Call-in: Urge your Rep. to back Lieu-Yoho bill on Saudi Arabia
Reps. Ted Lieu [D-CA] and Ted Yoho [R-FL] have introduced legislation in the House (H.J.R. 90) that would restrict U.S. weapons transfers to Saudi Arabia. Just like the companion Murphy-Paul bill in...
View ArticleThank your Rep. on Syria - and ask them to do more
Your Representative in Congress was one of 27 Members who signed a bipartisan letter to President Obama urging him to maintain his opposition to sending MANPADs to Syrian insurgents. Please call your...
View ArticleTODAY 6pm: Use Ted Lieu phone-in "town hall" to oppose Trump's Yemen war!
President Trump has threatened to escalate U.S. participation in the Saudi war in Yemen by conducting drone strikes on Shia Houthi rebels. U.S. military action against Shia Houthi rebels has never been...
View ArticleNo to U.S. Ground Troops in Syria!
CNN has reported that the Defense Department "might propose that the US send conventional ground combat forces into northern Syria for the first time," and that the move would "significantly alter US...
View ArticleShould we give one man the power to start a nuclear war?
Under the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution, Congress has the sole authority to initiate the use of force if the U.S. is not under armed attack. But during the Cold War, a bizarre exception to...
View ArticleTell your Rep: Help us avert famine in Yemen
The UN and the Red Cross say Yemen is on the brink of famine, with hundreds of thousands of children at risk of starvation if Yemen's Hodeida port is not quickly opened to international humanitarian...
View ArticleAmplify calls to open Hodeida port to avert famine in Yemen
On Friday, March 10, Stephen O’Brien, the United Nations’ under secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, addressed the United Nations Security Council about what...
View ArticleHelp Reps. Pocan, Amash Challenge U.S. Role in Saudis' Yemen War
U.S. support for Saudi Arabia's war and blockade in Yemen has brought Yemen to the brink of famine, with hundreds of thousands of Yemeni children facing starvation. Instead of ending the carnage, some...
View ArticleCall Your Rep.: Trump Must Come to Congress Before Attacking Hodeida
Some in the Trump Administration want to get the U.S. directly involved in Saudi Arabia's war in and blockade of Yemen. U.S. participation in this war has never been authorized by Congress. The Houthi...
View ArticleAssert War Powers to Challenge Trump's Escalations in Syria & Yemen
Late on Monday, June 26, the White House threatened military escalation against the Syrian government. US defense officials reached by BuzzFeed Newssaid they were unaware the White House was planning...
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