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AGENDA21 Donating Member (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-08-06 12:50 PM
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Tell Your Senators NO MORE FUNDS for WAR!!
The U.S. Senate is set to vote to approve the supplemental spending package for the current fiscal year. This includes an additional $67.5 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This vote is scheduled to take place the week of April 24th.

Between now and then, the Senate is in recess and U.S. Senators are back in their home states. You are urged to take one or more of the following actions to halt funding of the Iraq war:

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/10002
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mdmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-08-06 12:53 PM
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1. don't we have to pay for Iraq? we aren't gonna leave, we need to
pay.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-08-06 12:54 PM
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2. I just paid my taxes. Jay Leno said yesterday that when
you pay your taxes you can make the check out directly to Halliburton. Funny, his joke was my sentiments exactly.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-08-06 01:08 PM
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3. Or how about a mandatory reinstatement of the draft with no deferments
Edited on Sat Apr-08-06 01:09 PM by BrklynLiberal
with any new funding?
Wonder how many people would be as supportive of the war if they had a personal stake in it?
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