I just got a new alert from the US Campaign, and the House already voted for this, almost as soon as the Campaign issued the previous alert I posted here. The Campaign calls on people to tell Bush to veto it, but that ain't happening, obviously.
Action Alert: Tell Bush to Veto Palestinian Sanctions Bill Today, the House of Representatives passed S.2370, the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006, by Voice Vote (not recorded). The House's passage of S.2370, which was passed previously by the Senate on June 23, clears the way for the President to sign into law draconian economic and diplomatic sanctions against the Palestinian people for exercising their right to vote in legislative elections held earlier this year. TAKE ACTION: Contact the White House NOW by phone 202-456-1111, by fax 202-456-2461, and by email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask the President to veto S.2370, the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act. Tell the President that the United States should not be sanctioning people for exercising their right to vote. On 12/7/06, Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Call Now-Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act in House Today The US Campaign has just learned that the House of Representatives will vote today on S.2370, the Senate version of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act. <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:s2370es.txt.pdf> The Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act imposes draconian economic and diplomatic sanctions against the Palestinian people for exercising their right to vote in legislative elections earlier this year. Call the House Switchboard NOW at 202-224-3121 or get contact info for your Representative by clicking here <http://www.house.gov/>. Tell your Representative to vote NO today on the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act. BACKGROUND: On May 23, the House passed a harsher version of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act, H.R.4681. The Senate then passed its own version of the bill-S.2370--one month later on June 23. Since then, the bill has been stalled. A bill passed with different versions in the House and Senate must be reconciled by conference before it can be sent to the President for signature into law. Instead of reconciling the bills in conference, the House will instead vote today to pass the Senate version of the bill so that it can be sent to the President for signature into law before the 109th Congress recesses. You can help prevent this bill from becoming law by calling the House Switchboard NOW at 202-224-3121 or get contact info for your Representative by clicking here <http://www.house.gov/>. Tell your Representative to vote NO today on the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act. Earlier this year, the US Campaign mobilized more than 340 US-based organizations against the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act. Click here <http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=1188> for more details and talking points on the bill. The proceedings of the House can be viewed live on CSPAN. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
-- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
