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</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Reject Rubio's sneak attacks on peace & 1st amendment</b><br class="">
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</b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">January 6, 2019 </span></div>
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<b class="">Tell your Senators to oppose Rubio's sneaky attacks on peace and <br class="">
<a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=bw9SfsSnqqzXRaDYFJlCLSgwIHghxh5R" class="">Sign the petition</a> </b></div>
<p class="">Dear Ron,</p>
<p class=""><span change="" class="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);">On November 28, </span><b class="" style="color: rgb(54, 49, 53);"><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=K4RR6BDonpRjUZWDouhuqCgwIHghxh5R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(236, 44, 34); cursor: pointer;" class="">sixty-three
Senators</a></span></b><span change="" class="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53); box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SKIq8I7XZAMALQ4%2BoUlagSgwIHghxh5R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(236, 44, 34); cursor: pointer;" class=""></a></span><span change="" class="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);">,
including fourteen Republicans, voted to discharge from committee to the floor the </span><b class="" style="color: rgb(54, 49, 53);"><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">Bernie Sanders – Mike Lee – Chris Murphy
Yemen War Powers Resolution</span></b><span change="" class="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);"> to end unconstitutional U.S. participation in the Saudi regime's catastrophic war in Yemen. Sixty-three Senators said by deed they
thought that allowing the Senate to have an up-or-down floor vote on ending the unconstitutional Yemen war was the right thing to do.</span></p>
<p class=""><b class=""><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">But Florida Republican Marco Rubio voted no on discharging the resolution from committee to the floor.</span></b><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""> He
didn’t just vote to continue the unconstitutional war in Yemen. </span><b class=""><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">He voted to prevent a floor debate and vote on ending the unconstitutional
war in Yemen.</span></b><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""> Mitch McConnell (R-KY), James Risch (R-ID), and Cory Gardner (R-CO) voted the same way as Rubio. They didn’t just vote to continue the unconstitutional
war; they voted to prevent the Senate from having an up-or-down floor vote on ending the unconstitutional war.</span><br change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">
<span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""> </span><br change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">
<span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">Now, </span><b class=""><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">this coming Tuesday</span></b><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">,
the Senate is expected to vote on a </span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nRWvugn%2BUhr4u47BQTM2rigwIHghxh5R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(236, 44, 34); cursor: pointer;" class="">package
of bills</a><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""> assembled by these four pro-war Republican Senators, </span><b class=""><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">led
by Rubio</span></b><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">.</span><br change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">
<span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""> </span><br change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">
<b class=""><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">Rubio’s “omnibus” </span><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">includes a bill that attacks
the First Amendment rights of Americans</span></b><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""> to advocate for the economic boycott of controversial Israeli settlements in the Palestinian West Bank. </span><b class=""><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oB7nHDUDsrJzmBA4Zr8%2B3CgwIHghxh5R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(236, 44, 34); cursor: pointer;" class="">This
bill is opposed by the ACLU</a></span></b><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Kjf8HYYHBiizKQ5NKxevmygwIHghxh5R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(236, 44, 34); cursor: pointer;" class=""></a></span><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""> on
First Amendment grounds. </span><b class=""><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=a7w3Xw0SsSAD8d51YbqMjygwIHghxh5R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(236, 44, 34); cursor: pointer;" class="">This
bill is opposed by Americans for Peace Now</a></span></b><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aUXHojJeMo1lJgoOjb%2FEpSgwIHghxh5R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(236, 44, 34); cursor: pointer;" class=""></a></span><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""> –
the American counterpart of the Peace Now movement in Israel – both on First Amendment grounds and because the goal of Rubio’s bill is to protect the settlements from international human rights activism. In December, </span><b class=""><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wj2X57L%2BDGLvH2695LxbGygwIHghxh5R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(236, 44, 34); cursor: pointer;" class="">Senator
Bernie Sanders and Senator Dianne Feinstein</a></span></b><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=XP5yQGOSrbherRSs%2BwgCgygwIHghxh5R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(236, 44, 34); cursor: pointer;" class=""></a> opposed
a similar bill on similar grounds.</span><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""> </span><br change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">
<span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""> </span><br change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">
<b class=""><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">Rubio’s “omnibus” also </span><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">includes a bill that
seeks to keep the war in Syria going</span></b><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">, despite President Trump’s promise to end it</span><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">.
Rubio’s Syria bill has been </span><b class=""><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=s6xDKoKGsI1X7%2FL%2BxzIT2CgwIHghxh5R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(236, 44, 34); cursor: pointer;" class="">opposed
by the Friends Committee on National Legislation</a></span></b><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NqIuRJjnr3yNxBmXzlXfRSgwIHghxh5R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(236, 44, 34); cursor: pointer;" class=""></a></span><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">,
America's largest peace lobby in DC, on the grounds that it would tie the hands of U.S. diplomats working to negotiate a political solution to the Syria conflict, impose unrealistic conditions for ceasefire, and punish Iranian civilians with broad sanctions.</span><br change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">
<span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""> </span><br change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">
<b class=""><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">Bills enacting such far-reaching changes in U.S. government policy affecting war and peace and First Amendment rights should not be crammed
through Congress in an “omnibus.”</span></b><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class=""> If they are considered at all, </span><b class=""><span change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">each
should receive its own up-or-down roll call vote</span></b><span change="" style="caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">, so Members of Congress can be held accountable for their votes by their constituents.</span><br change="" style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(54, 49, 53); color: rgb(54, 49, 53);" class="">
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attacks on peace and the First Amendment by signing our petition.</a></span></b></p>
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