salazar (D-03)

Marilyn Musgrave (R-04)

Joel Hefley (R-05)

Tom Tancredo (R-06)

Bob Beauprez (R-07)

 

Connecticut

Rob Simmons (R-02)

Rosa DeLauro (D-03)

Chris Shays (R-04)

Nancy Johnson (R-05)

 

Delaware

Mike Castle (R-At Large)

 

District of Columbia

Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)

Florida

Jeff Miller (R-01)

Allen Boyd (D-02)

Corrine Brown (D-03)

Ander Crenshaw (R-04)

Ginny Brown-Waite (R-05)

Cliff Stearns (R-06)

John Mica (R-07)

Ric Keller (R-08)

Mike Bilirakis (R-09)

C.W. Young (R-10)

Jim Davis (D-11)

Adam Putnam (R-12)

Katherine Harris (R-13)

Connie Mack IV (R-14)

Dave Weldon (R-15)

Mark Foley (R-16)

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-18)

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-20)

Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-21)

Clay Shaw (R-22)

Tom Feeney (R-24)

Mario Diaz-Balart (R-25)

 

Georgia

Jack Kingston (R-01)

Sanford Bishop (D-02)

Lynn Westmoreland (R-03)

Tom Price (R-06)

John Linder (R-07)

Jim Marshall (D-08)

Nathan Deal (R-09)

Charlie Norwood (R-10)

Phil Gingrey (R-11)

John Barrow (D-12)

David Scott (D-13)

 

Idaho

C.L. " Butter " Otter (R-01)

Mike Simpson (R-02)

 

Illinois

Dan Lipinski (D-03)

Rahm Emanuel (D-05)

Henry Hyde (R-06)

Melissa Bean (D-08)

Mark Kirk (R-10)

Jerry Weller (R-11)

Jerry Costello (D-12)

Judy Biggert (R-13)

Dennis Hastert (R-14)

Tim Johnson (R-15)

Don Manzullo (R-16)

Lane Evans (D-17)

Ray LaHood (R-18)

John Shimkus (R-19)

 

Indiana

Peter Visclosky (D-01)

Chris Chocola (R-02)

Mark Souder (R-03)

Steve Buyer (R-04)

Dan Burton (R-05)

Mike Pence (R-06)

John Hostettler (R-08)

Mike Sodrel (R-09)

 

Iowa

Jim Nussle (R-01)

Leonard Boswell (D-03)

Tom Latham (R-04)

Steve King (R-05)

 

Kansas

Jerry Moran (R-01)

Jim Ryun (R-02)

Dennis Moore (D-03) Tiahrt (R-04)

 

Kentucky

Ed Whitfield (R-01)

Ron Lewis (R-02)

Anne Northup (R-03)

Geoff Davis (R-04)

Hal Rogers (R-05)

A.B. " Ben " Chandler III (D-06)

 

Louisiana

Bobby Jindal (R-01)

Bill Jefferson (D-02)

Charlie Melancon (D-03)

Jim McCrery (R-04)

Rodney Alexander (R-05)

Richard Baker (R-06)

Charles Boustany Jr. (R-07)

 

Maryland

C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-02)

Steny Hoyer (D-05)

Roscoe Bartlett (R-06)

 

Massachusetts

Mike Capuano (D-08)

Stephen Lynch (D-09)

 

Michigan

Pete Hoekstra (R-02)

Vern Ehlers (R-03)

Dave Camp (R-04)

Dale Kildee (D-05)

Fred Upton (R-06)

Joe Schwartz (R-07)

Mike Rogers (R-08)

Joe Knollenberg (R-09)

Candice Miller (R-10)

Thad McCotter (R-11)

Sander Levin (D-12)

 

Minnesota

Gil Gutknecht (R-01)

John Kline (R-02)

Jim Ramstad (R-03)

Betty McCollum (DFL-04)

Martin Olav Sabo (DFL-05)

Mark Kennedy (R-06)

Collin Peterson (DFL-07)

 

Mississippi

Roger Wicker (R-01)

Bennie Thompson (D-02)

Chip Pickering (R-03)

Gene Taylor (D-04)

 

Missouri Akin (R-02)

Russ Carnahan (D-03)

Sam Graves (R-06)

Roy Blunt (R-07)

Jo Ann Emerson (R-08)

Kenny Hulshof (R-09)

 

Montana

Denny Rehberg (R-At Large)

 

Nebraska

Jeff Fortenberry (R-01)

Lee Terry (R-02)

Tom Osborne (R-03)

 

Nevada

Shelley Berkley (D-01)

Jim Gibbons (R-02)

Jon Porter (R-03)

 

New Hampshire

Jeb Bradley (R-01)

Charlie Bass (R-02)

 

New Jersey

Frank LoBiondo (R-02)

