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Our pressure on Congress is working. And because people like you are making their voice heard, this week we have a shot at letting the president know that opposition to the war isn’t going [...]

While much of the world’s attention is focused elsewhere, there are still 2.5 million displaced people in Darfur who are struggling to survive. Oxfam gives us another powerful example of the [...]

As we have noted many times on this blog, important diplomatic and development programs are under attack in Congress. Polls show that Americans are misinformed about how much of the federal [...]

The economic crisis has been dominating the debate lately, from Sen. Bernie Sanders’ epic floor speech to the president’s deficit commission to the raging debate about tax cuts. What is often [...]

We just got word that the House has begun debate on the bill to send $34 billion more to fuel the war in Afghanistan. And it’s coming just after Wikileaks revealed the horrors of war via [...]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will try to pass the supplemental war spending bill before the July 4th recess. Last week, thirty House members sent a letter to the Speaker, urging for a [...]

It’s happening now. After weeks of stalling and amidst growing dissent from the public and Congress, the House will vote on $33 billion for escalating the war in Afghanistan. Call your [...]

It’s sad to say that every time I sit down to write to you about Afghanistan, there is more bad news to report. At least 26 NATO soldiers were killed in Afghanistan last week. General McChrystal [...]

As I wrote yesterday, the Afghanistan war funding bill continues to get loaded up with popular and much-needed funding for programs like Haiti relief and oil spill cleanup. This creates a [...]

We had an amazing turnout for our campaign to stop the House from authorizing another $162.6 billion for the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Our calls commanded action in Congress last week [...]