Posted on 03/05/2008 4:43:58 PM PST by armymarinemom
It seems that someone in the antiwar community was a bit reckless spreading the word about a phone conference for United for Peace and Justice. In thier zeal to inform everyone that a conference was taking place they failed to take the phone number and passcode off of the agenda email.
Please notice that there is an RSVP but that really shouldn't keep anyone from logging in and keeping their mouth shut or just making up a nmae for a grassroots antiwar group.
Have Fun...
Dear Friends,
This Wednesday, March 5th, at 8pm ET, United For Peace And Justice will be holding a conference call to discuss our legislative action agenda for the spring. As we all know, the fifth year anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Iraq is looming, and after the March recess Congress will be introducing legislation that will provide over 100 billion dollars in war funding. The focus of the call will emphasize how we can put enough pressure on members of Congress to end the occupation of Iraq through our mass grassroots mobilization of the UFPJ coalition.
Tentative agenda:
1. Legislative update
2. Legislative Action strategy to defeat the war funding
-- actions targeting Congress for the 5th anniversary
-- in-district visits during the March recess (March 14 - 31)
-- ideas for April & May actions
3. Specific legislative asks & tools
-- Target leadership to refuse to bring a funding bill to the floor that continues to fund the occupation
-- Public commitment to refuse to continue funding the occupation, using Waters Woolsey Lee letter (http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2929) or other.
-- Filibuster campaign
More materials will be available shortly. Here is a draft of proposed legislative asks for meetings:
WHAT WE WANT U.S. REPRESENTATIVES TO DO
1. Commit to publicly and privately urging House leadership not to bring up any more bills to fund the occupation of Iraq.
2. Commit publicly to voting No on any bill that funds the occupation of Iraq through a public statement or signing the bi-partisan letter initiated by Reps. Waters, Woolsey and Lee: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=2929
3. Commit publicly to voting No on any procedural vote to bring funding of the occupation of Iraq up for a vote.
(If our representatives want to seriously represent us, they need to commit to not playing any sort of games with the lives of Iraqis and our loved ones.)
4. Commit to publicly and privately whipping colleagues to do the same.
WHAT WE WANT U.S. SENATORS TO DO
1. Commit to publicly and privately urging Senate leadership not to bring up any more bills to fund the occupation of Iraq.
2. Commit publicly to filibustering any bill that funds the occupation of Iraq.
(Some senators may want to attach an exception to this for any bill that only funds withdrawal, and that should not be a problem, but there's no reason for us to encourage it. Such a bill would be vetoed. A commitment to filibuster would follow the model of what Senator Chris Dodd did with telecom immunity. Filibustering cannot be done by one person alone and does not involve giving long speeches. It is a commitment to vote no on "cloture." A cloture vote is a procedural vote to bring a bill to a vote and requires 60 votes to pass, which means that 41 senators voting No or not showing up blocks the bill. Our goal, therefore is to find 41 senators who commit to filibustering, which is easier than finding 51 to vote No, or 60 to vote Yes on a good bill, or 67 to override a veto. We will never find 41 unless the first brave few lead the way.) 3. Commit publicly to voting No on any bill that funds the occupation of Iraq.
(If any such bill makes it past cloture, we want our senators to vote No on it.)
4. Commit to publicly and privately whipping colleagues to do the same.
UFPJ Legislative Action Network Call.
Spring Legislative Action Agenda
Wednesday, March 5
8 pm eastern time
605-990-0200
code: 505727#
Please RSVP to john@unitedforpeace.org with your name, organization, and location. Thank you.
John Bruhns
Legislative Action Coordinator
United For Peace And Justice
ping to you
Ewwww!.
This might be as good as contributing to a DNC on air telethon
Not really. It never hurts to get a heads up to what the other guy is doing.
Awesome FReeping opportunity there! I will be logging in as the president of the “Gay Nazis for Christ”. I’m sure when they hear the name of the organization they won’t suspect a thing.
LOL. Sad to say you are probably right.
If you are on at the moment you may be interested in this.
bump to read the play by play later
LOL, but I thought Ron Paul dropped out of the race?
Ping!
Just keeping quite here. They are discussing a freindly FBI and other agencies listening in.
cough a couple of times and make some beeping sounds with your phone. It will make them paranoid.
Ewwwww - Code Pinkos!
Who is “PDA” ??
I’ve called in....lots of moonbats. Taking roll call now. Asking if there is anybody else on the call.
Yep. Lots of em. Gag.
Ohh, weird. I’m on the call...
You are now a fly on the wall. I still feel like I need a shower.
I was making the phone line squeal earlier, but they have a universal mute and you have to press a key combination to speak. Anyone know what that is?
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