[Peace] Urge Durbin, Duckworth to co-sponsor SJ Res 54, end Saudi-imposed famine in Yemen

[Robert Naiman]

This kind of opportunity comes around almost never. The provisions of law
allowing a single Member of Congress to force a debate and vote on ending
U.S. participation in an unauthorized war have never been invoked in the
Senate since the War Powers Resolution was passed in 1973. And, I believe
that what Durbin does is going to be key. Bernie announced on the Senate
floor today that Durbin, Warren and Booker are co-sponsoring the bill.
Which is great. But I want Durbin to do more than that. I want him to lobby
Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Joe Donnelly of Indiana to support the
bill. That's why I want Durbin to know that lots and lots of people in
Illinois care about this.

McCaskill and Donnelly were two of the five Senate Democrats that voted in
June to keep arming Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen. That's why McCaskill and
Donnelly are key.

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Date: Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 12:37 PM
Subject: Stand with Bernie! End the Saudi-imposed famine in Yemen!
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Dear Robert,

*Stand with Bernie. End the Saudi-imposed famine in Yemen now. *
*SIgn the petition
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In the next *ten days*, we have a historic opportunity to help end the
worst humanitarian crisis in the world. For nearly 3 years, the U.S. has
participated in Saudi Arabia's brutal war in Yemen. U.S.-assisted
Saudi-Emirati airstrikes have killed thousands of civilians by bombing
schools, hospitals, sewage treatment plants, and other civilian
infrastructure, creating the worst cholera crisis in recorded history, and
pushing millions of human beings to the brink of famine. *But Congress
never authorized U.S. participation in this war.*

Yesterday, Senators *Bernie Sanders* (I-VT), *Mike Lee* (R-UT), and *Chris
Murphy* (D-CT) introduced a bipartisan bill [S.J.Res.54] invoking the War
Powers Resolution to force a vote on the Senate floor in the next ten days
on ending U.S. participation in Saudi Arabia's war.

*Stand with Bernie.* Help us end this atrocity now by *signing our joint
petition*
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with a huge coalition of groups.

After signing, you'll be able to easily call your senators' offices to urge
them to support the Sanders-Lee bill by pressing a button.

*Please act.* Don't let this historic opportunity for justice go to
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Thanks for all you do to help make U.S. foreign policy more just,

Robert Naiman, Sarah Burns and Tyler Bellstrom
Just Foreign Policy

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