[Peace-discuss] Kyl-Lieberman Iran Amendment

[Robert Naiman]

roll call:
http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00349

On 9/27/07, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Uh... the link doesn't give us any info on specific senator votes... It just
> sez Democracy Inaction, which pretty much describes Congress's behavior... I
> guess that's the point, huh?
>
> Jenifer
>
> Morton K. Brussel" <brussel at uiuc.edu> wrote:
> I called Durbin's office to express my "disappointment" , saying his
> vote was a vote for war with Iran. I was told that originally Durbin
> was against the Lieberman amendment, but after they took out its most
> warlike words, he decided to vote for it. Yes, it's remains disgusting.
>
> --mkb
>
>
> On Sep 26, 2007, at 2:57 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>
> >
> > Here's how our "anti-war" senators did:
> >
> > Durbin voted FOR the amendment; Obama skipped the vote (and McCain
> > was the only other senator who did.)
> >
> > Hypocrites.
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Update on Kyl-Lieberman Iran Amendment
> > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:23:51 -0400 (EDT)
> > From: Just Foreign Policy
> > Reply-To: patrick at justforeignpolicy.org
> > To: cge at shout.net
> >
> >
> > Dear Supporter of a Just Foreign Policy in Iran,
> >
> > We have bad news, some good news and a follow-up to your action
> > against
> > the Kyl-Lieberman amendment on Iran.
> >
> > First, the bad news: the Kyl-Lieberman amendment was approved earlier
> > today by the Senate. If passed into law, the amendment would designate
> > Iran's army as a "terrorist group," a very aggressive measure that
> > could
> > push us closer to military conflict with Iran.
> >
> > (You can see how your Senators voted here
> > >
> key=424361851&url_num=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.senate.gov%
> >
> 2Flegislative%2FLIS%2Froll_call_lists%2Froll_call_vote_cfm.cfm%
> >
> 3Fcongress%3D110%26amp%3Bsession%3D1%26amp%3Bvote%3D00349>.)
> >
> >
> > The good news is that we won some important victories. The sponsors of
> > the amendment were compelled to weaken it substantially, deleting
> > language that would have endorsed the use of military force to
> > confront
> > Iran. Plus, many Senators who voted to escalate conflict against
> > Iran in
> > the past voted with us today.
> >
> > Senator Jim Webb of Virginia took forcefully to the floor of the
> > Senate
> > to speak eloquently against this amendment, pointing out that no
> > foreign
> > army has ever before been designated a terrorist organization and that
> > this could pave the way to war.
> >
> > If you have a moment, please look up how your Senators voted on this
> > amendment here
> > >
> key=424361851&url_num=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.senate.gov%
> >
> 2Flegislative%2FLIS%2Froll_call_lists%2Froll_call_vote_cfm.cfm%
> >
> 3Fcongress%3D110%26amp%3Bsession%3D1%26amp%3Bvote%3D00349>.
> >
> > Then, call them either to thank them for voting "No," or express your
> > disappointment that they voted "Aye." The Congressional switchboard is
> > 202-224-3121.
> >
> > It is disappointing to lose votes like this, but we are making
> > progress.
> > Our actions have made a difference.
> >
> > Thank you for all you do for a just foreign policy,
> >
> > Robert Naiman, Patrick McElwee, and Chelsea Mozen
> > Just Foreign Policy
> > www.justforeignpolicy.org
> > >
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> >
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Robert Naiman
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