[Peace-discussion] Update on bills to cut funding for the escalation.
Jim Dorenkott
jimdorenkott3@yahoo.com
Sat, 13 Jan 2007 02:34:30 -0800 (PST)
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Up date: Kennedy's bill still has 6 co-sponsors; no change
Markey's bill now has 14; up 5
This is too slow; I think these are the ideal bills to push. They are not sense of the congress opinion resolutions. They cut the funding.
True, they do not cut all funding, but that is way off. This is a good precedent setting measure of how really committed these so called anti-war electeds and presidential candidates like Kucinich really are.
Jim
Tom Hayden says in a PDA podcast that the polls show that only 30% of those opposed to the war are for immediate out and 70% are for phased withdrawal up to a year. Thusly, I think the overwhelming support against the escalation is a good foundation for a legislative success.
H.R.353
Title: To prohibit the use of funds for an escalation of United States forces in Iraq above the numbers existing as of January 9, 2007.
Sponsor: Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] (introduced 1/9/2007) Cosponsors (14)
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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COSPONSORS(14), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 1/9/2007
Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 1/10/2007
Rep Delahunt, William D. [MA-10] - 1/9/2007
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 1/10/2007
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 1/9/2007
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] - 1/10/2007
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 1/11/2007
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 1/10/2007
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 1/9/2007
Rep Meehan, Martin T. [MA-5] - 1/9/2007
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 1/12/2007
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 1/11/2007
Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-1] - 1/12/2007
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] - 1/11/2007
S.233
Title: A bill to prohibit the use of funds for an escalation of United States military forces in Iraq above the numbers existing as of January 9, 2007.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 1/9/2007) Cosponsors (6)
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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COSPONSORS(6), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)
Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 1/9/2007
Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] - 1/9/2007
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 1/9/2007
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] - 1/9/2007
Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] - 1/10/2007
Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 1/9/2007
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<DIV></DIV> <DIV>Up date: Kennedy's bill still has 6 co-sponsors; no change</DIV> <DIV> Markey's bill now has 14; up 5</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This is too slow; I think these are the ideal bills to push. They are not sense of the congress opinion resolutions. They cut the funding.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>True, they do not cut all funding, but that is way off. This is a good precedent setting measure of how really committed these so called anti-war electeds and presidential candidates like Kucinich really are.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jim</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Tom Hayden says in a PDA podcast that the polls show that only 30% of those opposed to the war are for immediate out and 70% are for phased withdrawal up to a year. Thusly, I think the overwhelming support against the escalation is a good foundation for a legislative success.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #999999 0.75pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #999999 0.75pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; BACKGROUND: white; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #999999 0.75pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: #999999 0.75pt solid"> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 11.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid #999999 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">H.R.353</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <BR><B>Title:</B> To prohibit the use of funds for an escalation of United States forces in <B>Iraq</B> above the numbers existing as of January 9, 2007. <BR><B>Sponsor: </B><A
href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Rep+Markey++Edward+J.))+00735))">Rep Markey, Edward J.</A> [MA-7] (introduced 1/9/2007) <A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:6:./temp/~bdZEU5:@@@P%7C/bss/d110query.html%7C">Cosponsors</A> (14) <BR><B>Latest Major Action: </B>1/9/2007 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT:
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withdrawn]: (Sort: <A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:6:./temp/~bdZEU5:@@@N%7C/bss/d110query.html%7C">by date</A>) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #999999 0.75pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #999999 0.75pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; BACKGROUND: white; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #999999 0.75pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: #999999 0.75pt solid"> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 11.25pt 11.25pt 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid #999999 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+Abercrombie++Neil))+00002))">Rep Abercrombie,
Neil</A> [HI-1] - 1/9/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+DeFazio++Peter+A.))+00279))">Rep DeFazio, Peter A.</A> [OR-4] - 1/10/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+Delahunt++William+D.))+01480))">Rep Delahunt, William D.</A> [MA-10] - 1/9/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+DeLauro++Rosa+L.))+00281))">Rep DeLauro, Rosa L.</A> [CT-3] - 1/10/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+Grijalva++Raul+M.))+01708))">Rep Grijalva, Raul M.</A> [AZ-7] - 1/9/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+Hinchey++Maurice+D.))+00541))">Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.</A> [NY-22] - 1/10/2007 <BR><A
href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+Maloney++Carolyn+B.))+00729))">Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.</A> [NY-14] - 1/11/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+McDermott++Jim))+00766))">Rep McDermott, Jim</A> [WA-7] - 1/10/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+McGovern++James+P.))+01504))">Rep McGovern, James P.</A> [MA-3] - 1/9/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+Meehan++Martin+T.))+00788))">Rep Meehan, Martin T.</A> [MA-5] - 1/9/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+Olver++John+W.))+00879))">Rep Olver, John W.</A> [MA-1] - 1/12/2007 <BR><A
href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+Schakowsky++Janice+D.))+01588))">Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.</A> [IL-9] - 1/11/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+Thompson++Mike))+01593))">Rep Thompson, Mike</A> [CA-1] - 1/12/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Rep+Tierney++John+F.))+01535))">Rep Tierney, John F.</A> [MA-6] - 1/11/2007<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #999999 0.75pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #999999 0.75pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; BACKGROUND: white; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #999999 0.75pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: #999999 0.75pt solid"> <DIV class=MsoNormal
style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 11.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid #999999 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">S.233</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <BR><B>Title:</B> A bill to prohibit the use of funds for an escalation of United States military forces in <B>Iraq</B> above the numbers existing as of January 9, 2007. <BR><B>Sponsor: </B><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Sen+Kennedy++Edward+M.))+01377))">Sen Kennedy, Edward M.</A> [MA] (introduced 1/9/2007) <A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:1:./temp/~bd8ZYo:@@@P%7C/bss/d110query.html%7C">Cosponsors</A> (6) <BR><B>Latest Major Action:
</B>1/9/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 11.25pt 11.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-border-alt: solid #999999 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in" align=center><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> <HR align=center width="100%" SIZE=2> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 11.25pt 11.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in;
BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; mso-border-alt: solid #999999 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">COSPONSORS(6), ALPHABETICAL</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"> [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: <A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d110:1:./temp/~bd8ZYo:@@@N%7C/bss/d110query.html%7C">by date</A>) <o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: #999999 0.75pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #999999 0.75pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; BACKGROUND: white; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #999999 0.75pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: #999999 0.75pt solid"> <DIV class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 11.25pt 11.25pt 47.25pt; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM:
medium none; mso-border-alt: solid #999999 .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #333333; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Boxer++Barbara))+00116))">Sen Boxer, Barbara</A> [CA] - 1/9/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Harkin++Tom))+00501))">Sen Harkin, Tom</A> [IA] - 1/9/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Kerry++John+F.))+01379))">Sen Kerry, John F.</A> [MA] - 1/9/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Leahy++Patrick+J.))+01383))">Sen Leahy, Patrick J.</A> [VT] - 1/9/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Menendez++Robert))+00791))">Sen Menendez, Robert</A> [NJ] -
1/10/2007 <BR><A href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d110&querybd=@FIELD(FLD004+@4((@1(Sen+Sanders++Bernard))+01010))">Sen Sanders, Bernard</A> [VT] - 1/9/2007<o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV><p> 
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