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 89 Organizations Condemn Vote to Remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from HFAC

89 Organizations Condemn Vote to Remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from HFAC

February 3, 2023

Peace Action joined 88 other organizations to condemn yesterday’s vote in the House removing Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee. You can read the statement below. [...]

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     Senate Yemen War Powers This Week!

    Senate Yemen War Powers This Week!

    December 12, 2022

    We’re getting word that the Senate could vote THIS WEEK on a War Powers Resolution to bring an end to all U.S. support for the horrific humanitarian tragedy caused by the Saudi-led war in Yemen. [...]

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       Action Alert: Call Your Rep to Cut Pentagon Spending

      Action Alert: Call Your Rep to Cut Pentagon Spending

      May 12, 2020

      ☎️?Call your Reps. to ✂ Pentagon spending Over the last few weeks, we’ve alerted you that the Pentagon is trying to direct funds for COVID-19 relief into its own bloated coffers. In the last [...]

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         Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help

        Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help

        May 7, 2020

        Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help Washington, D.C. — May 7, 2020 — In response to the veto by President Trump yesterday of a bill (S.J.Res.68) to reclaim [...]

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           U.S. Reverses Policy On Use of Landmines

          U.S. Reverses Policy On Use of Landmines

          May 6, 2020

          On May 6, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) headed a congressional oversight letter with 107 other members of Congress to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper expressing [...]

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             Take Action: Keep COVID Stimulus $$ Away From the Pentagon

            Take Action: Keep COVID Stimulus $$ Away From the Pentagon

            April 30, 2020

            Congress is putting together additional and much needed stimulus packages in response to COVID-19. That’s the good news. The bad news is that the Pentagon is trying to weasel billions of dollars [...]

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               U.S. Organizations React to Global Military Spending Report

              U.S. Organizations React to Global Military Spending Report

              April 30, 2020

              Joint Statement: U.S. organizations react to global military spending report April 27, 2020 Our diverse group of 39 think-tanks, non-profits, faith-based organizations, and advocacy groups based [...]

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                 Diplomacy Instead of a Disaster in Iran

                Diplomacy Instead of a Disaster in Iran

                July 18, 2019

                Washington, D.C. — July 18, 2019 — In response to reports of the U.S. shooting down an Iranian drone, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and Political Affairs at Peace Action, [...]

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                   Civilian Deaths in Yemen Increased by 164 Percent. Will Congress Act?

                  Civilian Deaths in Yemen Increased by 164 Percent. Will Congress Act?

                  October 9, 2018

                  This article was originally published on Truthout. (Photo: Nariman El-Mofty/AP) Weddings. Funerals. A school bus full of children. The Saudi-led coalition continues to bomb civilians in Yemen’s [...]

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                     Peace Action Supports Use of War Powers Act to Stop Yemen Catastrophe

                    Peace Action Supports Use of War Powers Act to Stop Yemen Catastrophe

                    September 6, 2018

                    (Photo: Felton Davis) Washington, D.C. — September 6, 2018 — In response to an announcement by several members of the House of Representatives that they will use the War Powers Resolution in an [...]

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