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3/23: Immediate Legislative action Needed to Defeat "Iraq Accountability Act"! Leslie Cagan National Coordinator UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE We hope that you all know that tomorrow - Friday, March 23rd - the House of Representatives will be voting on the "Iraq Accountability Act." In case you missed it, the action alert we sent to our national email list explaining why we oppose this bill is included below. The margin of victory or defeat on this supplemental spending bill is razor thin. We still have a chance to defeat this bill if we can mobilize our members and generate a significant number of calls to our representatives in Congress. And those calls need to be made today and as early tomorrow morning as possible...before the House votes. UFPJ urges you to get word out as far and wide as you can...everyone on your email lists should get a copy of this message, or send your own. One important thing that people should tell their representatives: MoveOn is supporting passage of the "Iraq Accountability Act" but they do NOT speak for the antiwar movement. The antiwar movement opposes this bill and we want Congress to use their power to end this war and bring the troops home, now! (For more information on the MoveOn poll and how its reporting of its results were flawed, click here: _http://www.prwatch.org/node/5882_ (http://www.prwatch.org/node/5882) ) Please help us get the word out as quickly as possible. Thank you. peace, Leslie Cagan National Coordinator UFPJ Tell Your Representative TODAY: Fund Withdrawal, Not More War! Vote NO on the supplemental spending bill! Call the Congressional Switchboard toll-free: 888-851-1879 The House of Representatives could vote today to give President Bush another $100 billion to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Democratic Party leadership of the House is trying to portray this bill as a positive step toward ending the war, and some organizations are saying the bill challenges the Bush Administration's failed policy in Iraq, and therefore should be supported by the antiwar movement. United for Peace and Justice strongly disagrees. We urge you to call your representative in the House NOW and tell him or her to VOTE NO on the supplemental, to VOTE NO on the "Iraq Accountability Act." If you are not sure who represents you in Congress, you can find out by clicking here: _http://capwiz.com/fconl/directory/congdir.tt_ (http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=306843800&url_num=1&url=http://capwiz.com/fconl /directory/congdir.tt) Call the Congressional Switchboard toll-free: 888-851-1879 (ask the operator to connect you to your Representative's office). Your message is simple: * Bring the troops home now; * Vote NO on the supplemental (the "Iraq Accountability Act"); * Support military funding only for the safe withdrawal of the troops (the Lee amendment). BACKGROUND INFO Here are some of the reasons we oppose the supplemental spending bill (also known as the "Iraq Accountability Act") the House will be voting on: * It funds both the continued occupation of Iraq and Bush's escalation of the war. * It allows Bush to decide when U.S. troop withdrawal should begin -- possibly not until Sept. 1, 2008 -- a full 18 months from now. * It is silent on the question of attacking Iran. (Language requiring Congressional authorization for military action against Iran was removed from the bill.) * It allows an unspecified number of troops (10,000? 30,000? 50,000?) to remain in Iraq indefinitely. * It would bring spending on the Iraq war to more than $500 BILLION! Democratic members of Congress may tell you, "this is the best we can do." No, this is not the best they can do! The voters of this country didn't elect a new Congress to give us excuses; we elected them to use their power to end this war -- to stop the flow of money for war and to set a specific, short-term timeframe for bringing the troops home. Any funds Congress appropriates must be restricted to withdrawing the troops as soon as practicable. We are outraged that the Congressional leadership will not allow an amendment from Rep. Barbara Lee (and supported by Reps. Maxine Waters and Lynn Woolsey) to even come to the floor for debate. This amendment would have limited the use of new funds to the safe withdrawal of all U.S. troops and military contractors from Iraq by December 31, 2007, to reconstruction in Iraq and to regional diplomacy efforts. The Congressional struggle is far from over. Next week the Senate will debate and vote on its version of the supplemental. The two versions passed in the House and the Senate will then go to a conference committee, where differences between them will be reconciled. In other words, there will be more opportunities to pressure Congress to begin to do the right thing. We will keep you updated on what's happening in the Senate and will let you know when calls to your Senators are needed. But right now, the most important thing is to call members of the House! Finally, all of this Congressional activity is unfolding as the fifth year of the war in Iraq has begun. There have been more than 1,000 antiwar activities in cities and towns all across this country marking the 4th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. _We've been gathering reports on the local actions and we encourage you to take a moment to read them -- it's truly inspiring!_ (http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=306843800&url_num=2&url=http:/ /www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizations/ufpj/blog/index.jsp?blog_KEY=345& t=) UNITED FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE _www.unitedforpeace.org_ (http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=306843800&url_num=3&url=http://www.unitedforpeace.org/) | 212-868-5545 Related Articles: 3/22: MoveOn Fraudulent Poll on Iraq MoveOn claims 84% of its members support Pelosi's Iraq proposal. 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