Bring Our Troops Home and Iraq Sovereignty Act of 2007

Please call your House member quickly and ask that they support the "Bring Our Troops Home and Iraq Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2007", which has just been introduced by Congresswomen Lynn Woolsey, Maxine Waters, and Barbara Lee.
This is Congresswoman Woolsey's description of the bill in her diary on Daily Kos:

"Our plan will also...

1. Withdraw all U.S. troops and military contractors from Iraq within six months from date of enactment.

2. Prohibit any further funding to deploy, or continue to deploy U.S. troops in Iraq. The bill does, however, allow for funding to be used, as needed, to ensure a safe withdrawal of all US military personnel and contractors, diplomatic consultations. Funding may also be used for the increased training and equipping of Iraqi and international security forces.

3. Accelerate, during the six month transition, training of a permanent Iraqi security force.

4. Authorize, if requested by the Iraqi government, U.S. support for an international stabilization force. Such a force would be funded for no longer than two years, and be combined with economic and humanitarian assistance.

5. Guarantee full health care funding, including mental health, for U.S. veterans of military operations in Iraq and other conflicts.

In addition the bill would:

6. Rescind the Congressional Authorization for the War in Iraq.

7. Prohibit the construction of permanent US military bases in the country.

8. Finally, we believe that Iraqi oil belongs to the Iraqis. Once the oil is in the international market, the U.S. will certainly have access to our share. That's why our bill ensures that the U.S. has no long-term control over Iraqi oil."

What has to happen quickly is a large number of phone calls, especially to Members of the House in Republican districts. Activate your phone trees of everyone you know that supports withdrawal of troops from Iraq."

Light up those switchboards at the House.

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Leslie H's picture

yay ... something we can DO

Thanks for putting this up PL. Doing something is better than doing nothing, even if it's a little something. For us in NC-02; Congressman Etheridge's contact info:

Be nice. Remember the flies & the honey and all that.

Washington Office

1533 Longworth House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Phone: (202) 225-4531
Fax: (202) 225-5662

Raleigh District Office

225 Hillsborough Street
Suite 490
Raleigh, NC 27603
Phone: (919) 829-9122 or
North Carolina Toll Free Number: 1-888-262-6202 (BOB-NC02)
Fax: (919) 829-9883

Lillington District Office

609 North First Street
P.O. Box 1059
Lillington, NC 27546
Phone: (910) 814-0335
North Carolina Toll Free Number: 1-866-384-3743 (ETHERIDGE)
Fax: (910) 814-2264

Officially, it's also H.R. 508

and Here's a great link that allows you to simply click on any state and immediately get Congressional phone numbers. (This link is a keeper!!) And like PartieLion said, lets light up the switchboards!

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