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Contacting congress people. (click names for their websites) Get information at congress.com (just enter your zipcode) |
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Representative Brian Baird |
Senator Patty Murray Local phone: (360) 696-7797 DC phone: (202) 224-2621 To email Senator Murray. |
Senator Maria Cantwell Local phone: (360) 696-7838 DC phone: (202) 224-3441 To email Senator Cantwell. |
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| You can leave messages at any of these numbers even if you can only call after hours. The Episcopal Church line to the Capitol switchboard is 800-247-2971; Its free! Call early, call often! More toll-free numbers to the Capitol switchboard: 800-826-3688; 888-355-3588; 800-270-0309 |
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Early 2007 POSITIONS OF REP. BAIRD, SENATOR MURRAY, AND SENATOR CANTWELL ON IRAQ POLICY. BAIRD There is a long list of legislation in the House, but Rep. Baird has not supported it at this time. Rep. Baird's speech during the House non-binding resolution debate (2/15) is here. Another statement on Iraq is on his website . Rep. Baird has done very positive things. For example, he co-sponsored the SMART security platform in the last congress. Rep. Baird sendt a letter to Defense Sec. Rumsfeld opposing DOD recruiting database - details here. CANTWELL Senator Cantwell's 1-28-07 letter about Iraq policy is here . More information on her votes is at the FCNL site . In the last congress she voted for the weak Levin-Reed amendment in June, but not for the stronger amendment by Kerry-Feingold- Boxer amendment . MURRAY Senator Murray's latest statements on Iraq is on her website . In her response to Mr. Bush's speech introducing the "surge" she writes: "Instead of escalating the war we should carefully redeploy our troops, require the Iraqis to take control of their own political and military stability, and work with neighbors in the region on a broader stabilization effort, as recommended by the Iraq Study Group." In the last congress, she voted against the Levin-Reed amendment AND the Kerry-Feingold- Boxer amendment in June. A RECORD OF OUR 2006 LOBBYING AROUND THE DECLARATION OF PEACE IS HERE. |
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Vancouver for Peace Petition on our response to Hurricane Katrina We turned in almost 200 hundred signatures in 2005 and early 2006. The petition connects the dots of a military budget, poverty and classism and racism. View the petition. |
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Start a discussion group in your faith community or neighborhood. Excellent resources are found in a number of places. Sojourners has a couple that are excellent. Check them out. (Choose from: World at Odds: Conscience in a Time of Terror and A Moral Response to Terrorism.) |
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