Hi,

This is terrible news: not only is Congress about to pass a massive $700
billion military spending bill, Democrats just caved and abandoned a bunch
of progressive priorities that would have reined in Trump's war powers.

House Democrats gave up on amendments to the National Defense
Authorization Act that would end the war in Yemen, prevent Trump from
going to war in Iran, end the ban on transgender people serving in the
military, and stop the border wall.^1

Progressives in Congress like Ro Khanna and Mark Pocan voted no. Now we
need to stand with them and urge Senators to do the same. Will you fight
this terrible military spending bill?

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Tell the Senate to vote NO on the military spending
bill!

Senate Republicans are already gloating about their wins. They literally
passed around a sheet on Tuesday that read "Progressive Agenda Halted."^2

Some of the things they halted include:

* Restrictions on the border wall
* Ending arms sales to Saudi Arabia and ending the war in Yemen
* Ending the discriminatory ban on transgender people serving in the
military
* Repealing the 2002 Authorization of Use of Military Force
* Preventing Trump from going to war with Iran
* Cleaning up decades of water pollution on and near military bases

And in return, Democrats even gave Trump his precious Space Force. I wish
that was a joke. It's not.^3

This was a key moment to stop Trump — especially as he's about to be
impeached for abuse of power. Spending more than $700 billion on the
military without progressive reforms is unacceptable. We still have one
last opportunity to act, and we need your help.

One observer said Democrats "got completely rolled."^3 But it's not over
yet. The Senate vote on the NDAA is coming up fast. There is still time to
stop this awful bill from passing. Will you help?

[ [link removed] ]Add your name: Tell Senators to vote NO on the massive military
spending bill!

Thank you for taking urgent action!

Tihi and the team at Demand Progress

 

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Sources:
1. Roll Call, "Democrats 'got completely rolled' in NDAA talks, critics
say," [ [link removed] ]December 10, 2019.
2. Tweet from Dean Scott, Bloomberg News Reporter, [ [link removed] ]December 10, 2019.
3. US News, "Trump Scores a Win with Space Force in Defense
Bill," [ [link removed] ]December 10, 2019.
4. Roll Call, "Democrats 'got completely rolled' in NDAA talks, critics
say," [ [link removed] ]December 10, 2019
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