Keep it up, Kucinich, Woolsey ANTIWAR

Excerpt, editing by Carolyn Bennett

Seventy-five percent of Americans want substantial numbers of U.S. troops out of Afghanistan by the summer. So do Members of the U.S. Congress Kucinich and Woolsey.

“The cost of the war, both in terms of blood and treasure is unsustainable.


We will renew our struggle to bring U.S. policy in line with American public opinion, and ensure that American lives are not put at risk, Afghan civilians are not put at risk and our ability to address the fiscal needs of America here at home are not put at risk. I look forward to working with Members in a bipartisan way to continue these efforts,” Kucinich said yesterday.

U.S. Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is author of H. Con. Res. 28, a bipartisan, privileged resolution to direct the President to end the war in Afghanistan by the end of the year.

Cosponsors (12) of the measure were: Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8] - 3/15/2011; Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 3/9/2011; Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 3/9/2011; Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 3/9/2011; Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 3/9/2011; Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] - 3/9/2011; Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 3/9/2011; Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 3/16/2011; Rep Paul, Ron [TX-14] - 3/9/2011; Rep Speier, Jackie [CA-12] - 3/9/2011; Rep Stark, Fortney Pete [CA-13] - 3/9/2011; Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 3/9/2011

Though the measure went down on a floor vote of 321 to 93, “illustrating that Congress is unfortunately [still] out of step with the American people on the issue of the Afghanistan war” — the vote also demonstrates something else.


“The number of Members of Congress voting in favor of the resolution to end the Afghanistan war [has grown] appreciably since a similar measure was voted on last year.”

“The U.S. Congress,” Kucinich said, “continues to lag far behind American public opinion on the war in Afghanistan [but] “that vote represents a significant increase in support for ending the war immediately.”

Sources and notes

“Kucinich Narrows Gap between Congress and the American People on the War in Afghanistan, March 17, 2011, http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?Documen,t kucinich.house.gov

H.CON.RES.28
Latest Title: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] (introduced 3/9/2011),  

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:1:./temp/~bdzqVq:@@@P|/home/LegislativeData.php|

Related Bills: H.J.RES.49
Latest Major Action: 3/17/2011 Failed of passage/not agreed to in House. Status: On agreeing to the resolution Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 93 - 321, 1 Present (Roll no. 193)
Latest Action: 3/17/2011 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas

Kucinich

Dennis Kucinich is a U.S. Representative from Ohio (b. 1946, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio) —elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifth Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-present); a candidate for the U.S. presidency in 2008. Before the U.S. Congress, he was in Ohio a member of the Cleveland City council (1969-1973, 1983); Clerk of courts, Cleveland (1975); mayor of Cleveland (1977-1979); member of the Ohio state senate (1995-1996). Representative Kucinich is a graduate of St. John Cantius (B.A., 1964), Case Western Reserve University (M.A., 1973). Dennis J. Kucinich is author of The Courage to Survive. Phoenix Books, 2007 http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000336

  

Woolsey

Congresswoman Lynn C. Woolsey represents the U.S. state of California. Woolsey was born in the state of Washington and studied and received academic degrees in Seattle and San Francisco, California, colleges.  Before coming to the U.S. Congress, she was a member of Petaluma, California’s city council (1984-1992); vice mayor of Petaluma (1989 and 1992). She was elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the nine succeeding U.S. Congresses (January 3, 1993-present), http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000738

“Alternatives to War — Getting Smart about National Security,” (updated January 2011), http://woolsey.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=43&sectiontree=5, 43; also “Woolsey, 61 Colleagues Urge Obama Not to Delay Redeployment of Troops from Afghanistan,” November 19, 2010,

http://woolsey.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=18&parentid=6&sectiontree=6,18&itemid=794

Free Speech Radio News

“U.S. lawmakers’ growing unease with the war in Afghanistan,” News Segments March 17, 2011, http://fsrn.org/audio/us-lawmakers%E2%80%99-growing-unease-with-war-afghanistan/8206

http://fsrn.org/

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