<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div>This is a three-fer.</div><div><br></div><div>1. If you are against the war, you should oppose the money for more war.</div><div>2. Admin wants money for a war that Congress has not debated and voted on. Congress should debate and vote on the war first. So says: the Constitution, the War Powers Resolution, and Schoolhouse Rock democracy.</div><div>3. Budget watchdog groups say that the Pentagon does not need the money anyway, on top of its half a trillion dollar base budget, on top of the budget it already has specifically for "overseas and contingent operations." </div><div><br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Just Foreign Policy</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">info@justforeignpolicy.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 5:16 PM<br>Subject: Tell Congress: No $ for new war without debate & vote<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><br><br><div><div>
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<h2>Urge your reps to oppose funding for a new war without a debate & vote on the war.<br>
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</span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XK8p5kbdgqx2f8MnYmiDEfWsgmqYhNw2" target="_blank">Sign our petition</a></h2>
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<p>The Administration has requested $5 billion in new funding for the new war in Iraq and Syria. But Congress <b>has not yet debated and voted</b> on an authorization for the use of military force [1], and budget watchdog groups say <b>the Pentagon can easily find the money</b> in the massive budgets it already has. [2] <br>
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<b>Urge your Representative and Senators</b> to oppose any new funding for war in Iraq and Syria until Congress has debated and voted on an authorization for the use of force and the Pentagon has explained why it needs more money on top of the massive budgets it already has, <b>by signing our petition at MoveOn</b>.<br>
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<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AKpJcNwC1KUhPyoBauFrSvWsgmqYhNw2" target="_blank"> <b>http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/no-war-money-without-debate</b></a><br>
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Here is the petition text:</p>
<p style="margin-left:40px">"Members of Congress should oppose any new funding for war in Iraq and Syria until Congress has debated and voted on an Authorization for the Use of Military Force [AUMF] and the Pentagon has explained why it needs more money on top of the massive budgets it already has."</p>
<p><b>Urge your Representative and Senators to stand up for transparency and accountability by signing and sharing our petition:</b></p>
<p><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=4YYon5m6%2BK8uYEawqKHV5fWsgmqYhNw2" target="_blank"><b>http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/no-war-money-without-debate</b></a></p>
<p>Thanks for all you do to help end, limit, and constrain war using democracy and the rule of law,</p>
<p>Robert Naiman and Megan Iorio<br>
Just Foreign Policy<br>
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References:<br>
1. “Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine: We're in ISIS war 'without legal authority,'” Laura Koran and Ashley Killough, CNN, November 12, 2014, <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Rm4%2FT685NWFFHoW2nFPk0PWsgmqYhNw2" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/12/politics/tim-kaine-isis/index.html</a><br>
2. “The Pentagon's Budget Bamboozle: Lawmakers should look very closely at the latest Pentagon funding request,” Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense, U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 12, 2014, <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=RQhodXA8mqmZlTxoxHsXrfWsgmqYhNw2" target="_blank">http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2014/11/12/congress-should-look-closely-at-pentagon-overseas-funding-requests</a><br>
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