Today's news from Sen. Bernie Sanders
(I-Vt.):
Americans Oppose Syria Attack: Americans have deluged their
congressmen with phone calls, emails and online-survey responses to make their
opposition known to the possibility of the U.S. striking Syria. "We're just
detecting very little support for this proposal," Sen. Bernie Sanders told The
Wall Street Journal. The senator's office had received 1,856 calls, faxes and
emails for the week from constituents as of early Friday afternoon and 1,740
were opposed and 116 in favor. Of 488 phone calls to Sanders, there were only 10
in support, The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe said on “Washington Week” on PBS.
Chris Matthews on MSNBC said Sanders is hearing almost unanimously from people
saying do not get involved.
Public Says No to War: The White House's
chances of winning congressional support for military action in Syria look
increasingly worse as members of Congress hear from constituents
overwhelmingly opposed to military
intervention, according to a Washington Post report that said Sen. Sanders told
a local television station his phones were "bopping off the hook" with calls
from those opposed to military strikes. Thousands headed to Sen. Sanders'
website and opposed military action in Syria by a margin of 10 to 1, Vermont
Public Television and The Thom Hartmann Program reported. “Bernie Sanders said
most of the calls coming into his office were against this effort. I can tell
you, 99 percent of the calls coming into my office are against it,” Rep. Elijah
Cummings said on MSNBC.
‘War is the Enemy of the Poor’: The Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. was right, Sen. Sanders told Tavis Smiley in a public radio
interview. “If we get involved in a prolonged effort in Syria, who do you think
is going to be paying for that? … It will undoubtedly mean more cuts for
programs that low-income and working families need. It will mean more kids being
thrown off Head Start to pay for the war, more elderly people being thrown off
the Meals on Wheels program, more kids not being able to go to college in order
to pay for the war. That is the economic reality,” Sanders said.
Continue reading here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/
Today's news from Sen. Bernie Sanders
(I-Vt.):
Americans Oppose Syria Attack: Americans have deluged their congressmen with phone calls, emails and online-survey responses to make their opposition known to the possibility of the U.S. striking Syria. "We're just detecting very little support for this proposal," Sen. Bernie Sanders told The Wall Street Journal. The senator's office had received 1,856 calls, faxes and emails for the week from constituents as of early Friday afternoon and 1,740 were opposed and 116 in favor. Of 488 phone calls to Sanders, there were only 10 in support, The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe said on “Washington Week” on PBS. Chris Matthews on MSNBC said Sanders is hearing almost unanimously from people saying do not get involved.
Public Says No to War: The White House's chances of winning congressional support for military action in Syria look increasingly worse as members of Congress hear from constituents overwhelmingly opposed to military intervention, according to a Washington Post report that said Sen. Sanders told a local television station his phones were "bopping off the hook" with calls from those opposed to military strikes. Thousands headed to Sen. Sanders' website and opposed military action in Syria by a margin of 10 to 1, Vermont Public Television and The Thom Hartmann Program reported. “Bernie Sanders said most of the calls coming into his office were against this effort. I can tell you, 99 percent of the calls coming into my office are against it,” Rep. Elijah Cummings said on MSNBC.
‘War is the Enemy of the Poor’: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was right, Sen. Sanders told Tavis Smiley in a public radio interview. “If we get involved in a prolonged effort in Syria, who do you think is going to be paying for that? … It will undoubtedly mean more cuts for programs that low-income and working families need. It will mean more kids being thrown off Head Start to pay for the war, more elderly people being thrown off the Meals on Wheels program, more kids not being able to go to college in order to pay for the war. That is the economic reality,” Sanders said.
Continue reading here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/
Americans Oppose Syria Attack: Americans have deluged their congressmen with phone calls, emails and online-survey responses to make their opposition known to the possibility of the U.S. striking Syria. "We're just detecting very little support for this proposal," Sen. Bernie Sanders told The Wall Street Journal. The senator's office had received 1,856 calls, faxes and emails for the week from constituents as of early Friday afternoon and 1,740 were opposed and 116 in favor. Of 488 phone calls to Sanders, there were only 10 in support, The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe said on “Washington Week” on PBS. Chris Matthews on MSNBC said Sanders is hearing almost unanimously from people saying do not get involved.
Public Says No to War: The White House's chances of winning congressional support for military action in Syria look increasingly worse as members of Congress hear from constituents overwhelmingly opposed to military intervention, according to a Washington Post report that said Sen. Sanders told a local television station his phones were "bopping off the hook" with calls from those opposed to military strikes. Thousands headed to Sen. Sanders' website and opposed military action in Syria by a margin of 10 to 1, Vermont Public Television and The Thom Hartmann Program reported. “Bernie Sanders said most of the calls coming into his office were against this effort. I can tell you, 99 percent of the calls coming into my office are against it,” Rep. Elijah Cummings said on MSNBC.
‘War is the Enemy of the Poor’: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was right, Sen. Sanders told Tavis Smiley in a public radio interview. “If we get involved in a prolonged effort in Syria, who do you think is going to be paying for that? … It will undoubtedly mean more cuts for programs that low-income and working families need. It will mean more kids being thrown off Head Start to pay for the war, more elderly people being thrown off the Meals on Wheels program, more kids not being able to go to college in order to pay for the war. That is the economic reality,” Sanders said.
Continue reading here: http://www.sanders.senate.gov/
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