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p.s. thanks for listing the digest on your blogroll anwaar, but please change outdated address — since last may 1 it’s been at http://www.burbankdigest.com/.

Bush seeks compromise on Iraq benchmarks

By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer 6 minutes ago

WASHINGTON – President Bush, under growing political pressure, agreed Thursday to negotiate with Congress on a war-spending bill that sets benchmarks for progress in Iraq.

The turnabout in Bush’s position came as Republicans expressed anxieties about the war and the House was expected to pass legislation that would cut off funding for U.S. troops as early as July.

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Re: Current Legislation/Action

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« Reply #65 on Today 5/10/07 at 2:46pm »

Subj: Turn Up the Heat on Congress
1)Stop funding an unwinnable occupation.
2)Start moving toward impeachment of a White House that is out of control.
Date: 5/10/07 2:27:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: info@pdamerica.org (Tim Carpenter, Progressive Democrats of America)

With national dailies reporting today that the Pentagon is ready to send ten combat brigades to Iraq to sustain this summer’s “troop surge” into next year, it’s time to turn up the heat on our Democratic-led Congress by telling them:

1)Stop funding an unwinnable occupation.
2)Start moving toward impeachment of a White House that is out of control.

On both demands, the time is now: Call your representative in the U.S. House (switchboard: 202-224-3121).

After Bush vetoed an Iraq supplemental funding bill because it had timelines for withdrawal of most troops, the House Democratic leadership is now proposing a new $95 billion bill without withdrawal timelines. The vote is expected Thursday evening. The bill provides $40 billion in immediate funding, and would release the rest in July after Bush certifies that the Iraqi government is meeting “benchmarks” of progress.

The antiwar movement opposes the new Iraq supplemental bill because it continues to lavishly fund the escalated occupation – without a withdrawal timeline. And one of the benchmarks of Iraqi “progress” promoted by this Democratic bill is an oil law that privatizes Iraqi oil on behalf of U.S. and multinational oil interests!

So urge your House member immediately (202-224-3121) to vote NO on the Supplemental and any Iraq funding that goes beyond a safe, orderly, prompt withdrawal of all U.S. troops and military contractors.

And while you’re calling, please ask your Congress member to co-sponsor H.R. 333, Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Cheney. The bill, drafted by Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), bases impeachment on Cheney’s manipulation of intelligence to launch the Iraq invasion and on his threats of aggressive action against Iran. The bill is now co-sponsored by William. Lacy Clay (D-MO) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL).

We need co-sponsors for this bill impeaching Cheney first! Email your Congress member:
http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=
9672446&PROCESS=Take+Action

or call them at 202-224-3121.

The antiwar movement understands better than Democratic leaders in Congress that the best way to subdue Team Bush/Cheney and prevent further deepening of U.S. involvement in Iraq and Iran is by putting the White House on the defensive through serious investigations, accountability and impeachment. It was the threat of impeachment that curtailed further Nixonian aggression in Southeast Asia.

PDA played a big role in the recent California Democratic Party resolution on impeachment; six more towns in Massachusetts have just called for impeachment.

Let’s keep the heat on Congress by saying NO to funding the Iraq occupation and YES to holding this White House accountable!

In peace,

Tim Carpenter

Progressive Democrats of America is a grassroots PAC that works both inside the Democratic Party and outside in movements for peace and justice. Our goal: Extend the victory of Nov. 2006 into a permanent, progressive majority. PDA’s advisory board includes six members of Congress and activist leaders such as Tom Hayden, Cindy Sheehan, Medea Benjamin and Rev. Lennox Yearwood. More info: http://pdamerica.org/.
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Action Alert

Impeach Cheney First!
Ask your Rep, to support H.Res. 333

On Tuesday April 24, Rep. Dennis Kucinich acted. Late in the afternoon, Kucinich filed Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Richard Cheney citing three reasons:

Manipulating intelligence about weapons of mass destruction that misled us into war with Iraq,
Manipulating intelligence about Al Queda’s connections to Iraq, which contributed to leading us into the war in Iraq,
Openly threatening aggression against Iran, and in so doing undermining our national security.

This is not about politics or the next election, it is about wrongdoing at the highest level of our government and it should be punished — beginning with Vice President Cheney. No one is above the law. Now is the time to act. Tell your Congress member to support H. Res. 333.

Read the Articles of Impeachment and supporting documents:
http://kucinich.house.gov/UploadedFiles/int3.pdf

Take Action:

http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?
alertid=9672446&PROCESS=Take+Action

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Re: Kucinich for President!
« Reply #42 on Today 5/10/07 at 2:55pm »
Take Action:
Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Richard Cheney:
On Tuesday April 24, Rep. Dennis Kucinich acted
ALSO: Stop funding an unwinnable occupation!
http://www.airdance.proboards50.com/index.cgi?
board=news&action=display&thread=1166019736&page=3

Insane, avarice-driven, criminal elite purposely created a horrific mess which now seems to be out of their control. Fueling hatered, playing all sides at once, the planned ‘order out of chaos’ ploy is not working.

It is a catch 22. If US doesn’t leave Iraq, the chaos and hatered will continue to grow against American government. If the US does leave Iraq, the US government will continue to be hated because the mess they have created will not disappear any time soon…and Iraqis will NEVER forget!

By Kaleem Omar

US army Major General Rick Lynch, commander of the Third Infantry Division, on Sunday forecast a rise in deaths among American forces in Iraq in the coming months. As if to underscore his prediction, a roadside bomb killed six US soldiers north of Baghdad on Sunday. Five other American troops died elsewhere in Iraq over the weekend.

Lynch said casualties will climb as American troops dig into “enemy” territory as part of a stepped-up military operation ordered by US President George W. Bush in January this year – the so-called “surge” under which an additional 30,000 American troops are being sent to US-occupied Iraq this year to reinforce the 150,000 American troops that are already there.

The “surge” – which is yet another Bush administration euphemism spawned by the Iraq war – was supposed to make Baghdad and other parts of Iraq safer for American troops and reduce the number of casualties. In fact, it has made the situation worse. April was the deadliest month this year for American forces in Iraq.

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