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color=#0000ff size=2>I guess this means Doggett folded or was he the
one voting Present? Lee L</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> discuss-bounces@paa-tx.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces@paa-tx.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Bill
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">From: "David Swanson"
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Subject: [Activists] Eight Heroes</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><B>Eight Heroes in Congress Make a Stand for
Peace<BR></B><A href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/heroes"><FONT
size=-2><B>http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/heroes</B></FONT></A><BR><FONT
size=+3><B></B></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Here are the <A
href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll186.xml">results</A> 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:<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Thank <A href="mailto:info@kucinich.us">Dennis
Kucinich</A>, <A
href="mailto:http://www.house.gov/johnlewis/contact.html">John Lewis</A>, <A
href="http://lee.house.gov/index.cfm?SectionID=2&ParentID=0&SectionTree=2&SectionTypeID=2"><SPAN></SPAN>Barbara
Lee</A>, <A href="mailto:mike.mcnulty@mail.house.gov">Mike McNulty</A>, <A
href="http://michaud.house.gov/article.asp?id=75">Mike Michaud</A>, <A
href="http://www.house.gov/waters/contact/">Maxine Waters</A>, <A
href="http://www.house.gov/watson/contact.shtml">Diane Watson</A>, and <A
href="http://woolsey.house.gov/contactinfo.asp">Lynn
Woolsey</A>.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">About the heroes:<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><B>Dennis Kucinich</B> of Ohio has been a
leader against funding the war. He made <A
href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20403">this statement</A> on
the floor prior to the vote, and <A
href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20372">this statement</A> the
day before, as well as <A
href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20350">this one</A>. He <A
href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20336">urged everyone</A> to
lobby their congress members for No votes. On March 21, he made <A
href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20267">this statement</A>, and
<A href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20208">this one</A> on
March 19. Kucinich is the sponsor of <A
href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/kucinichbill">this bill</A> to defund
the war. Here is <A href="http://kucinich.house.gov/">his website</A>, and his
<A href="http://kucinich.us/">presidential campaign
website</A>.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><B>John Lewis</B> of Georgia has been a
leading advocate for civil rights and peace for many years. He gave a <A
href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20314">remarkable speech</A>
on the floor in the lead up to the vote, for which the Backbone Campaign
presented him with a <A
href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20402">Backbone Award</A>.
Here is <A href="http://www.house.gov/johnlewis/">his
website</A>.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><B>Barbara Lee</B> of California is the
Co-Chair of the Progressive Caucus and the author of <A
href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/19385">an amendment</A> that
would have limited all funding in the bill to a withdrawal. She is the sponsor
of <A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.770:">this bill</A>
to prevent an attack on Iran. Here is <A href="http://lee.house.gov/">her
website</A>.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><B>Mike McNulty</B> of New York is less well
known to the national peace movement. He quietly made the right vote and
released <A href="http://www.house.gov/mcnulty/pr070323.htm">this
statement</A> explaining that his brother had been killed in Vietnam and that
he did not want to fund a similar war. Here is <A
href="http://www.house.gov/mcnulty/">his website</A>.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><B>Mike Michaud</B> 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 <A
href="http://michaud.house.gov/article.asp?id=380">Iraq section</A> 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 <A href="http://michaud.house.gov/">his
website</A>.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><B>Maxine Waters</B> 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 <A
href="http://www.unitedforpeace.org/">United for Peace and Justice</A>. In
February, she made <A
href="http://www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/ca35_waters/FS070213_iraqresolution.html"><SPAN></SPAN>this
statement</A> against the escalation of the war. Here is <A
href="http://www.house.gov/waters/">her website</A>.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><B>Diane Watson</B> of California has been a
voice for peace. Her statements over the years on Iraq can be found <A
href="http://www.house.gov/watson/issues_iraq.shtml">here</A>. Here is <A
href="http://www.house.gov/watson/">her website</A>.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><B>Lynn Woolsey</B> 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
href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20318">a video</A> of her
speaking at a peace rally the weekend before the vote. Here is <A
href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/20356">video, audio, and
transcript</A> of a debate she took one side of on Democracy Now! Woolsey is
the sponsor of <A href="http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/woolseybill">this
bill</A> to defund the war. Here is <A href="http://woolsey.house.gov/">her
website</A>, which includes videos of her floor speeches. She made <A
href="http://woolsey.house.gov/latestnews.asp?ARTICLE5110=525061">this
statement</A> on the day of the vote.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><B>One Republican, Ron Paul</B>, of Texas
while no progressive on most issues, voted No for many of the <A
href="http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2007/cr032007.htm">right
reasons</A>.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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