Thank you to our Afghanistan activists!

THANK YOU TO OUR AFGHANISTAN ACTIVISTS!

The activists' work from WAND and from our coalition partners is begining to pay off. Recent developments in the House show that Congress is finally begining to understand what we have been telling them!

Thursday, July 1st Congress moved one step closer to representing the majority of Americans who believe the war in Afghanistan has not been worth the sacrifice of over 1,000 American service members and $1 trillion dollars. Congressional opposition to our failed strategy in Afghanistan was reflected in growing support for the efforts of leaders like Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) to responsibly bring our troops home.

Although these amendments were ultimately defeated by a coalition of Blue Dog Democrats and the Republican minority, two things are clear: Opposition to the war in Congress has grown significantly over the last year, and that is in no small part the result of efforts by thousands of activists from across the country. Dozens of organizations representing millions of Americans have worked over the last year to push Congress to represent a majority of Americans and end the war. The result of that work by citizens like you -- calling, emailing and meeting with their Members of Congress -- is on display in these votes.

If you are interested in learning how your elected officials voted, check out the vote tallies here:
Amendment # 4 offered by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) failed 100 to 321.
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll432.xml

Amendment # 5 offered by Reps. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and David Obey (D-WI) and Walter Jones (R-NC) failed 162-260 http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll433.xml