Dear President Obama,
I am saddened to hear that the White House resorted to threats against freshman members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus in your efforts to pass the 105.9 billion dollar war funding supplemental.
I am glad that my Representative Keith Ellison voted against additional funding for the war in Iraq. I hope that you will not block the reasonable requests of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to require the Pentagon to create plans to exit Afghanistan, such as Rep. McGovern's HR 2404, which should have been allowed as an amendment to your war funding request.
I worked hard on your campaign in the general election. Please make those months of effort worthwhile by demonstrating moral leadership and good conduct in office, not by resorting to tactics made famous by Republicans like 'The Hammer' Tom Delay.
All of your Open Government Initiatives are a farce if you are threatening to shut out members of Congress in your own party over this important issue of conscience. We elected Rep. Keith Ellison on his promise to end war funding. We expect that he and other progressives will continue to have access to the White House.
Please end these wars, and please end these threats towards your fellow Democrats.
Thank you!