Have You Called Your Congresscritter today?

On November 7, American voters issued a mandate for peace. Is Congress going to listen?

Call your Representative and Senators at 202-224-3121 and tell them:

Bring the troops home now by cutting off funding for the war!

Members of Congress return to Washington on Monday, December 4. The Democrats in the House have a meeting on December 5 to discuss Iraq strategy. The Baker-Hamilton Iraq Study Group will release its report on December 6. We must let every member of Congress know that the time for discussions is over. It is time to rein in an outlaw President and cut off the funding for his illegal war.

Call the Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

You can find out who your Representative and Senators are and their direct phone and fax numbers here:
http://www.usalone.com/get_instantcongress.htm

Please make 3 phone calls: to your Representative and both Senators.

Background:

The United States has now been engaged in Iraq for longer than our engagement in WWII, and as long as our occupation of Iraq has gone on the situation there has grown worse. As long as we stay, we can expect it to worsen further. Only a negotiated peace that follows a commitment by the United States to quickly and entirely depart, and to fund a real reconstruction of Iraq by Iraqis, can give Iraq and all of us a chance at a better future.

A Johns Hopkins/Lancet study estimates that 650,000 Iraqis have died as a result of this war. The U.S. military has suffered 49,369 casualties, including 24,237 from hostile causes, of which 21,921 are wounded and 2,316 killed in action. Another 567 troops have died from "non-hostile" causes, and 147 U.S. contractors have been killed.

The Constitution gives Congress the power to end this war by cutting off the funding, as well as the power to investigate the war's justifications and to impeach its architects. Let Congress know that forgetting the message of the November 7th elections is an option that we're taking off the table!

For more information about the Mandate for Peace campaign, a joint effort of dozens of peace and community groups, go to http://www.mandateforpeace.org

The phone lines are burning up so I've been told. Burned a few ears myself. How 'bout you?

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momentum from OUR day, 11/7. He ignores you at his peril. It is CRITICALLY important that YOU realize this and capitalize on it. Just remember, NOVEMBER SEVENTH CHANGED EVERYTHING!!! It's as much of a major benchmark date as September 11th. It changed his power base on the Hill. He's not in the "in crowd" anymore because of what happened on that date. And hopefully he's painfully aware (even if he doesn't want to admit it) that in two years, they'll be going after HIM, too.

Besides, there's always the TOLL FREE numbers to the Capitol Hill Switchboard - that still work:

1 877 851 - 6437

and

1 800 828 - 0498

Those do still work. I just tried 'em.

I'm serious. DO IT ANYWAY. It will help, greatly, if this guy is forced to face the reality of the AVALANCHE he is up against.

What did they ask? Did they want your opinion on the Iraq War? Hopefully they weren't hittin' you up for payola. What did you reply?

Goode got in easily, but he is not a complete fool either, and will see the way the wind is blowing.

As for contacting my Senators - well, seemed important to let them know that we have noticed the $350 BILLION spent already, and the almost 3,000 American troops killed, plus the fact that Annan is saying Iraqi's were better off under Saddam.....

I figure Warner is political enough to want to keep his job, and it's good to remind him just how p'od the people are.

Allen is a useless tool who just got handed his hat...

Doubt they'll listen.

other Senators as well since their vote on this affects me, and everyone, I am under their purview if not a direct constituent.

in useful congresscritters. My Congressman is Lloyd Doggett. Unfortunately my Senators are Kay Bailey Hutchinson(R-Useless) and John Cornyn(R-Totally Useless)

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