Can you sign on to the letter?/Can you join us at 4:30 PM at the Towson office on March 22

Friends,

 

Can you sign on to this letter?  We will lobby at the office of Rep. John Sarbanes at 4:30 PM on Thursday, March 22.  Can you join us at the office?  Thanks.

 

Kagiso,

 

Max

 

Rep. John Sarbanes

600 Baltimore Ave.

Suite 303

Baltimore, MD  21204

 

March 22, 2012

Dear Congressperson Sarbanes:

Progressive Democrats of America and its partners, including the Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore, launched the Brown Bag Vigil campaign two years ago. We've met at district offices of senators and representatives as part of this ongoing national effort. Today, we call upon you to support important legislation to create jobs in your district, provide healthcare for all, guarantee political rights for people--not corporations, and end the war in Afghanistan. We will share information as to your response on these issues with our colleagues.   

Our mission in Afghanistan is over, and we can't afford war with Iran. We urge you to join the Out of Afghanistan Caucus, and to cosponsor and support HR 780, Rep. Barbara Lee’s bill to fund the safe and orderly withdrawal from Afghanistan; and HR 4173, Rep. Lee’s "Prevent Iran from Acquiring Nuclear Weapons and Stop War Through Diplomacy Act."

 

Healthcare is a human right. We urge you to cosponsor and support legislation to guarantee healthcare for all: HR 676, Rep. John Conyers’s bill to establish an improved and expanded Medicare for All program; and HR 1200, Rep. Jim McDermott’s American Health Security Act of 2011 to deliver universal health care coverage.

We need jobs! We urge you to cosponsor and support legislation to create jobs: HR 870, Rep. Conyers’s “21st Century Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment and Training Act” to establish the National Full Employment Trust Fund and create employment opportunities for the unemployed; and H.R. 2914, Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s “Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act” to fund 2 million jobs during fy 2012 and 2013.

 

Constitutional rights are for people--not corporations. We urge you to cosponsor and support H.J. Res 88, Rep. Jim McGovern’s constitutional amendment to overturn the US Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. FEC ruling and to make clear that corporations do not have the rights the U.S. Constitution guarantees for human beings.

We also urge you to support upcoming legislation for a significant Financial Transaction Tax and call upon you to oppose any legislation or effort which would cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid benefits or endanger those programs.

 

Please provide us with the name and contact information of your staffer(s) responsible for the above issues. And when you are ready, we would like to meet with you, preferably in Baltimore.  But if necessary, we will travel to your D.C. office.  Thank you for your time and attention.

 

Kagiso,

 

Max Obuszewski, on behalf of Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore/Fund Our Communities

 

"The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and everything to lose--especially their lives." Eugene Victor Debs