<div dir="ltr">The bill is <b>SB1761</b>. The situation has become very critical: <b style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">So far, sixty more witness slips have been filled out by the proponents of this bill than by its opponents.</b><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"> Please note that you will not be called to the Illinois House or Senate by having filled out the witness slip </span>. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Stuart Levy via Peace <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:peace@lists.chambana.net" target="_blank">peace@lists.chambana.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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It's important to oppose this bill in the Illinois State senate,
SB1721, which would effectively force state pension funds to drop
any company which boycotts businesses in Israeli settlements.<br>
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They're set to hear it at *10am Wednesday morning*. Please, if you
can, *before then* submit a witness slip indicating that you are
opposing the bill. <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0Yhdzc4YEtaVjLTxFxku%2BocY1dlB4VMK" target="_blank">You
can do this on line</a> - Just Foreign Policy's note below
explains how.<br>
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Note that "Title" is required, and so is "Organization" (you can
enter "self").<br>
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<td>URGENT: Supporters of IL pro-settlement bill winning!</td>
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<td>Megan Iorio, Just Foreign Policy
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<p>Dear Stuart,<br>
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Yesterday, I emailed you to ask you to <b>submit a
witness slip against SB 1761</b>, a bill being
considered by the Illinois General Assembly that would
force state pension fund administrators to blacklist
companies that boycott businesses that operate in
“territories under the control of Israel." This bill
infringes on the right to boycott human rights abuses and
also legitimizes the Israeli annexation of the West Bank.
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The Executive Committee of the Illinois House is scheduled
to consider SB 1761 <b>Wednesday morning at 10AM.</b>
Before they consider the bill, they will take into account
the number of Illinois residents who submitted witness
slips in support and in opposition to the legislation. <br>
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<b>At writing, those in support of the pro-settlements
bill have submitted 60 more witness slips than those
opposed!</b> [2] That means we need everyone who opposes
this bill to make sure they submit a witness slip ASAP.<br>
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<b><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0Yhdzc4YEtaVjLTxFxku%2BocY1dlB4VMK" target="_blank">If
you haven't done so already, please take a minute to
fill out a witness slip in opposition to the
pro-settlement bill by following this link.</a></b><br>
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When filling out the witness slip, indicate “opponent”,
“record of appearance only”, and enter the organization
you represent under “representation” or just enter “self”.
Make sure to spell out your organization (don’t use
abbreviations). [3]<br>
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If you have already filled out a witness slip, <b>please
forward this email to your Illinois contacts</b> and
urge them to do the same.<br>
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Thanks for taking action,<br>
<br>
Megan Iorio<br>
Just Foreign Policy<br>
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<p>References:<br>
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1. <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pF%2BBzpFaORVWIoCvz4WPJWA4ARn%2BWPm6" target="_blank">http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1761&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88517&SessionID=88</a><br>
2. <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=EwXFpvC8hc5AAp3AL%2BNjVmA4ARn%2BWPm6" target="_blank">http://my.ilga.gov/Hearing/WitnessSlipInfo/88517?hearingId=12975&LegislationDocumentId=112073&HCommittees5%2F19%2F2015-page=1&committeeid=0&chamber=H&nodays=7&_=1431479850078</a><br>
3. In case the embedded link doesn't show up for you, here
is the URL to submit a witness slip: <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tE7HttiVGv5deAGQhkJKMmA4ARn%2BWPm6" target="_blank">http://my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/Create/88517?committeeHearingId=12975&LegislationId=88517&CommitteeHearings-page=1&_=1431031726873</a></p>
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