URGENT ACTION: On Iraq War - Timely!!!!!

[Kevin Spidel]

URGENT ACTION NEEDED! WE NEED YOUR VOICE! TAKE ACTION TODAY!
URGE CONGRESS TO VOTE "YES" ON THE WITHDRAWL OF US TROOPS FROM IRAQ

Today, PDA discovered that the House Rules Committee has permitted Rep. Lynn Woolsey to offer an amendment on Iraq to the Defense Authorization Bill (H.R. 1815 - the National Defense Authorization Act for FY06). Woolsey's Amendment is calling for the President to develop a plan for the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Iraq and submit a plan to the Congressional Defense Committees. According to Woolsey's office, the amendment will be voted on the House floor tonight during debate of the Defense Authorization Bill. If the Woolsey amendment is adopted, it will open the debate about Iraq and how to move towards total Iraqi sovereignty and U.S. withdrawal. It is urgent that you help move this debate forward by calling your representative TODAY and urging your member of Congress to vote "YES" on the Woolsey amendment.





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WHAT YOU CAN DO

1) Call your Representative immediately! Click here to find his or her number: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/dbq/officials/

2) To find and email your Representative TODAY click here: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/bills/?bill=7649771
(This is the Bill, NOT the Amendment. Make sure when you call you reference the Woolsey Amendment below!)

3) On May 31 to June 3, Participate in the National Call-In / Write-in Week for Iraq by clicking here: http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=7071606&type=CO



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Woolsey's Amendment:

SEC. 1223. WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM IRAQ.
It is the sense of Congress that the President should -

(1) develop a plan as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act to provide for the withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Iraq; and

(2) transmit to the congressional defense committees a report that contains the plan described in 11 paragraph (1).

[Kevin Spidel]

1. From Peace Action...

Only this afternoon have we learned that the Republican controlled House Rules Committee has permitted Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) to offer an amendment calling for a timetable for waithdrawal from Iraq to the Defense Authorization bill. The amendment will be voted on this evening! We are asking you to act now!

The Woolsey sense of the Congress amendment asks President Bush to develop a plan as soon as practicable to withdraw American troops from Iraq. This is not an end all, be all and it's not designed to be one.

That being said, the debate over the future of the American intervention into Iraq is overdue in Congress. After more than two years of fighting, the authorization of more than $200 billion to fight the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, over 1,600 American deaths and 12,000 wounded, and many more Iraqi casualties, this country needs a dialogue on the future American policy towards Iraq.

The Woolsey amendment provides no deadlines and no timeframe. It simply calls for the President to submit a plan to Congress on the withdrawal of American forces. This amendment is consistent with the stated policy of President Bush not to stay in Iraq indefinitely. On April 13, 2004, he stated "As a proud and independent people, Iraqis do not support an indefinite occupation and neither does America."

Please email your House member now using this letter.

Thank you in advance for your timely help.

Scott Lynch
Communications Director

[sarahlee]

2. H.CON.RES.35

The amendment is:
H.CON.RES.35

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d109:5:./temp/~bdhWqG:@@@L&summ2=m&

COSPONSORS(32:
Rep Becerra, Xavier - 1/26/2005
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy - 2/17/2005
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 1/26/2005
Rep Davis, Danny K. - 1/26/2005
Rep Delahunt, William D. - 4/28/2005
Rep Evans, Lane - 1/26/2005
Rep Farr, Sam - 1/26/2005
Rep Frank, Barney - 4/28/2005
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. - 1/26/2005
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 1/26/2005
Rep Honda, Michael M. - 2/2/2005
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 1/26/2005
Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs - 2/2/2005
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 1/26/2005
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 1/26/2005
Rep Lee, Barbara - 1/26/2005
Rep Lewis, John - 1/26/2005
Rep McDermott, Jim - 1/26/2005
Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 1/26/2005
Rep Michaud, Michael H. - 4/28/2005
Rep Moore, Gwen - 1/26/2005
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 1/26/2005
Rep Olver, John W. - 4/6/2005
Rep Owens, Major R. - 1/26/2005
Rep Pastor, Ed - 1/26/2005
Rep Payne, Donald M. - 2/2/2005
Rep Rangel, Charles B. - 1/26/2005
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 1/26/2005
Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 1/26/2005
Rep Stark, Fortney Pete - 1/26/2005
Rep Waters, Maxine - 1/26/2005
Rep Watson, Diane E. - 1/26/2005

[sarahlee]

3. UPDATE

This is NOT the above Resolution - it is

AMENDMENT 26

But the language and message is the same as the Resolution H.CON.RES.35

Please call your REP right NOW!

[DrDebug]

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