Barbara Lee introduces HR 2929 to Ban Permanent Bases in Iraq . . .

[Bullwinkle925]

If you're interested in supporting this proposal - please contact your Representative. . .





House to Vote on Lee Bill to Ban Permanent Bases in Iraq


Yesterday I emailed you with an update of my trip to D.C. and let you know that a few things are brewing. One of them has come to a boil!

Last night, as reported in this article, the House leadership announced that legislation introduced by Congresswoman and PDA advisory board member Barbara Lee to prevent permanent military bases in Iraq and bar U.S. control over Iraqi oil resources will come up for a vote on the House floor tomorrow, Wednesday July, 25.

Please act now to ensure its passage.

Lee's bill, H.R. 2929, declares that it is the policy of the United States not to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq and not to exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq and prohibits the use of funds for these purposes.

U.S. presence is fanning the fires of sectarian and terrorist violence; a permanent presence will only add fuel to the fire. We need to send a message that the U.S. military plans to leave, if there is to be any hope of quelling the violence.

Please email your member of Congress now and ask him/her to support HR 2929.

Yours in the movement,

Tim Carpenter,
PDA National Director


Progressive Democrats of America is a grassroots PAC that works both inside the Democratic Party and outside in movements for peace and justice. Our goal: Extend the victory of Nov. 2006 into a permanent, progressive majority. PDA’s advisory board includes seven members of Congress and activist leaders such as Tom Hayden, Medea Benjamin, Cindy Sheehan and Rev. Lennox Yearwood. More info: http://pdamerica.org/.








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[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Too late Barbara, the bases are already there

[Joe Chi Minh]

12. So what? Do they have to be used?

[me b zola]

2. Will do

I'll make my calls in the morning.

[Bullwinkle925]

3. Thanks!

She's my Representative - so there's no calls to be made by myself - aside from putting in my regular call to the Speaker of the House.

[pinto]

4. kick

:kick:

[Nutmegger]

5. Yes, yes! They need to be banned.

I'll be making the phone calls tomorrow.

:thumbsup::kick:

[marmar]

6. I've said it before and I'll say it again....

I loves me some Barbara Lee. :loveya:

[leftofthedial]

7. good job, Barbara, but

it would have been nice to do this before Halliburton made all those billions building them.

[libnnc]

8. Lovely.

Can we turn the ones already there into rollerinks?

[seriousstan]

9. No more permanent than Germany or Japan or S. Korea.

Is that the idea?

[MADem]

10. I worked at a NON-permanent base

It had been there for 25 years....but it was NOT permanent!!! OFFICIALLY not permanent!!

The term doesn't mean much in terms of what we actually do, can do, or might do. Not to bust bubbles, but that's the truth.

[Usrename]

11. She will be on Washington Journal this morning (Wednesday).

Taking phone calls on the air, I guess.

Good for her, I wish the rest of the Dems had her guts.

[porphyrian]

13. That's a worthy goal, but I'm not holding my breath. - n/t

[Psyop Samurai]

14. Darned right !

...not to exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq

Criminals shouldn't profit from their crime.

[bvar22]

15. Hooray!

Barbara Lee...Maxine Waters...Lynn Woolsey...Dennis Kucinich

I salute YOU! :patriot: