The House and Senate are poised to vote this week on a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) – the bill that uses half of our income tax dollars to fatten the Pentagon and its contractors like Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin - that doesn't end unconstitutional Pentagon participation in the genocidal Saudi war in Yemen.
This is a shameful betrayal of promises by Democratic leadership to use the NDAA as a vehicle end the Yemen war.
We need members of Congress to vote against any NDAA that doesn’t end the war-- and we need your help getting them on the record.
Here’s how you can help:
1. Take a look at this spreadsheet and call 1-202-224-3121 to be connected to your representatives in the House and Senate. Tell them to vote NO on any NDAA that doesn’t end the war -- and ask them if they will do so. When you reach a staffer, you can say:
“I urge [Rep. or Senator] to vote NO on any NDAA that fails to end the Yemen war as Democratic leaders promised they would. I urge [Rep. or Senator] to publicly announce their intention to vote NO on any NDAA that doesn’t end the war. Can you tell me how [Rep. or Senator] intends to vote?”
If you’re not allowed to talk to a human but have the opportunity to leave a voice mail, you can say: “I urge [Rep. or Senator] to vote NO on any NDAA that fails to end the Yemen war as Democratic leaders promised they would. I urge [Rep. or Senator] to publicly announce their intention to vote NO on any NDAA that doesn’t end the war.”
2. Fill out this survey form to let us know the results of your outreach. We will update the tracker as results come in.
3. Tweet at your members of the House and Senate (and others!) to ask them to vote against the NDAA if it doesn’t end the war and to let us know if they will. You can tweet something like:
"Pentagon support for the Saudi regime’s #YemenWar has helped kill hundreds of thousands of people. [MEMBER TWITTER HANDLE] must oppose the #NDAA if it doesn't end U.S. support for #YemenWar. Will [MEMBER TWITTER HANDLE] vote NO on #NDAA?"
A list of Twitter handles for Members of Congress is here.
4. If we already have results for your Representative or Senators, please call and tweet them anyway and tell them to oppose the NDAA if it doesn’t end the Yemen war.