In the next few weeks, Congress is expected to be asked to spend $33 billion more of our tax dollars for killing in Afghanistan. Now is the time to urge Congress to change course. Urge your Representative and Senators to oppose more money for killing and to support Senator Russ Feingold and Representatives Jim McGovern and Walter Jones in their push for President Obama to establish a timetable for military withdrawal from Afghanistan.

House Actions

Urge your Representative to oppose the $33 billion war supplemental for Afghanistan and to co-sponsor the McGovern-Jones bill, H.R. 5015 requiring the President to establish a timetable for the redeployment of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.

Senate Actions

Urge your Senators to oppose the $33 billion war supplemental for Afghanistan and to co-sponsor the Feingold bill, S. 3197 requiring the President to establish a timetable for the redeployment of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.

Call your representatives in Congress – call the switchboard toll-free at 1-888-543-5234 (thanks FCNL!) and be transferred to the Rep or Senator’s office – try to get a staff person who handles Afghanistan on the phone, and:

for Members of the House:

1. If their office has not co-sponsored the McGovern-Jones bill (current 64 co-sponsors are shown in the spreadsheet below), ask them to co-sponsor it.
2. Ask them to oppose the $33 billion war supplemental for Afghanistan.

for Senators:

1. Urge them to co-sponsor the Feingold bill. (so far, the Feingold bill has no co-sponsors.)
2. Ask them to oppose the $33 billion war supplemental for Afghanistan.

Then we want you to report your results on this website — what did the office say? – using the comments section for this blog. If the Congressional office directs you to a website or press clips that documents the Member’s position, or you come across such links, please post the URLs in your reportbacks.

Thank you for participating! Please spread the word by spreading this URL: http://noescalation.org!

We’ll update this spreadsheet as we get your feedback on where Members of Congress stand (and as new co-sponsors are added in Thomas); please post reports from conversations with offices, as well as information from the press and web sites, in the comments.