[Peace-discuss] One Week to Stop $33.5 Billion for War Escalation

[C. G. ESTABROOK]

[This is important, and our local political situation is a surprise to some 
people.  Our Congressional representative, Tim Johnson (R-IL15), who voted for 
the American assaults on Afghanistan and Iraq, now says that he was wrong to do 
so - and that he will NOT vote for any more funds for war in the Middle East. 
But his Democratic opponent, David Gill, will not make a similar pledge.  Watch 
what happens next week: see if Tim does indeed vote against war (as he has 
already) - and if David will end his silence on what he'd do. Champaign-Urbana 
certainly should not send another vote for war funding to Washington, and it's 
unconscionable for David Gill not to tell us how he'd vote. --CGE]

	One Week to Stop $33.5 Billion for War Escalation
	<DefundWar.org>

The Senate, as expected, has already passed the bill, but the House is always 
where we've had a chance and is all we need.  Your representative in the House 
is home in his or her district this week, a perfect opportunity for you to talk 
to them before they return to Washington, D.C., next week and vote $33.5 billion 
to escalate the Afghan war.

The most prominent excuse you'll hear is that good things may be packaged into 
the same bill.  But those good things will not outweigh the damage done by the 
war escalation and could be passed separately.  We cannot afford the human or 
financial cost.  And the blowback from these wars endangers us all no matter 
what our domestic policies are.

Keep track of where your representative stands at <http://defundwar.org>.

What to say [IN OUR CASE, TO THE DEMOCRAT!]: "If you do not try to block the war 
escalation funding, I will try to block your election in November.  If you 
support peace, I will support you.  Please commit publicly to voting No, no 
matter what nice things that could be passed separately are packaged into the 
same vote.  Please join the 70 congressional candidates from every political 
party who have signed a statement against war spending at <http://caws.us>."



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