Jim Saxton (R-03)

Chris Smith (R-04)

E. Scott Garrett (R-05)

Mike Ferguson (R-07)

Bill Pascrell (D-08)

Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-11)

 

New Mexico

Heather Wilson (R-01)

Steve Pearce (R-02)

 

New York

Steve Israel (D-02)

Pete King (R-03)

Vito Fossella (R-13)

Sue Kelly (R-19)

John Sweeney (R-20)

John McHugh (R-23)

Sherwood Boehlert (R-24)

Jim Walsh (R-25)

Tom Reynolds (R-26)

Brian Higgins (D-27)

John Kuhl (R-29)

 

North Carolina

Bob Etheridge (D-02)

Virginia Foxx (R-05)

Mike McIntyre (D-07)

Robin Hayes (R-08)

Sue Myrick (R-09)

Patrick McHenry (R-10)

Charles Taylor (R-11)

Mel Watt (D-12)

 

North Dakota

Earl Pomeroy (D-At Large)

 

Ohio

Steve Chabot (R-01)

Jean Schmidt (R-02)

Mike Turner (R-03)

Mike Oxley (R-04)

Paul Gillmor (R-05)

Dave Hobson (R-07)

John Boehner (R-08)

Pat Tiberi (R-12)

Steve LaTourette (R-14)

Deborah Pryce (R-15)

Ralph Regula (R-16)

Bob Ney (R-18)

 

Oklahoma

John Sullivan (R-01)

Dan Boren (D-02)

Frank Lucas (R-03)

Tom Cole (R-04)

Ernest Istook (R-05)

 

Oregon

Greg Walden (R-02)

 

Pennsylvania

Phil English (R-03)

Melissa Hart (R-04)

John Peterson (R-05)

Jim Gerlach (R-06)

Curt Weldon (R-07)

Mike Fitzpatrick (R-08)

Bill Shuster (R-09)

Don Sherwood (R-10)

Paul Kanjorski (D-11)

John Murtha (D-12)

Allyson Schwartz (D-13)

Charlie Dent (R-15)

Joe Pitts (R-16)

Tim Holden (D-17)

Tim Murphy (R-18) Platts (R-19)

 

Rhode Island

Patrick Kennedy (D-01)

Jim Langevin (D-02)

 

South Carolina

Henry Brown (R-01)

A.G. Wilson (R-02)

J. Gresham Barrett (R-03)

Bob Inglish (R-04)

John Spratt (D-05)

Jim Clyburn (D-06)

 

South Dakota

Stephanie Herseth (D-At Large)

 

Tennessee

Bill Jenkins (R-01)

John Duncan Jr. (R-02)

Zach Wamp (R-03)

Lincoln Davis (D-04)

Jim Cooper (D-05)

Marsha Blackburn (R-07)

John Tanner (D-08)

Harold Ford Jr. (D-09)

 

Texas

Louie Gohmert (R-01)

Ted Poe (R-02)

Sam Johnson (R-03)

Ralph Hall (R-04)

Jeb Hensarling (R-05)

Joe Barton (R-06)

John Culberson (R-07)

Kevin Brady (R-08)

Al Green (D-09)

Mike McCaul (R-10)

Mike Conaway (R-11)

Kay Granger (R-12)

Mac Thornberry (R-13)

Silvestre Reyes (D-16)

Chet Edwards (D-17)

Randy Neugebauer (R-19)

Charlie Gonzalez (D-20)

Lamar Smith (R-21)

Tom DeLay (R-22)

Henry Bonilla (R-23)

Kenny Marchant (R-24)

Michael Burgess (R-26)

Solomon Ortiz (D-27)

Henry Cuellar (D-28)

Gene Green (D-29)

John Carter (R-31)

Pete Sessions (R-32)

 

Utah

Rob Bishop (R-01)

Jim Matheson (D-02)

Chris Cannon (R-03)

 

Virginia

Jo Ann Davis (R-01)

Thelma Drake (R-02)

Randy Forbes (R-04)

Virgil Goode (R-05)

Bob Goodlatte (R-06)

Eric Cantor (R-07)

Rick Boucher (D-09)

Frank Wolf (R-10)

Tom Davis (R-11)

 

Washington

Rick Larsen (D-02)

Brian Baird (D-03)

Doc Hastings (R-04)

Cathy McMorris (R-05)

Norm Dicks (D-06)

Dave Reichert (R-08)

 

West Virginia

Alan Mollohan (D-01)

Shelley Moore Capito (R-02)

Nick Rahall (D-03)

 

Wisconsin

Paul Ryan (R-01)

Ron Kind (D-03)

Jim Sensenbrenner (R-05)

Tom Petri (R-06)

Mark Green (R-08)

 

Wyoming

Barbara Cubin (R- At Large)