Action Alerts 2011
May 2, 2011
The U.S. assassination of Osama bin Laden announced on Sunday night continues the violence initiated by al Qaeda's attacks on the United States and the reciprocation of war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Will the administration and Congress take a hard look at the failed war policies of the last ten years?
Apr 28, 2011
Senators are deciding now what they will propose to cut and not cut in the federal budget. Please keep up the momentum for change. Ask 5 friends to contact their senators urging cuts to the Pentagon budget.
Apr 21, 2011
Write a letter to the editor expressing your support for making reductions in the Pentagon budget to reduce the federal deficit.
Apr 12, 2011
Urge your representative to reject the Ryan budget and to support efforts to make at least $100 billion a year in cuts to the Pentagon budget.
Apr 8, 2011
Let your members of Congress know that in negotiations over budget cuts, Pentagon spending must be on the table.
Mar 31, 2011
Urge senators to allow the EPA to keep regulating greenhouse gas pollution.
Mar 24, 2011
Cruise missile strikes, bombing runs, and arms supplies to the anti-government rebels will not produce a long-term resolution to the problems in Libya. There is no military solution to what is at heart a political and humanitarian problem.
Mar 15, 2011
On March 17, your representative can take a stand against the war in Afghanistan, The House is scheduled to vote on a resolution that would require the president to withdraw all U.S. military troops by the end of this year.
Mar 10, 2011
Right now no serious proposals are on the table in the Senate to make significant cuts in Pentagon spending. Instead, senators are preparing to accept proposals that would slash funding for programs that create jobs, help people living in poverty, and work to prevent wars.
Mar 1, 2011
How much the United States would invest in two parts of the government that help prevent wars if the House gets its way: $0
Feb 24, 2011
Right now the EPA is the only part of our government doing anything about global warming. EPA can be effective, if members of Congress let it do its job.
Feb 19, 2011
The House voted 344 to 76 to reject an amendment that would have insisted that cuts to the Pentagon budget be a significant part of any effort to control deficit spending. How did your representative vote?
Feb 10, 2011
Next week your representative will have his or her first chance to vote on whether the Pentagon budget will be cut this year.
Feb 7, 2011
Yesterday's signing of New START is an opportunity to urge your senators to continue to support treaties that make the United States safer, such as the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Jan 25, 2011
Both the proposal that is expected to pass the House today and the president's proposals tonight will force huge reductions in the budgets for many federal agencies, while exempting the Pentagon from big cuts. Yet the real money is in the Pentagon.
Jan 20, 2011
Regardless of how much you agree or disagree with your representative's stated positions on the issues, your hand-written letter to your representative can help to open channels for further communications. Right now, before the legislative season returns to full swing, representatives are listening intently.
Jan 13, 2011
New House rules have changed the focus of the congressional debate from how to cut the deficit to how to cut federal spending for investing in our people and our future. Representatives need to hear that their constituents want military spending to stay on the table when cuts are considered.
Jan 6, 2011
Right now the EPA is the only part of our government doing anything about global warming. The EPA can be effective, if we let it do its job.
