From tank!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!boulder!spot!wiener Fri Feb 2 22:11:16 CST 1990 Article 660 of soc.culture.latin-america: Path: tank!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!boulder!spot!wiener >From: wiener@boulder.Colorado.EDU (WIENER ERIK D) Newsgroups: soc.rights.human,soc.culture.latin-america Subject: Tell Your Congressperson! Message-ID: <16331@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Date: 30 Jan 90 06:44:04 GMT Sender: news@boulder.Colorado.EDU Reply-To: wiener@spot.Colorado.EDU (WIENER ERIK D) Distribution: usa Organization: CISPES, University of Colorado, Boulder Lines: 48 Xref: tank soc.rights.human:1773 soc.culture.latin-america:660 Disgusted with the U.S. foreign policy in El Salvador? Tell your congressperson!!! There are two pending bills that call for an end to aid, both still gathering signatures: Dellums, Pelosi, Boxer (all from CA) and Markey (MA) Bill: ---------------------------------------------------------- HR 3733 calls for an end to all aid except that which is "serving the basic humanitarian needs of the citizens of that country." The bill has 20 co-sponsers, to date all democrats: Bates (CA), Bruce (IL), Collins (IL), DeFazio (OR), Eckart (OH), Fauntroy (DC), Foglietta (PA), Kildee (MI), Mineta (CA), Morrison (CT), Owens (NY), Panetta (CA), Payne (NJ), Roybal (CA), Sikorski (MN), Unsoeld (WA), Wheat (MO). Kastenmeier (D-WI) Bill: ------------------------ HJR 54 calls for a permanent cut-off of military aid and the withdrawal of U.S. advisors. To date there are 60 signers, all Democrats: Ackerman (NY), Anunzio (IL), Atkins (MA), AuCoin (OR), Bates (CA), Boxer (CA), Brown (CA), Bustamante (TX), Clay (MO), Collins (IL), Conyers (MI), Coyne (PA), DeFazio (OR), Dellums (CA), Dymally (CA), Edwards (CA), Evans (IL), Fauntroy (DC), Fazio (CA), Feighan (OH), Foglietta (PA), Garcia (NY), Hayes (IL), Hochbrueckner (NY), Jontz (IN), Kaptur (OH), Kennedy (MA), Kennelly (CT), Leland (TX), Lewis (GA), Kleczba (WI), Markey (MA), Martinez (CA), Matsui (CA), McDermott (WA), Mfume (MD), Miller (CA), Mineta (CA), Moody (WI), Morrison (CT), Neal (NC), Olin (VA), Owens (NY), Panetta (CA), Payne (NJ), Pelosi (CA), Rangel (NY), Roybal (CA), Russo (IL), Schroeder (CO), Sikorski (MN), Stark (CA), Torres (CA), Towns (NY), Unsoeld (WA), Waxman (CA), Weiss (NY), Wolpe (MI), Wyden (OR), Yates (IL). Getting your representative to sign on to the above bills is important and also a way to assess their position on El Salvador. Put pressure on your representative. Source: National Agenda ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik Wiener, wiener@spot.colorado.edu Boulder CISPES U.S. Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador -------------------------------------------------------------------------