ACTION ITEM: Support the Resolution of Inquiry into the Downing Street Minutes
By Mike Hersh, Jul 26, 2005
If your congressperson has not co-sponsored the Resolution of Inquiry into the
Downing Street Minutes Rep. Barbara Lee sponsored, please ask them to support
her efforts. It's easy to do and would make a huge difference. As Rep. Lee told
a town hall crowd Saturday, July 23 the Resolution of Inquiry is the big first
step to compel the Bush Administration answer questions and deliver key
information about their rush to war. Rep. Lee and her cosponsors need our
support to make this information public. You can help.
Check the list
below for your member of Congress. If he or she is on the list, please write and
call to offer your thanks and support. If he or she hasn't cosponsored, you
should send a hand-written letter asking them to co-sponsor the ROI. Obviously
take a constructive tone, because it's possible your Rep is about to support the
ROI - or may have since the list was last updated. Please call to discuss or -
even more effectively - set up a meeting with him or her to discuss the Downing
Street Minutes and related issues.
When you lobby your member of Congress
by writing, calling or meeting, you should stress how important this issue is to
you , your friends and family. Then, to emphasize this point, contact everyone
you know and ask them to do the same. You have a great opportunity to set up a
face-to-face meeting during the upcoming Congressional recess. Democracy for America is
supporting lobby days in August focused on Downing Street:
http://www.DemocracyforAmerica.com
You can get more details about the
Downing Street Minutes and ongoing efforts to hold the Bush Administration
accountable from the After Downing
Street Coalition - http://www.afterdowningstreet.org
Find contact
information for the media to demand they cover the Resolution of Inquiry, the
Downing Street Minutes, and other critically important stories here: Media Watch Project -
http://www.democrats.com/media
While you're at it, ask the media to give
an articulate, intelligent mom who lost her son in Iraq a chance to tell her
compelling story on the air here: CindySheehan.com -
http://www.CindySheehan.com
Here are the co-sponsors as of
7/25/05:
Rep. Barbara Lee
Rep. John Conyers
Rep. Tammy Baldwin
Rep. William Lacy Clay
Rep. Danny
Davis
Rep. William Delahunt
Rep. Lane Evans
Rep.
Sam Farr
Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Rep. Luis Gutierrez
Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
Rep. Dennis
Kucinich
Rep. Carolyn C. Kilpatrick
Rep. Jim
McDermott
Rep. Jim Oberstar
Rep. Major R. Owens
Rep. Frank Pallone Jr.
Rep. Don Payne
Rep. Charles
Rangel
Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Rep. José E. Serrano
Rep. Pete Stark
Rep. Bennie Thompson
Rep. Diane
Watson
Rep. Robert Wexler
Rep. Lynn Woolsey
Rep.
Maxine Waters
Rep. Bernie Sanders
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs
Jones
If your representative is not on here, you should contact them ASAP
write this letter. You can find contact info for your representative here: http://www.house.gov/writerep/
The
following is a simple sample letter that you can use verbatim or use your own
words. Hand-written letters are best.
Representative [...]
Their
Street
Their City or Town, State, Zip
Dear Representative
[...]
I am writing to respectfully request that you consider
co-sponsoring a Resolution of Inquiry regarding the conduct of President George
W. Bush, Vice-President Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald H.
Rumsfeld, and other designated officials, for specifically making false
statements in the execution of their official duties. This Administration has
manipulated the media and concealed information vital to public discourse in a
democracy.
Therefore I urge you to do what is right and co-sponsor the
Resolution of
Inquiry.
Sincerely,
___________________________________
Signature
___________________________________
Print
Name
___________________________________
Address
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