<div dir="ltr">I understand and accept that people are cynical about calling Rodney Davis. Me too. Most of the time, when I get a national alert urging me to call Rodney Davis about something, I ignore it. Rodney Davis is not going to care about my phone call about that. What's the point? It's a brick wall. <div><br></div><div>I believe that this is the exceptional case, because: </div><div><br></div><div>- This isn't a "Democratic" initiative. It's a <i>bipartisan</i> letter, co-led by Michigan Republican Justin Amash.</div><div><br></div><div>- This is a very basic thing. This is the Constitution. This is Article I. Rodney Davis swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Let's call him to account for fulfilling that oath. <br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">His direct line is <b>(202) 225-2371.</b><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail-m_7837015174277055835gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></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: Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 8:34 AM<br>Subject: Tell Your Rep: Assert Your War Powers Before Trump Strikes Syria<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><br><br>
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<font size="4"><b>Tell your Rep. to sign the Lofgren-Amash letter to stop an unconstitutional strike on Syria. <br>
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><font color="#363135"><span>The <i>New York Times</i> is <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DHapiVCf7bJsQkzGACTC2V3kdAKnsvkX" target="_blank">reporting</a> that Trump has warned Russia that U.S. missiles “will be coming” to Syria. </span></font></p>
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><font color="#363135"><span>But <b>Senator Tim Kaine</b> [D-VA] and <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vfcGGaUkgllDk9Re4rj0N13kdAKnsvkX" target="_blank"><b>Senator Mike Lee</b></a> [R-UT] and the <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CnnuPCXGq7qE3ubJJtnEyF3kdAKnsvkX" target="_blank"><b>Congressional Progressive Caucus</b></a> have a very different idea. Under the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, <i><b>Congress, not the President</b></i>, decides when to use military force. </span></font></p>
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><font color="#363135"><span>The <i>NYT</i> <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=H6n1PSPVp2uxgMkjDGdg3F3kdAKnsvkX" target="_blank">reports</a>: ‘Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, said Mr. Trump needed permission from Congress before action. “He’s a president, not a king, and Congress needs to quit giving him a blank check to wage war against anyone, anywhere,” Mr. Kaine said. “<b><i>If he strikes Syria without our approval, what will stop him from bombing North Korea or Iran?</i></b>”’</span></font></p>
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><font color="#363135"><span>The <i>NYT</i>’s Max Fisher <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=SwzR6gukVcOjXGvt19WcbV3kdAKnsvkX" target="_blank"><b>justly mocked</b></a> Washington’s “cult of ‘limited strikes.’” They accomplish nothing but unnecessary killing. But Washington loves them anyway, because past experience doesn’t matter. When it comes to pointless uses of military force, Washington culture is <i>denialist</i>: repeated failure doesn’t cause learning. </span></font></p>
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><font color="#363135"><span>Democrat or Republican, <b>your Rep. has an easy way to assert their war powers before Trump strikes Syria</b>: they can sign the <i><b>bipartisan</b></i><b> Lofgren-Amash letter</b> to Trump, telling him to come to Congress for authorization before striking Syria. That’s what stopped unconstitutional military action in Syria in August 2013 – two hundred Democratic and Republican House Members signing letters to the President, saying under the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution you have to come to us for authorization before striking Syria. </span></font></p>
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><b><font color="#363135"><span>Call your Rep. now at 202-225-3121.</span></font></b><font color="#363135"><span> When you reach a staffer or leave a message, you can say something like: </span></font></p>
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 40px"><font color="#363135"><span>“I urge you to defend the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution. <b>Sign the bipartisan Lofgren-Amash letter insisting that Trump get Congressional authorization</b> before striking Syria.”</span></font></p>
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<p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><font color="#363135"><span>And if you haven’t signed and shared our petition to the House in support of the Lofgren-Amash letter, <a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rVznpXzzL6vMo%2BDn99ZR5SgPB7To6LqO" target="_blank">you can do that here</a>. </span></font></p>
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<p>Thanks for taking action, and 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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