Occupation Project

House Voting Records

A table that tracks the key votes taken in the House between March 2007 and May 2007 on the Iraq – Afghanistan war supplemental spending bill. A quick explanation of the votes precedes the table. You can search by State or by representative name. The three most significant votes for determining legislative strategy are the vote on H.R. 1591, the vote on H.R. 2237 McGovern Bill and the vote on H.R. 2206 Final.

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Senate Voting Records

This table tracks the votes taken in the Senate between March 2007 and May 2007 on the Iraq – Afghanistan war supplemental spending bill. A quick explanation of the votes precede the table. You can search by State or by representative name.

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August 15, 2007

Shortly after noon today, federal authorities and Chicago police arrested four antiwar activists at the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago. Four advocates are currently being held and processed by the Chicago police department on a state charge of trespassing.

Those arrested sought a public pledge from Senators Durbin and Obama to vote against any additional funding for the Iraq war. President Bush is seeking approximately $150 billion in Iraq - Afghanistan war funding for Fiscal Year 2008.

February 20, 2007
The Capital Times

Dear Editor: Molly Ivins wrote in her last column “We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. … We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, ‘Stop it, now!’ “

Molly’s words touch my soul and inspire me to continue to do everything I can to end the war. Right now we are involved in a nationwide campaign called the Occupation Project, initiated by the Voices for Creative Nonviolence (vcnv.org).

This list includes action ideas for affinity groups that fall within the scope of the statement of nonviolence for the Occupation Project.

• Ringing a Bell
• Chanting / Singing
• Reading names of the dead
• Unfurling a banner
• Holding a die-in or sit-in
• Packing the office with a large group
• Distribution of information to anyone in the office
• Theatre tactics:

a) Body bags
b) Dead Soldiers
c) Doing role-plays

• Duct-taping mouths
• Holding up visuals: quotes of representatives and the contradictions in voting

• Presenting a bill to the office for the cost of US social needs

  resources: The President’s Budget: State-level Factsheets or More Troops, More Dollars or Federal Budget Trade-Offs

• Reciting a list of war making interests that the representative is beholden to

• Holding a memorial service
• Lockdowns
• Presenting photos of Iraqis and/or U.S. soldiers in Iraq
• Reading of a letter from an Iraqi civilian and/or US soldier

By Midge

I was arrested yesterday, Monday February 5th, along with 10 others in the first of many action of a sustained campaign to end the Iraq War called “The Occupation Project”

Senator McCain was targeted yesterday because he is a staunch supporter of the ongoing occupation of Iraq. The message brought to McCain’s Capitol Hill office by Voices For Creative Nonviolence, CODEPINK, Veterans For Peace was “Stop Funding the War!” Two time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly was among those arrested. The were also coordinated actions at McCain’s offices in his homestate of Arizona, as well as other demonstrations nationwide including sit-ins at Barrak Obama’s and Dick Durbin’s offices in Chicago which resulted in 8 additional arrests.

January 30, 2007

The North Alabama Committee for Nonviolent Action launches the Occupation Project Campaign in northern Alabama.

Jan 19, 2007
By Rob Mulford

This morning at about 9:00 a.m., 20 Fairbanks, Alaska area residents exercised their rights by petitioning their elected congress persons with a Declaration of Peace. The declaration was presented and read to the local offices of Senators Murkowski and Stevens and Congressman Young. It was in the form of a proclamation and an ultimatum emphatically requesting that they defund the war in Iraq, bring the troops home now, investigate and prosecute war profiteers, and provide funding for full benefits, adequate health care, and other support for returning servicemen and women.

December 13, 2006

Mike Ferner is a National Board member with Veterans For Peace

After nearly four years of war I’d wager that a few million Americans have held a candle at a vigil, carried a sign at a rally, passed out a flyer, forwarded an email to friends, or gone to a demonstration in a distant city. If you, Dear Reader, are one of these stout souls, this letter is to you.