70 House Members yesterday delivered this letter to Shrub

[RiverStone]

Dear Mr. President:

We are writing to inform you that we will only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during Fiscal Year 2008 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of all our troops out of Iraq before you leave office.

More than 3,600 of our brave soldiers have died in Iraq. More than 26,000 have been seriously wounded. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have been killed or injured in the hostilities and more than 4 million have been displaced from their homes. Furthermore, this conflict has degenerated into a sectarian civil war and U.S. taxpayers have paid more than $500 billion, despite assurances that you and your key advisors gave our nation at the time you ordered the invasion in March, 2003 that this military intervention would cost far less and be paid from Iraqi oil revenues.

We agree with a clear and growing majority of the American people who are opposed to continued, open-ended U.S. military operations in Iraq, and believe it is unwise and unacceptable for you to continue to unilaterally impose these staggering costs and the soaring debt on Americans currently and for generations to come.

Sincerely,

Rep. Lynn Woolsey (CA); Rep. Barbara Lee (CA); Rep. Maxine Waters (CA); Rep. Ellen Tauscher (CA); Rep. Rush Holt (NJ); Rep. Maurice Hinchey (NY); Rep. Diane Watson (CA); Rep. Ed Pastor (AZ); Rep. Barney Frank (MA); Rep. Danny Davis (IL); Rep. John Conyers (MI); Rep. John Hall (NY); Rep. Bob Filner (CA); Rep. Nydia Velazquez (NY); Rep. Bobby Rush (IL); Rep. Charles Rangel (NY); Rep. Ed Towns (NY); Rep. Paul Hodes (NH); Rep. William Lacy Clay (MO); Rep. Earl Blumenauer (OR); Rep. Albert Wynn (MD); Rep. Bill Delahunt (MA); Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Rep. G. K. Butterfield (NC); Rep. Hilda Solis (CA); Rep. Carolyn Maloney (NY); Rep. Jerrold Nadler (NY); Rep. Michael Honda (CA); Rep. Steve Cohen (TN); Rep. Phil Hare (IL); Rep. Grace Flores Napolitano (CA); Rep. Alcee Hastings (FL); Rep. James McGovern (MA); Rep. Marcy Kaptur (OH); Rep. Jan Schakowsky (IL); Rep. Julia Carson (IN); Rep. Linda Sanchez (CA); Rep. Raul Grijalva (AZ); Rep. John Olver (MA); Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX); Rep. Jim McDermott (WA); Rep. Ed Markey (MA); Rep. Chaka Fattah (PA); Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (NJ); Rep. Rubin Hinojosa (TX); Rep. Pete Stark (CA); Rep. Bobby Scott (VA); Rep. Jim Moran (VA); Rep. Betty McCollum (MN); Rep. Jim Oberstar (MN); Rep. Diana DeGette (CO); Rep. Stephen Lynch (MA); Rep. Artur Davis (AL); Rep. Hank Johnson (GA); Rep. Donald Payne (NJ); Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (MO); Rep. John Lewis (GA); Rep. Yvette Clarke (NY); Rep. Neil Abercrombie (HI); Rep. Gwen Moore (WI); Rep. Keith Ellison (MN); Rep. Tammy Baldwin (WI); Rep. Donna Christensen (USVI); Rep. David Scott (GA); Rep. Luis Gutierrez (IL); Lois Capps (CA); Steve Rothman (NJ); Elijah Cummings (MD); and Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX).

story here:

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0720-05.htm

:applause:

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...ONLY support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during Fiscal Year 2008 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of all our troops out of Iraq before you leave office.

Could this be a decisive beginning to the end of Georgie's mad rule of the Iraq disaster?

[acmavm]

1. Don't we wish? The only mistake was that it was in a letter. And we all

know that Chimpy can't read. He only does pictures...

[helderheid]

2. Alas... Can someone read it to him? K&R!

[BELZABUBBA]

22. hard work ,making progress , stay the course

[helderheid]

3. Mods, doesn't this belong on the front page?

[robinlynne]

9. yes it does. kicking.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. K & R, keep up the heat.

:kick: MKJ

[sellitman]

5. Where is Dennis Kucinich's sig?

Did I miss it?

[april]

6. Dennis does not support any of the war funding he did not vote to go to war

he is a man of his convictions ..he stands by his word..good for him

[sellitman]

8. This is funding to end the war though.

You would think that he would be for it?

[bvar22]

15. That is a "weasel hole".

More money appropriated for the War in Iraq will be spent to continue killing iraqis.
There is already plenty on money in the pipeline to withdraw the troops NOW, and limited emergeny appropriations could be generated once there is UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE that ALL our trops are being withdrawn.

[FogerRox]

7. Good to see my rep and more from NJ

how about a bill to DE-authorize the use of military force in Iraq.

[Bobbieo]

10. Did I miss seeing Raul Grijalva (AZ)?

[WildClarySage]

Yes, his name is there.

Neither of my state's (WV) congresspersons are there, sadly.

[WildClarySage]

26. delete, sorry dupe

[NJCher]

23. I don't see Pascrell

And he'll hear about it on Monday from me.



Cher

[rockymountaindem]

11. Dianna DeGette, as usual

I expected to see her name on that list.

[mzmolly]

12. Nice job to all those good Democrats working to end the war.

:toast:

[AntiFascist]

13. K&R, bravo!!!!

Now put words into action!

[TahitiNut]

14. It's bipartisan. "Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)"

:rofl:

[BrainGlutton]

16. How many of these are Pubs? Ron Paul is the only identified by party.

[UTUSN]

17. Which he promptly stuck up his ass, thereby necessitating the recent medical procedure n/t

[EFerrari]

18. First four names, CA women!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

:party: :toast: :party:

[stimbox]

19. But one is missing...

Where is Pelosi's sig????

[EFerrari]

20. San Francisco wants to know!

:hi:

[Pastiche423]

21. End the war before he leaves office?

How sucky and wussy is that?

I'm glad my rep did not sign this bullshit letter.

[dkofos]

24. I bet that has him all shaking an quaking

[Stuckinthebush]

25. Notice the wide range of states represented

how refreshing!!!!

[sallyseven]

27. Has to pass by Cheney first. He may never see it.