Monday, June 15, 2009

Progressives and Bluedogs Can Defeat War Supplemental with Twitter


Tammy Baldwin
Michael Capuano
Yvette Clarke
John Conyers
Jerry Costello
Peter DeFazio
Lloyd Doggett
Donna Edwards
Sam Farr
Bob Filner
Alan Grayson
Raul Grijalva
Luis Gutierrez
Jay Inslee
Steve Kagen
Marcy Kaptur
Dennis Kucinich
Barbara Lee
John Lewis
Eric Massa
James McGovern
Michael Michaud
Richard Neal
Jim Oberstar
Chellie Pingree
Jose Serrano
Carol Shea-Porter
Brad Sherman
Pete Stark
Nikki Tsongas
Nydia Velasquez
Maxine Waters
Diane Watson
Lynn Woolsey

All 178 House Republicans plan to vote against the $100 billion Iraq/AfPak War Supplemental to protest $5 billion for the International Monetary Fund. That means 39 Democratic opponents�could defeat the bill. 34 Democrats on the right promised to vote no, so we only need 5 more.

On May 14, 51 Democrats voted no and 4 Democrats were absent. Most were Progressives who oppose the war funding, but a few were Bluedogs who want to cut unnecessary spending.

The list below includes every House Democrat who has ever voted against Iraq War funding, so activists should contact every one they can.

The first column codes are:
++: voted with us on May 14 and will definitely vote with us
+: voted with us on May 14 and still with us as far as we know
*: voted wrong on May 14 but will vote with us now
~: voted with us on May 14 but wavering now
a: absent on May 14
I: will vote with us if it includes IMF funds
M: will vote with us if it includes IMF funds that could go to Iran
F: will vote against us if IMF policy is "pro-growth"
P: will vote with us if it includes FOIA ban on torture photos
-: voted with us on May 14 but now oppose us