[PAA-Discuss] Fwd: [Activists] Eight Heroes for peace

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I guess this means Doggett folded or was he the one voting Present? Lee L

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Subject: [Activists] Eight Heroes

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Eight Heroes in Congress Make a Stand for Peace
 <http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/heroes>
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/heroes

Here are the results <http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll186.xml>  of the
March 23, 2007, vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to give Bush and
Cheney over $100 billion more for war. The bill passed with exactly the 218
votes required. Almost all of the Republicans and six Democrats voted No for
the wrong reasons. One Democrat voted "Present". But eight Democrats voted
No because they oppose further funding of this war. These eight are the
beginning of a movement for peace, and the first indication that some
Democrats, even under the most intense pressure not to, will be willing to
oppose Speaker Pelosi when she takes the wrong stance. This will be required
if a movement for impeachment is ever to take hold in Congress. Here are the
eight with links to contact and thank them:

Thank Dennis  <mailto:info at kucinich.us> Kucinich, John Lewis
<mailto:http://www.house.gov/johnlewis/contact.html> ,
<http://lee.house.gov/index.cfm?SectionID=2&ParentID=0&SectionTree=2&Section
TypeID=2> Barbara Lee, Mike McNulty <mailto:mike.mcnulty at mail.house.gov> ,
Mike Michaud <http://michaud.house.gov/article.asp?id=75> , Maxine Waters
<http://www.house.gov/waters/contact/> , Diane Watson
<http://www.house.gov/watson/contact.shtml> , and Lynn
<http://woolsey.house.gov/contactinfo.asp> Woolsey.

About the heroes:

Dennis Kucinich of Ohio has been a leader against funding the war. He made
this statement <http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20403>  on the
floor prior to the vote, and this statement
<http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20372>  the day before, as well
as this one <http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20350> . He urged
everyone <http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20336>  to lobby their
congress members for No votes. On March 21, he made this statement
<http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20267> , and this one
<http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20208>  on March 19. Kucinich is
the sponsor of this bill <http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/kucinichbill>
to defund the war. Here is his website <http://kucinich.house.gov/> , and
his presidential campaign  <http://kucinich.us/> website.

John Lewis of Georgia has been a leading advocate for civil rights and peace
for many years. He gave a remarkable speech
<http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20314>  on the floor in the lead
up to the vote, for which the Backbone Campaign presented him with a
Backbone Award <http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20402> . Here is
his  <http://www.house.gov/johnlewis/> website.

Barbara Lee of California is the Co-Chair of the Progressive Caucus and the
author of an amendment <http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/19385>  that
would have limited all funding in the bill to a withdrawal. She is the
sponsor of this bill <http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.770:>
to prevent an attack on Iran. Here is her  <http://lee.house.gov/> website.

Mike McNulty of New York is less well known to the national peace movement.
He quietly made the right vote and released this
<http://www.house.gov/mcnulty/pr070323.htm> statement explaining that his
brother had been killed in Vietnam and that he did not want to fund a
similar war. Here is his website <http://www.house.gov/mcnulty/> .

Mike Michaud of Maine is also little known to the national peace movement.
But he has cosponsored a number of good bills aimed at ending the war,
including Jack Murtha's bill for redeployment, Abercrobie and Jones' bill
for withdrawal, Lee's and Allen's bills for no permanent bases, Woolsey's
bill for a withdrawal plan, Price and Miller's bill for a withdrawal plan,
and Evans' bill to fund VA health care. Michaud also voted against a war
funding bill in 2004. On the Iraq section
<http://michaud.house.gov/article.asp?id=380>  of his website, Michaud
states his support for bills to end the war, oppose the recent escalation,
ban permanent bases, and demand accountability for war spending. Here is his
<http://michaud.house.gov/> website.

Maxine Waters of California is the chair of the Out of Iraq Caucus and a
leader of the peace movement. In recent weeks and on the day before the
vote, she has participated in conference calls with the peace movement
organized by United for Peace and Justice <http://www.unitedforpeace.org/> .
In February, she made
<http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/ca35_waters/FS070213_iraqresolution.h
tml> this statement against the escalation of the war. Here is her website
<http://www.house.gov/waters/> .

Diane Watson of California has been a voice for peace. Her statements over
the years on Iraq can be found here
<http://www.house.gov/watson/issues_iraq.shtml> . Here is her website
<http://www.house.gov/watson/> .

Lynn Woolsey of California is, along with Barbara Lee, a Co-Chair of the
Progressive Caucus. She has appeared frequently in the print and broadcast
media in the days leading up to the vote as a clear voice for opposing the
funding of the war. Here is a video
<http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20318>  of her speaking at a
peace rally the weekend before the vote. Here is video, audio, and
<http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20356> transcript of a debate she
took one side of on Democracy Now! Woolsey is the sponsor of this
<http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/woolseybill> bill to defund the war. Here
is her  <http://woolsey.house.gov/> website, which includes videos of her
floor speeches. She made this
<http://woolsey.house.gov/latestnews.asp?ARTICLE5110=525061> statement on
the day of the vote.

One Republican, Ron Paul, of Texas while no progressive on most issues,
voted No for many of the right
<http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2007/cr032007.htm> reasons.

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