TAKE
ACTION:
Contact your Representative and ask them to sign on as a cosponsor to
H.Con.Res.450, calling for an immediate cease-fire in the
Middle
East.If your Representative has already
co-sponsored this resolution, please call to thank him/her.For contact information, click here: http://www.congress.org
BACKGROUND:
Despite mounting civilian casualties on all sides, the
United
States
continues to provide Israel
with a green light to destroy Lebanon
and the Gaza Strip.Last
week, both the Senate and the House passed resolutions expressing uncritical
support for Israel’s
attacks on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice callously described the killing of Lebanese
civilians and the destruction of civilian infrastructure as the
"birth pangs of a new Middle
East".The New York Times reported that the United
States is rushing delivery of more satellite- and laser-guided bombs to Israel
to sustain its attacks in violation of the US Arms Export Control and Foreign
Assistance Acts.
We
need to tell our elected representatives that the
United
States
should be working for an immediate cease-fire, not providing
Israel
with the diplomatic and military support that it needs to wage its attacks.
Today,
Tuesday, July 25, several national organizations—including the US Campaign to
End the Israeli Occupation, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee,
Jewish Voice for Peace, the Council for the National Interest, Partners for
Peace, Progressive Democrats of America, United for Peace and Justice, Peace
Action, the American Friends Service Committee—Chicago, and Interfaith
Peace-Builders—are organizing a national call-in day to Congress to support
H.Con.Res.450, introduced by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), which calls upon the
United States to pursue an “immediate cessation of violence” and “multi-party
negotiations with no preconditions”.
TAKE
ACTION:
Contact your Representative and ask them to sign on as a cosponsor to
H.Con.Res.450, calling for an immediate cease-fire in the
Middle
East.If your Representative has already
co-sponsored this resolution, please call to thank him/her.For contact information, click here: http://www.congress.org
List
of Current Co-Sponsors of H.Con.Res.450
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Rep
Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] -
7/19/2006
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Rep
Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22] -
7/19/2006
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Rep
Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [NY-28] -
7/19/2006
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Rep
Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 7/19/2006
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Rep
Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 7/19/2006
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Text
of H.Con.Res.450
Calling
upon the President to appeal to all sides in the current crisis in the
Middle
East
for an immediate cessation of violence and to commit
United
States
diplomats to multi-party... (Introduced in House)
HCON 450 IH
109th
CONGRESS
2d
Session
H.
CON. RES. 450
Calling upon the
President to appeal to all sides in the current crisis in the
Middle
East for an immediate
cessation of violence and to commit
United
States diplomats to
multi-party negotiations with no preconditions.
IN
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 19,
2006
Mr. KUCINICH (for
himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. CONYERS,
Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. LEE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FILNER, Mr. STARK, Mr.
MCDERMOTT, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HONDA, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. WATERS, Mr. MORAN
of Virginia, Mr. RUSH, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Ms. MCCOLLUM of
Minnesota, Ms. SOLIS, and Mr. MEEKS of New York) submitted the following
concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International
Relations
CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
Calling upon the
President to appeal to all sides in the current crisis in the
Middle
East for an immediate
cessation of violence and to commit
United
States diplomats to
multi-party negotiations with no preconditions.
Resolved by the
House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That
Congress--
(1) calls upon the
President to--
(A) appeal to all
sides in the current crisis in the Middle
East for an immediate
cessation of violence;
(B) commit
United
States diplomats to
multi-party negotiations with no preconditions; and
(C) send a
high-level diplomatic mission to the region to facilitate such multi-party
negotiations;
(2) urges such
multi-party negotiations to begin as soon as possible, including delegations
from the governments of Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Lebanon, Iran, Syria,
Jordan, and Egypt; and
(3) supports an
international peacekeeping mission to southern
Lebanon to prevent
cross-border skirmishes during such multi-party
negotiations.
TAKE
ACTION:
Contact your Representative and ask them to sign on as a cosponsor to
H.Con.Res.450, calling for an immediate cease-fire in the
Middle
East.If your Representative has already
co-sponsored this resolution, please call to thank him/her.For contact information, click here: http://www.congress.org | 
