Write Congress on Afghanistan & Pentagon budget & Police militarization!

If the pandemic, uprisings against white supremacy, record job losses, and swelling mass evictions have taught us ANYTHING, it’s that what we resource, and who our budgets prioritize, are life and death decisions.

And as Congress decides the ENORMOUS Pentagon budget for the coming year as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), it’s more important than EVER for people to weigh in. To demand that Congress stop endlessly filling Pentagon and arms industry coffers that fuel war and death around the world and INSTEAD resource our communities — fund healthcare, education, and invest in peace and life everywhere.

So we need to get loud! Let's urge our representatives to cut the Pentagon budget by 10%, end war in Afghanistan, and stop military weapons transfers to police departments when they vote on the NDAA.

Write your representative to defund war and invest in peace today!

Dear Representative,
 
As your constituent, I strongly urge you to support the following amendments to H.R. 6395 in the coming week:

--  Omar-Pressley-Pocan-Tlaib-McGovern-Lee-Jayapal Amendment, Rules #614, to strike language in the NDAA that ill-advisedly blocks the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and instead requires an end to the war by April 2021. The amendment also makes clear that any new war must be authorized by Congress. After 19 years, it is past time to end the U.S. war in Afghanistan and bring the troops home.

--  The Pocan-Lee-Jayapal Amendment, Rules #526 that would reduce the Pentagon budget by ten percent, or $74 BILLION. When over half of the Pentagon budget goes to defense contractors and our doctors and nurses are still going without PPE in the middle of a pandemic, the only sensible option is to reprioritize where our federal taxpayer dollars go. This amendment is a good start in that direction.

--  Rep Johnson sponsored Amendment, Rules #622, to shut down the Department of Defense 1033 program, that transfers surplus military weapons to police departments across the country and further militarizes the policing of predominantly Black, Indigenous, people of color, and poor communities. Weapons of war don’t belong in our communities (and they don’t belong anywhere!)

It is long past due to prioritize diplomatic and political solutions to the world’s crises, not more wasteful Pentagon spending and violence-first foreign and domestic policies. Please support progressive foreign policy votes when they come up as soon as next week!

Thank you!
Sincerely,

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