[Peace-discuss] Praise/Protest your Senator for voting for/against the use of cluster bombs in Lebanon

[Robert Naiman]

Durbin and Obama voted yes.

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Praise/Protest your Senator for voting for/against the use of cluster
bombs in Lebanon

In response to Israel's use of American-made cluster bombs in heavily
populated areas of Lebanon, Senators Feinstein and Leahy introduced
legislation that would require recipients of such munitions not to use
them in or near civilian centers. The Cluster Munitions Amendment
failed 30-70, with the majority of Democrats in favor and all
Republicans opposed. The Democrats opposed were:

Bayh-IN, Biden-DE, Clinton-NY, Dodd-CT, Inouye-HI, Landrieu-LA,
Lautenberg-NJ, Lieberman-CT, Lincoln-AR, Nelson-FL, Nelson-NE,
Pryor-AR, Rockefeller-WV, Salazar-CO, Schumer-NY.

In addition to the terrible suffering caused by these weapons, this
was an important vote because of the general reluctance of Senators to
vote for anything that could be interpreted as "anti-Israel." The fact
that 30 Senators voted yes is an important victory on which we should
build.

Please thank your Senator if he or she voted for this legislation, and
encourage them to continue to press for its passage using this link:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/justforeignpolicy.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5158

If your Senator opposed the legislation, please express your
opposition to their vote and encourage them to support such
legislation in the future using this link:
http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/justforeignpolicy.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=5159

The roll call showing how Senators voted is here:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00232

For recent press coverage of this issue, see here:.
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/newsroom/index.html

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Robert Naiman
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org