8 of 10 Massachusetts Reps Favor End to Afghanistan War

March 10 - The House of Representatives debated the Afghanistan war today for 3 hours.   It voted 356-65 to continue the war, turning back a bill  which would have required U.S. armed forces to be withdrawn by Dec. 31, 2010.    
 
Eight of ten Massachusetts representatives voted to end the war by supporting the bill.   They were Reps. Capuano, McGovern, Tierney, Frank, Olver, Neal, Markey, and Tsongas.   Reps. Lynch and Delahunt voted to continue the war by opposing the bill.    Nationwide, the 65 representatives who voted to end the war included 60 Democrats and 5 Republicans.
 
The bill, H.Con.Res.248, introduced by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, asserted the authority given to Congress under the War Powers Act to control deployment of U.S. forces in action.   Rep. Jim McGovern, representing the House Rules Committee, presented the procedure which allowed the resolution to come to the floor quickly and be debated and voted.  
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Deer Isle Town Meeting: Bring Our War Money Home

Published on Friday, March 5, 2010 by CommonDreams.org

by Dud Hendrick

Deer Isle Town Meeting Day, March 1, 2010. It was an event for which to be proud and it ought not go uncelebrated. Two thirds of those at the Deer IsleTown Hall on this picturesque island of 2400 lobstermen, artists, tradesmen, and “from-awayers” took their stand.  Effectively saying, “No more”, the substantial majority voted to approve an article on the town warrant calling on Congressman Mike Michaud not to fund the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan and to take a lead in demanding the same principled position of his colleagues.  Thanks in large part to impassioned statements made in support of the article (No one spoke in opposition.) Deer Isle may boast of playing a lead in Maine’s prerogative, showing the country the way.

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Majority Agenda Task Force Formed

Majority Agenda Project

The Feb. 13 UJP strategy meeting welcomed the newest UJP task force, the Majority Agenda Task Force.  The Majority Agenda Project, which is a program sponsored by Massachusetts Global Action, identifies an unprecedented crisis of the convergence of severe economic recession, climate change and global warming, and the longest string of wars in US history.  MAP's goal is to help create a more effective response to the crisis by promoting collaboration among the peace, economic justice and environmental movements. MAP hopes to create a clear and cogent agenda and language to engage broad sectors of mainstream progeressives, and has presented a draft set of principles.

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