Can you sign on to the letter to Sarbanes?/ The letter to Cardin?/Can you help deliver the letters at 4:30 PM on July 22?

Rep. John Sarbanes
600 Baltimore Ave.
Suite 303
Towson, MD 21204

July 22, 2015

Dear Representative Sarbanes:

Members of the Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore are voters and supporters of Progressive Democrats of America. Some of us live in District 3. The Declaration of Independence asserts: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights." We invite you to join with us re-declaring our independence from corporate domination by cosponsoring the following legislation:

The Administration negotiated a historic international agreement with the U.K., France, Germany, Russia, and China to limit Iran’s nuclear program, and deescalate a conflict that threatens to explode into a war. We call upon you to vote for and support this agreement.

Contact Rep. Keith Ellison's office at (202)-225-4755 to cosponsor the Inclusive Prosperity Act (H.R. 1464). According to economists, a small sales tax on certain financial trades could generate hundreds of $billions in revenue annually, help create jobs, discourage speculative bubbles, and provide funding to meet urgent national needs and priorities.

Contact Rep. Ted Deutch's office at (202)-225-3001 to cosponsor H.J.Res.22, proposing an amendment to the Constitution to authorize "Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money...to influence elections," including preventing corporations and other artificial entities from spending money to influence elections.

Healthcare is human right. Contact Rep. John Conyers' office at (202)-225-5126 to cosponsor the Expanded & Improved Medicare For All Act (H.R. 676), to provide all U.S. residents with free medically necessary healthcare. Also, contact Rep. Rosa DeLauro's office at (202)-225-3661 to cosponsor the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (H.R. 1439). And also, contact Rep. Carolyn Maloney's office at (202)-225-7944 to cosponsor the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 1786).

Contact Rep. David McKinley's office at (202)-225-4172 to cosponsor H.Res.54, "Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should take all appropriate measures to restore service standards in effect as of July 1, 2012."

Extend constitutional rights to women and the residents of D.C. Contact Rep. Jackie Speier's office at (202)-225-3531 to cosponsor H.J.Res.51 to remove the time limit from the Equal Rights Amendment. Also, contact Del. Eleanor Norton's office at (202)-225-8050 to cosponsor the New Columbia Admissions Act (H.R.317).

Finally, we are seeking an end to the use of killer drone strikes, which we believe to be illegal and unconstitutional.  We ask you to speak out against this assassination program, which ignores any veneer of due process.  Consider as well a request for the full, unclassified release of information surrounding the administration’s drone policy. 

We look forward to your response. 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.  We thank you for your consideration regarding these critically important issues, and look forward to ongoing discussion and engagement with you in the coming months.

Peace,

Max Obuszewski, on behalf of Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore/Fund Our Communities -- Apt. 206, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Baltimore 21212

Senator Ben Cardin

100 S. Charles Street
Tower 1, Suite 1710
Baltimore, MD, 21201

July 22, 2015

Dear Senator Cardin,

Members of the Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore are voters and supporters of Progressive Democrats of America. The Declaration of Independence asserts: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men [sic] are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights." Each July, we celebrate by working to extend civil rights to all. We call upon you to join with us working to expand basic civil rights, support diplomacy, and re-declaring our independence from corporate domination by cosponsoring the following legislation:

 The Administration negotiated a historic international agreement with the UK, France, Germany, Russia, and China to limit Iran’s nuclear program, and deescalate a conflict that threatens to explode into a war. We can't afford the loss of life and tax dollars in another self-defeating war. We call upon you to vote for and support this agreement.

 Contact Sen. Bernie Sanders' office at (202)-225-5141 to cosponsor the Inclusive Prosperity Act (S.1371). According to economists, a small sales tax on certain financial trades could generate hundreds of $billions in revenue annually, help create jobs, discourage speculative bubbles, and provide funding to meet urgent needs and priorities. Also cosponsor S.J.Res.4, proposing a Constitutional amendment to restore rights of the American people taken away in the Citizens United and related decisions, to protect the integrity of our elections, and to limit the corrosive influence of money in our democratic process.

 Contact Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's office at (202) 224-4451 to cosponsor the Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act (S. 786), to provide paid and family medical leave benefits to certain individuals. Also cosponsor the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act (S. 928) to reauthorize the World Trade Center Health Program and the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.

 Thank you for sponsoring S.J.Res.15 to remove the arbitrary deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Help to extend constitutional rights to the residents of D.C. by contacting Sen. Tom Carper's office at (202)-225-2441 to cosponsor the New Columbia Admissions Act (S.1688).

 Finally, we are seeking an end to the use of killer drone strikes, which we believe to be illegal and unconstitutional.  We ask you to speak out against this assassination program, which ignores any veneer of due process.  Consider as well a request for the full, unclassified release of information surrounding the administration’s drone policy. 

 We look forward to your response. 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.  We thank you for your consideration regarding these critically important issues, and look forward to ongoing discussion and engagement with you in the coming months.

 Peace,

 Max Obuszewski, on behalf of Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore/Fund Our Communities -- Apt. 206, 431 Notre Dame Lane, Baltimore 21212

 "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