House Votes Down War Funding!
From United for Peace and Justice:
May 15th, 2008
Thank you!
In an amazing turn of events, the House of Representatives today voted AGAINST the supplemental funding for the war in Iraq!!
The bill would have provided $166 billion in war funding, the largest single provision since the war started in 2003. In a move that no one expected, dozens of Republicans voted “present,” which is the same as abstaining on the vote. This meant that the 149 NO votes were enough to defeat the bill. (141 votes were cast in favor.)
This is a tremendous victory for the antiwar movement. The hard work of people all around the country secured those 149 clear NO votes. Click here for the roll call to see how your representative voted.
But our work is far from over.
Previous Stories
- IVAW member Matthis Chiroux announces his refusal to deploy to Iraq
- “Not One More, War” by Clare Bayard
- How Would YOU Spend $3 Trillion?
- Cheney On Deaths in Iraq: “So?”, Cartoon by John Sherffius
- International Longshore and Warehouse Union: “No Peace No Work Holiday” to end the War on May 1, 2008
- Iraq Veterans Against the War: Winter Soldier - Iraq and Afghanistan
- Dropping a Climate Wedge in the Middle of the War in Iraq
- Iraq: 5 Years Too Many
- McCain: “A 100 [years in Iraq]. That’d be fine with me”
