(http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=UjP5pDvidSdpZckTqJvD3zbjwo502Y1j)
Voting on 2014 Defense Appropriations Bill may come as early as Tuesday
afternoon
STOP FUNDING WAR BUSINESS AS USUAL!
Call your Representative!
Time to stop favoring the Pentagon over urgent human needs at home.
Ask Them to Vote NO! on HR 2397.
Call 202 224 3121 (Capitol Switchboard) and ask for your Rep.
To Find Out your Rep : _http://www.contactingthecongress.org/_
(http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=kviWIeAwFkp+WEZQIzUtqTbjwo502Y1j)
Background: On June 13, the House Appropriations Committee passed H.R.
2397, the FY 2014 Department of Defense Appropriations Act approving $512.5
billion for the Pentagon base budget (not counting the cost of military
construction and nuclear weapons), and $85.8 billion for Overseas Contingency
Operations, which is largely for waging war in Afghanistan. For text:_
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr2397_
(http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=VDRflEEA2R0PIji8I6bGMTbjwo502Y1j)
Despite countless floor speeches full of moral platitudes about democracy,
social justice and peace and hard evidence that the US' imperial model is
unsustainable, the majority in Congress continues to vote for the needs of
a powerful military industry at the expense of the needs of most
Americans.
It is not just militaristic Republicans who are the problems. When the
House of Representatives voted on the 2014 Defense Authorization bill last
month, the majority of Democrats voted in favor (103-90). See Roll Call
_http://www.gop.gov/votes/113/1/244_
(http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=i64P1kPGq6jM1CMOpjij7jbjwo502Y1j)
to see how your Representative voted.
Without strong pressure from us, the results are likely to be the same for
the Defense Appropriations Bill when it comes to the floor, perhaps as early
as today .
The DoD Budget ignores the Budget Control Act’s requirement that half of
the $110 billion in additional annual cuts must be shared between military
and non-military programs. Instead, the Pentagon budget is 5.4 percent over
this year’s spending while the Departments of Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education are slashed 18.6 percent below this year’s already
reduced funding. Energy, conservation, and environmental protection programs
will be cut between 11 – 22 percent. These choices are neither wise nor
fair.
Under sequestration it's business as usual for the Pentagon and upheaval
for the poor and vulnerable as more cuts to critical human need programs are
imposed to protect funding for war, weapons and spying. During this fiscal
year, the cuts to programs like Head Start, Meals on Wheels, student
grants, affordable housing, furthe cut into vitally important services for
some
of our most vulnerable people- including families, children, low income
mothers, students and elders. Our allies at the Coalition for Human Needs are
keeping track of the impact across all 50 states here:
_http://www.chn.org/background/sequestration-state-fact-sheets-2013/_
(http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cyGPrjsc03su52JOEqt41jbjwo502Y1j)
.
Below is a recent example of how the Pentagon and it's private sector
partners deal with the sequester and waste billions of taxpayer dollars:
...Northrop Grumman’s political strategy “is entirely predictable — hire
the right people, target the right people, contribute to the right people,
then link them together with subcontractors and go for the gold,” said
_Gordon Adams_
(http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=nv7FWfuYgJ9OOlwbbrSgTTbjwo502Y1j)
, who served as the senior White House budget official for
national security from 1993 to 1997 … To read more:
_http://www.publicintegrity.org/print/12969_
(http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=cOFGZkkCavlM6a/q0qv/uzbjwo502Y1j)
Defense Contractors Are Making the Noise!
Members of Congress Need to Hear From Us !
Call 202 224 3121 (Capitol Switchboard) and ask for your Representative
Tell them to Vote NO on another $598 bill Pentagon Spending Bill
Keep the Dream of justice and peace alive, call your Rep and please
forward this email widely l…
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Lee Siu Hin
National Coordinator
National Immigrant Solidarity Network _http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org_
(http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/)
Action LA Network _http://www.ActionLA.org_ (http://www.actionla.org/)
Peace NO War Network _http://www.PeaceNOWar.net_
(http://www.peacenowar.net/)
Activist Video Service _http://www.ActivistVideo.org_
(http://www.activistvideo.org/)
New York : (212)330-8172
Los Angeles : (213)403-0131
Washington D.C. : (202)595-8990
Chicago : (773)942-2268
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