Tell Congress: You're the Decider. You can stop Iraq Escalation

Congress is in recess this week and we need to keep the pressure on. Can you take a moment to write a short letter to Congress telling them that "Congress is the decider, they can stop the escalation?" MoveOn members will hand-deliver your letter for you at an event this Thursday. Write a Letter

On Friday the House voted to condemn the president's plan to escalate the war. A good first step. But we have to keep moving. The night before the vote, Rep. Jack Murtha—who's been leading the fight to stop the escalation—told MoveOn members, "The time to act is now...We can get this done. We can bring our troops home."

Congress is in recess this week and we need to keep the pressure on. This Thursday, MoveOn members are showing up at hundreds of local congressional offices to deliver letters asking Congress to stop the escalation.

The more of us who add our voices, the more pressure they'll feel to act. Can you take a moment to write a short letter that other MoveOn members will hand-deliver for you on Thursday?

http://pol.moveon.org/lettertocongress/?id=9899-2890451-qzeHYY&t=2

Rep. Murtha told MoveOn members that the most important thing we could do during this critical week is write letters to our representatives and visit them while they're home for recess. With progress being made in the House, but a handful of Senate Republicans continuing to dodge the most important debate in the country, his call to action couldn't be more timely.¹

The president is out of control and Congress has to rein him in. President Bush's plan to deal with the mess in Iraq is to escalate the military conflict. He's not just escalating war in Iraq, he's provoking an escalation with Iran—a confrontation that could inflame the entire Middle East. This is a situation of the most serious proportions and we have to make sure Congress stops him.

We've made a lot of progress together since January alone. Through petitions, calls to Congress, rallies, movie nights and other work we've done together, we've helped make it clear that a vast majority of Americans oppose escalating the war.

If we keep the pressure on now, we can make sure Congress does the right thing by blocking the escalation and taking steps to bring our troops home. Can you write a letter to your representative and senators that we will hand-deliver this Thursday? Click below:

http://pol.moveon.org/lettertocongress?id=9899-2890451-qzeHYY&t=3

Thanks for all you do,

–Nita, Matt, Marc, Karin and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Monday, February 19th, 2007

Sources:

1. MoveOn.org Stop Iraq Escalation Movie Night Podcast featuring Rep. Murtha
http://pol.moveon.org/iraqmovie/audio.html?id=9899-2890451-qzeHYY&t=4

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