by admin | May 21, 2012 | Legislative Working Group Posts
by Carolyn Eisenberg and Gael Murphy Some readers probably heard on the news how the Democrats were hopping mad when the House Republicans voted recently to overturn the “sequester” on the Pentagon budget, enacted at the end of the year as part of the deficit...
by admin | May 21, 2012 | Action Alerts, Legislative Working Group Posts
Last week for the first time, the majority of Democrats voted in favor of the Lee Amendment limiting funding for the Afghanistan War to the safe and orderly withdrawal of US troops and security contractors. (101 ayes, 79 Noes). This represents a sea-change of opinion...
by admin | May 15, 2012 | Action Alerts, Legislative Working Group Posts
As the 2013 National Defense Authorization Bill hits the House floor, the American people should be going through the roof! The FY 2013 military budget (NDAA) is up for a vote in the House this Friday. It contains more than $642 billion of taxpayer money to pay for a...
by admin | Mar 15, 2012 | Legislative Working Group Posts
In building American support for a confrontation with Iran, the Israeli government has focused attention on members of Congress. This past week, the visit of Prime Minister Netanyahu to Washington was accompanied by a massive lobbying effort on Capitol Hill. Thousands...
by admin | Mar 6, 2012 | Action Alerts, Legislative Working Group Posts
3/6: Call Senators to Oppose Lieberman-Graham Bill United for Peace & Justice Legislative Working Group Thousands of AIPAC lobbyists are flooding the Capitol today, pushing members of Congress to a more belligerent stand on Iran.As early as this week, the Senate...
by MTMcPhearson | Dec 15, 2011 | Legislative Working Group Posts
TODAY is the Senate’s turn to vote on FY2012 “Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which the House passed yesterday evening by a vote of 283-138. This bill contains $554 billion for the Pentagon base budget and another $115.5 billion for the wars, and...
