<div dir="ltr">This kind of opportunity comes around almost never. The provisions of law allowing a single Member of Congress to force a debate and vote on ending U.S. participation in an unauthorized war have never been invoked in the Senate since the War Powers Resolution was passed in 1973. And, I believe that what Durbin does is going to be key. Bernie announced on the Senate floor today that Durbin, Warren and Booker are co-sponsoring the bill. Which is great. But I want Durbin to do more than that. I want him to lobby Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Joe Donnelly of Indiana to support the bill. That's why I want Durbin to know that lots and lots of people in Illinois care about this. <div><br></div><div>McCaskill and Donnelly were two of the five Senate Democrats that voted in June to keep arming Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. That's why McCaskill and Donnelly are key. <br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><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, Mar 1, 2018 at 12:37 PM<br>Subject: Stand with Bernie! End the Saudi-imposed famine in Yemen!<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman.uiuc@gmail.com" target="_blank">naiman.uiuc@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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<p><font size="4"><b>Stand with Bernie. End the Saudi-imposed famine in Yemen now. </b></font></p>
<b style="font-size:large"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ecUvo2FVeTcMLlsNMXRlTGslikudskj8" target="_blank">SIgn the petition</a></b></div>
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<p>In the next <b>ten days</b>, we have a historic opportunity to help end the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. For nearly 3 years, the U.S. has participated in Saudi Arabia's brutal war in Yemen. U.S.-assisted Saudi-Emirati airstrikes have killed thousands of civilians by bombing schools, hospitals, sewage treatment plants, and other civilian infrastructure, creating the worst cholera crisis in recorded history, and pushing millions of human beings to the brink of famine. <i><b>But Congress never authorized U.S. participation in this war.</b></i> </p>
<p>Yesterday, Senators <b>Bernie Sanders</b> (I-VT), <b>Mike Lee</b> (R-UT), and <b>Chris Murphy</b> (D-CT) introduced a bipartisan bill [S.J.Res.54] invoking the War Powers Resolution to force a vote on the Senate floor in the next ten days on ending U.S. participation in Saudi Arabia's war. </p>
<p><b>Stand with Bernie.</b> Help us end this atrocity now by <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GbH9v2gWHgksb73oR5VDGWslikudskj8" target="_blank"><b>signing our joint petition</b></a> with a huge coalition of groups. </p>
<p>After signing, you'll be able to easily call your senators' offices to urge them to support the Sanders-Lee bill by pressing a button. </p>
<p><b>Please act.</b> Don't let this historic opportunity for justice go to waste. <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DojUIRaN93gGlSetaQ4dwGslikudskj8" target="_blank"><b>Sign our petition now</b></a>. </p>
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<p>Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,</p>
<p>Robert Naiman, Sarah Burns and Tyler Bellstrom<br>
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