[haw-info] Important vote on the Supplemental War Funding Bill will take place as early as tomorrow, June 16

[Jim O'Brien]

*The following message is sent on behalf of Carolyn (Rusti) Eisenberg,
member of the HAW Steering Committee and of the legislative task force of
the antiwar coalition United for Peace and Justice.*



*Call Your Congressional Representative Today to Oppose FY 2009 Supplemental
War Funding Bill*



Didn't we hear about this before? Yes. Congress has already voted on this
once--$93 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan until the end of
this fiscal year. After that there is another $130 billion request already
in the pipeline for FY 2010.



With a Democrat in the White House, this 2009 Supplemental was supposed to
be a "slam-dunk." But the first time around, 60 members of the House of
Representatives unexpectedly voted "NO." Of these 51 were antiwar Democrats.
The bill has now come out of reconciliation conference between the House and
Senate

and *will be voted on again as early as tomorrow Tuesday June 16.*



But now the bill is in trouble. Republicans are refusing to vote for the
bill because it contains additional funding for the IMF to bail out European
banks. *Unless 38 of the 51 antiwar Democrats change their vote, this War
Funding bill cannot pass.* According to many reports from Capitol Hill, Rahm
Emmanuel and Nancy Pelosi are putting intense pressure on their colleagues
to abandon their antiwar position.



The list of NO voters is pasted in below. If your member of Congress is on
this list, call their office and urge them to hold their ground and continue
to Vote Against the Supplemental. If your member of Congress is not on this
list, it is still useful to call their office and urge them vote NO this
time around. *Number for Congressional switchboard is 202-224-3121.*



What's special about this vote? Once this 2009 Supplemental passes, the
United States Congress will be giving its approval to an escalated war in
Afghanistan.



Rusti Eisenberg, for Historians Against War




The text is available on the Appropriations Committee Web Site:

http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/Emergency_Supp_2009_Bill_Text.pdf



See also Robert Naiman:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/will-34-democrats-oppose_b_211924.html



John Nichols (The Nation):
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/443260/why_vote_yes_for_the_war_and_the_imf



*List of NO Voters in the House of Representatives:*



*---- NAYS    60 ---*



Baldwin

*Campbell*

Capuano

Clarke

Cohen

Conyers

Cooper

Costello

Doggett

*Duncan*

Edwards (MD)

*Ehlers*

Ellison

Farr

Filner

*Flake*

Frank (MA)

Grayson

Grijalva

Gutierrez

Honda

Inslee

*Johnson (IL)*

Kagen

Kaptur

Kucinich

Lee (CA)

Lewis (GA)

Lofgren, Zoe

Markey (MA)

Massa

Matsui

McDermott

McGovern

Michaud

Miller, George

Napolitano

Neal (MA)

Oberstar

*Paul*

Payne

*Petri*

Pingree (ME)

Polis (CO)

*Royce*

Schakowsky

*Sensenbrenner*

Serrano

Shea-Porter

Speier

Thompson (CA)

Tierney

Towns

Tsongas

Velázquez

Waters

Watson

Weiner

Welch

Woolsey
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