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Dear Christian,

When we talk about our bloated military budget we have to talk about the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The debate has begun on one of the most important pieces of legislation Congress will consider all year.

Tell your members of Congress to cut the military budget, and to advance amendments for peace in the NDAA.

The NDAA is the bill that authorizes the wasteful spending we've been campaigning against for years. The current military budget is $738 billion dollars for 2020. That's well over half of the money that Congress appropriates every year. This ridiculous level of military spending deprives the country of much needed funds for healthcare, education, housing, and the fight against climate change.

It's also one of the few pieces of legislation that our dysfunctional Congress passes every year. This year's bill will be the 60th NDAA passed by Congress in a row. Because it is guaranteed to get a vote, it provides us with the chance to include progressive amendments, advancing peace policies that we care deeply about. The House Armed Services Committee will be negotiating the contents of this bill over the next two weeks, and then the entire House will be able to vote on amendments to include.

In short, this is when Congress needs to hear from you. Send them a message now.

We're asking our legislators to:

• Support a meaningful cut in military spending and oppose an NDAA that increases the Pentagon's budget
• End militarization of the police, and get rid of the 1033 Program which gives weapons of war to local police departments
• Stop the military from being used against protesters in the United States
• Prevent unconstitutional war with Iran
• End arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates
• End all US participation in their brutal war in Yemen

Take one minute to send a message to Congress today. If you have time, give them a call.

Here's a script to help make things easy for you:

1) Call the Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121

2) Ask for your representative, and when connected say:

3) My name is ___________ and I am a constituent living at (your address). I’m calling to urge Representative___________ to support amendments to the NDAA that would reduce wasteful Pentagon spending, stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE, end our nation’s endless wars, and stop war with Iran. I look forward to hearing why the representative does or does not support these steps I feel are important.

4) Let us know how it went! Send us an email at [email protected]

Yours for peace, Brian Garvey Organizer P.S. Don't forget to send a message to Congress today!

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