US citizens: phone your senators at 202-224-3121 and urge them to vote
against the National Defense Authorization Act as long as it permits
imprisonment without trial for those labeled arbitrarily as "terrorist
suspects".
Also urge them to vote for these amendments:
- Nuclear Modernization Cost Estimate - Markey (D- Mass.) #1524 to
require a 25-year cost estimate for the U.S. nuclear modernization
program.
- Nuclear Submarine Cost Estimate - Markey (D- Mass.) #1523 to
require an updated cost estimate for the program to replace nuclear
ballistic missile submarines.
- Limits to Nuclear Cruise Missiles - Markey (D-Mass.) #1525 to
prohibit funding for the development of a new air-launched nuclear
cruise missile or the modernization of nuclear warheads for the
missile.
- Ground Combat Troops in Iraq and Syria: Murphy (D-Conn.), Schatz
(D-Hawaii), Udall (D-N.M.) , Blumenthal (D- Conn.) amendment #1870 to
prohibit the deployment of ground combat troops in Iraq and
Syria.
- AUMF - Cardin (D-Md.) #1692 to sunset the 2001 Authorization for
Use of Military Force within three years.
- Paying for War - Sanders (D -Vt.) #1824 to require that all funds
authorized for Overseas Contingency Operations be paid for with new
revenue.
- Littoral Combat Ship: Baldwin (D-Wis.) amendment #1946 to withhold
25% of allocations to the LCS program pending the completion of
reports on its capabilities and modernization plan.
- Littoral Combat Ship - McCain (R- Ariz.) #1565 to require a
capabilities assessment of the Littoral Combat Ship. [Council for a
Livable World position: Support]
- Audit the Pentagon: Sanders (D-Vt.) amendment #1914 to improve the
audit readiness of the Pentagon.
- Defense Contracting Fraud - Sanders (D -Vt.) #1770 to require an
annual report on defense contracting fraud.
- MEADS - Ayotte (R-N.H.) & Shaheen (D-N.H.) #1611 to bar funding
for the Medium Extended Air Defense System.
and to oppose these amendments:
- Dismantlement of nuclear weapons - Cotton (R-Ark.) #1605 to limit
the dismantlement of retired nuclear weapons.
- Nonproliferation Funding - Rubio (R- Fla.) #1792 to prohibit the
nuclear nonproliferation funding to Russia until it has complied with
the Intermediate Range Nuclear Force Treaty, New START treaty, and
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
- Iran Sanctions - Kirk (R- Ill.) & Menendez (D- N.J.) #1710 to
extend the Iran Sanctions Act until 2026.
- Iran Negotiations - Sessions (R-Ala.) amendment #1787 to establish
a sense of the Senate that nuclear negotiations with Iran should not
continue without the establishment of a robust inspections and
verification system including access to military facilities and
scientists.
- Ukraine - Portman (R-Ohio) #1657 to authorize $300 million in
lethal military assistance to Ukraine.
The Capitol Switchboard numbers are 202-224-3121, 888-818-6641
and 888-355-3588.