Getting Out of Iraq -- the Latest
Barbara Lee (D-CA) has introduced an amendment to the supplemental appropriations bill.
For those who have been following this issue really, really closely, this amendment mirrors the language of Jerrold Nadler's bill H.R. 455. For the rest of us, the amendment would require that any money spent on military operations in Iraq must be only for protection of our troops and for getting our troops out by the end of 2007.
This amendment, if passed, would require George W. Bush to either accept an early end to our occupation of Iraq (and the resulting U.S. deaths), or veto the supplemental appropriation he needs to continue the occupation.
The current plan being offered by Speaker Nancy Pelosi has more holes in it than a fisherman's net. This amendment has no loopholes, and is a much stronger statement of opposition to Americans dying in an occupation that violates every tenet of decency (not to mention international law).
Progressive groups are contacting their Congressional representatives in support of the Lee amendment. That's a hint.
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BY ALL MEANS!!!
Submitted by mole333 on 14 March 2007 - 11:39pm.
SHe may be useless, much to my saddness. But it never hurts to try. You never know when you can hit a nerve. Remember, she briefly took a leadership role fighting against DRE machines in NYC. Brief it may be, but it did show she CAN take a stand. If enough people contact her, who knows? SHe just might DO something.
Yvette Clark joined
Submitted by Daniel Millstone on 15 March 2007 - 12:08am.
the Congressional "Out of Iraq" caucus almost before she was sworn in. She has been campaigning against the Iraq war from the beginning.
Anyone think ...
... it's worth contacting Yvette Clarke about this? Based on the look/content of her website, she's completely out to lunch.