Call Your Senators to Vote "NO" on adding war funding to the supplemental bill
Thanks to your calls, the House of Representatives voted AGAINST adding $166 billion in war funding to a supplemental bill. The bill would have provided $166 billion in war funding, the largest single provision since the war started in 2003. In a move that no one expected, dozens of Republicans voted "present," which is the same as abstaining on the vote. This meant that the 149 NO votes were enough to defeat the bill. (141 votes were cast in favor.)
The fight isn't over! The bill now moves to the Senate, where we can expect an attempt to add the war funding back into the bill. After that, the bill will go to a conference committee, then back for a re-vote in both the House and the Senate. That means we need to keep up the pressure on both the House and the Senate.
Call your Senators today to demand they not add anymore funding for the war in the supplemental. You can reach them on the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121
Find out who your Senator's are by going to the Senate website
|
Top level
Upcoming Events
