SJK VDO  says:
2 years ago

FRIDAY: House Vote on Warrantless WiretappingFirst, I want to thank everyone who called their Representative on Thursday to oppose $165B more for Iraq. WE LOST, but we gained 9 anti-war votes since May. (Scroll down for our next effort to bring our troops safely home.)Now I must ask you to pick up your phone again and call your Representative right now to demand a NO vote on warrantless wiretapping. The vote will be Friday around noon, but please call no matter what time you get this. (The Congressional switchboard is open 24x7x365 and each office has voicemail.)Steny Hoyer's warrantless wiretapping bill is obscene because it gives complete immunity to the telcos that have spied on us illegally since 2001, as well as the Bush Administration officials who illegally asked them to break the law. And it lets them continue spying on us by creating Big Brother with a figleaf of meaningless "protections."On May 14, Democrats defeated a similar immunity bill 213-197. There is absolutely no reason for any Democrat to change his or her vote now except corrupt greed for telco campaign cash.So call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your House Representative (not Senators) by name, or find your House Representative's name and direct dial by entering your address on the right side:http://usalone.com Out of Iraq: Next StepsOn Thursday, we lost the Iraq funding vote by 268-155 because 188 Republicans (all but 4) and 80 Democrats (including "leaders" Steny Hoyer, Jim Clyburn and Rahm Emanuel) voted YES. But your calls made a big difference because we got 9 more NO votes than we did on May 15.Now the battle moves to the Senate for another vote early next week. So please call both of your Senators and tell them to vote NO on the Iraq $165 billion. If you don't have time to call, sign our petition:http://www.democrats.com/iraq-petitionCalls and emails are very important, but what really scares Congress is fear of losing an election. So now that the House has voted, we must defeat as many of the 268 pro-occupation Representatives as we can - both in primaries against pro-war Bush Democrats this summer and in general election races against Republicans in November. Our first primary target is Bush Democrat John Barrow (GA12), who has voted with George Bush on every issue we track, including Iraq, Iran, habeas corpus, and wiretapping. His district is 45% black, yet he votes like a southern rightwing Republican. Barrow's primary opponent is State Senator Regina Thomas, who has a long progressive record and is "adamantly opposed" to the occupation of Iraq. The primary is July 15, and Thomas has an excellent chance of winning in a district where 70% of Democratic primary voters are black and energized by Barack Obam a. I hope you'll contribute to Regina Thomas (and other anti-BushDemocrats) using our new Bush Democrat Actblue page:http://www.actblue.com/page/bushdemocrats Last year, Rep. Robert Wexler (D-FL) launched WexlerWantsHearings.com to persuade Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Judiciary Chairman John Conyers to hold hearings on Rep. Dennis Kucinich's 3 Articles of Impeachment against Dick Cheney.Last week, Rep. Wexler was the first Democrat to co-sponsor Dennis Kucinich's 35 Articles of Impeachment against George Bush (see below).Now it's our turn to support a Democratic hero by pre-ordering Congressman Robert's Wexler's new book Fire-Breathing Liberal. Last week, Democrats.com members pushed Fire-Breathing Liberal right to the top of Amazon best-seller list. Let's do it again and show Washington that Robert Wexler speaks for us!___________________ Kucinich's 35 Articles of Impeachment - 5 Co-Sponsors and Growing...On June 9, Rep. Dennis Kucinich made history on the floor of the House by reading 35 Articles of Impeachment against President George W. Bush, now H.Res. 1258. In just six days, over 25,000 of you emailed your Representatives to co-sponsor the 35 Articles: http://www.democrats.com/35-articles-of-impeachmen The first three co-sponsors were Robert Wexler (FL19), Lynn Woolsey (CA06), and Barbara Lee (CA09). On Thursday, they were joined by Tammy Baldwin (WI02) and Maurice Hinchey (NY22).The charges presented by Rep. Kucinich are so serious that every Member of Congress should demand Judiciary Committee hearings by becoming a co-sponsor. Here's what you can do to persuade your Representative: http://www.democrats.com/impeachment-cosponsors-wa Forward this message to everyone you know! To subscribe, create a free Democrats.com account here: http://www.democrats.com/user/register