<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.2222232818604px;font-size:13px;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-stretch:normal;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif">Do you remember the Monty Python skit, "<a href="http://www.montypython.net/scripts/news.php" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.4;color:rgb(124,71,12);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold" target="_blank">News for Parrots</a>"?<br style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:1.4"></p><blockquote style="margin:1.2em 0px;padding:20px;line-height:20.2222232818604px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-bottom-color:rgb(226,226,225);border-bottom-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-top-color:rgb(226,226,225);border-top-style:solid;color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background:rgb(246,243,236)">No parrots were involved in an accident on the M-1 today when a lorry carrying high-octane fuel was in collision with a bollard....A spokesman for parrots said he was glad no parrots were involved.</blockquote><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.2222232818604px">So, here's the trade policy news for peace advocates. On Friday, the pro-war lobbying organization AIPAC was defeated on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by a </span><a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2015/roll361.xml" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20.2222232818604px;color:rgb(124,71,12);text-decoration:none;font-weight:bold;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px" target="_blank">vote of 126 to 302</a><span style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:20.2222232818604px">. Among Democrats, 40 supported the pro-AIPAC position and 144 opposed it. Among Republicans, 86 supported the pro-AIPAC position and 158 opposed it.</span><div><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20.2222232818604px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20.2222232818604px"><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/13/1392970/-News-for-Peace-Advocates-AIPAC-Crushed-in-House-Trade-Vote" target="_blank">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/13/1392970/-News-for-Peace-Advocates-AIPAC-Crushed-in-House-Trade-Vote</a></span></font></div><div><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20.2222232818604px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20.2222232818604px">===</span></font></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><font color="#242424" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif"><span style="line-height:20.2222232818604px"><br clear="all"></span></font><div><div><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left"><a href="tel:%28202%29%20448-2898%20x1" value="+12024482898" target="_blank">(202) 448-2898 x1</a></span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div></div></div></div>
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