Take Action: Keep The Pressure On! Your Voice Counts!

Keep the Pressure On! Your Voice Counts!

The Senate is scheduled to start debate on the supplemental today! Now is the time to make the calls to your senator! The Senate is expected to vote on the budget request this week, and possibly even as early as Monday. The House is expected to vote after the Memorial Day break.

We want continued pressure on them to:

* Vote NO on funding the supplemental $33 billion for the DOD to deploy additional troops to Afghanistan - to a situation risking the lives of our loved ones and innocent civilians in Afghanistan for no increase in our peace or safety. You live this reality and your Senator needs to hear from you! Bring Our Troops Home Now!

* Let your Senator know that you want the funding for this war stopped. Separate the war funding from the beneficial components of the Supplemental Appropriations Bill - WE WANT NO MORE TROOPS IN THIS WAR!

* Ask them to support Senator Feingold's Amendment that will offer language similar to S. 3197 including a "flexible timetable" for the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.

Call today - it takes 5 minutes and your voice counts!

Call TOLL FREE 888-543-5234 and ask to be connected to your Representative, and your Senators' offices. To identify your Congressmen and Senator go to http://www.contactingthecongress.org/.

Next steps:

* Please email mfso@mfso.org and let us know you made your calls.
* Connect with us on Facebook.
* For more ideas and ways to participate, contact Nikki Morse nikki@mfso.org

Available on the MFSO Website: Hand Outs for Memorial Day Commemorations

If you are attending community events this Memorial Day weekend, we have provided a half-sheet handout for you to use to get our message out to the broadest possible audience. You can access the PDF version of the handout at our MFSO website here. If you would like a Word version to edit with your local contact information, please contact Nikki Morse at nikki@mfso.org.