[Peace-discuss] JFP alert: Tell Rules Cmte: Allow House votes on ending Saudi war in Yemen

[Robert Naiman]

Rep. Cole represents Norman, in case you know anyone at the University of
Oklahoma...Burgess is Dallas-Forth Worth...

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Subject: Tell Rules Cmte: Allow House votes on ending Saudi war in Yemen
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Dear Robert,

Urge Reps. Cole & Burgess to allow House votes on ending the Saudi war in
Yemen.

Take Action
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This week the House is considering amendments on the National Defense
Authorization Act. The House Rules Committee will decide which amendments
will receive House floor votes. Amendments have been offered which would
end U.S. refueling of Saudi warplanes bombing Yemen [1], ban the transfer
of cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia [2], and block U.S. weapons transfers to
Saudi Arabia until it ends its blockade that is pushing Yemen into famine.
[3]

*Urge Rules Committee Republicans to allow floor votes on ending the Saudi
war in Yemen by signing our petition at MoveOn
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Representative *Tom Cole* [R-OK-4] is Vice-Chair of the House Rules
Committee. [4] Rep. Cole has been outspoken on the need for Congress to
debate and vote on matters of war and peace. Rep. Cole has been an
outspoken supporter of the Barbara Lee [D-CA] amendment to sunset the 2001
authorization of the use of force to compel the House leadership to allow a
debate and vote on a new AUMF. [5]

Representative *Michael Burgess* [R-TX-26] is another Republican member of
the House Rules Committee. [6] A doctor, he was the only Republican member
of the Rules Committee who voted last year to bar the transfer of cluster
bombs to Saudi Arabia. [7]

*Urge Rep. Cole & Rep. Burgess to allow House votes on ending U.S.
participation in the Saudi war in Yemen by **signing and sharing our
petition*
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*.  *
Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,

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Just Foreign Policy

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References:
1.http://www.rules.house.gov/amendments/Khanna_001_xml76171528582858.pdf
2.http://www.rules.house.gov/amendments/AMASH_011_xml77171056555655.pdf
3.http://www.rules.house.gov/amendments/KHANNA_002_xml76171529362936.pdf
4.https://rules.house.gov/committee-rules-members
5.https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/support-protect-repbarba
rale?r_by=1135580
6.https://rules.house.gov/committee-rules-members
7.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/obama-heeding-
close-house_b_10516480.html

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