[acid-jazz] Help Block the $87B Blank Check

From: Frank Swart (funkwrench_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 2003-10-16 10:56:29

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    Congress is Voting on More Funding for Iraq War
    Opposition is Growing, Make Your Voice Heard Now
    Even if You've Already Taken Action

    100,000 Messages to Congress Planned in Next 48 Hours

    Earlier, it looked like President Bush would get a landslide vote for his
    $87
    billion Iraq war legislation. But TrueMajority, MoveOn, Working Assets and
    other
    activist organizations flooded Congress with faxes, e-mails, phone calls and
    personal
    visits.

    Feeling that citizen pressure, more Members of Congress than anyone imagined
    have declared their intention to vote NO on the blank check. We need to
    show
    them Americans support their standing up to the President, and encourage
    others
    that it's right to join the opposition.

    The votes are now scheduled for Thursday in the House and Friday in the
    Senate
    (Oct. 16th and 17th).

    TrueMajority, together with our sister online organizations, is asking our
    members
    to send one last message to Congress: vote no on the quagmire bill.
    Congress
    should allocate more funds only after the President properly involves the
    United
    Nations in rebuilding Iraq and fires the national security team that got
    America
    into this quagmire.

    Among us, we're committed to delivering 100,000 calls, emails, and faxes to
    Congress in the next 48 hours.

    To tell your Representatives that they should vote against the quagmire bill
    just click this link:

    http://action.truemajority.com/index.asp?action=10078&ms=3quag2

    In thanks,

    Ben