[Peace] Urge Rodney Davis to ban sending cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia

[Robert Naiman]

I believe that even Rodney Davis could do this. I have talked to him about
this issue personally. He expressed a willingness to co-sponsor legislation
on this issue that is sponsored by Justin Amash.

202-225-2371

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Subject: Urge Rodney Davis to ban sending cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia
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Dear Robert,

With the exception of his opposition to isolating Cuba, Rodney Davis hasn't
been much of a champion on peace issues, to say the least. However, he has
an opportunity now to do something useful that should be easy for him to
do: co-sponsor Republican Justin Amash's NDAA amendment prohibiting the
transfer of cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia. [1]

This should be no-brainer because:

- this amendment almost passed the House a year ago, with 40 Republicans
and 164 Democrats voting for it;
- the Saudi war in Yemen has gotten more controversial in Washington since
then;
- last year this amendment was led only by Democrats, this year it's
bipartisan, with Republican Justin Amash being the lead sponsor;
- Textron, the sole U.S. company that made cluster bombs and which had the
Saudi cluster bomb contract, got out of the business last fall, citing
Congressional opposition.

Rodney Davis' co-sponsorship of the Amash amendment would be very useful
because the amendment is more likely to get through the Rules Committee the
more Republican co-sponsors it has.

*Call Rodney Davis now at 202-225-2371 <(202)%20225-2371>.* When you reach
a staffer or leave a message, you can say something like:

"I urge Rep. Davis to co-sponsor Justin Amash's amendment to ban the
transfer of cluster bombs to Saudi Arabia."

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.

And if you haven't signed our petition urging the Rules Committee to allow
amendments against Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen to be voted on the floor, *you
can do that here
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Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,

Robert Naiman, Avram Reisman, and Sarah Burns
Just Foreign Policy

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References:
1. http://www.rules.house.gov/amendments/AMASH_011_xml77171056555655.pdf

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