2005 legislation pending to close the School of the Americas-urge Congress

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(The School of the Americas is the US military school for Central and South American military people to learn how to control their populations with force, counterinsurgency tactics, repression, terror, etc. This was the source of the infamous torture and execution manuals that came to public light in the mid-90s.)

http://www.soaw.org/new/article.php?id=96

Updated March 22, 2005
NEW LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS!
This month Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) reintroduced legislation in the 109th Congress to suspend operations of the School of the Americas/ WHINSEC. HR 1217, "The Latin America Military Training Review Act of 2005," had 78 bi-partisan introductory co-sponsors -- thanks to YOUR determined efforts during our February Lobby Day and National Call-in Day! The bill currently has more than 90 bi-partisan co-sponsors, which are listed at the bottom of the page.

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Call Congress: [phone]
Example;;
"I am calling Congressman/woman ________ to remind him/her that Rep. Jim McGovern has introduced HR 1217, The Latin America Military Training Review Act of 2005, which would suspend and investigate the School of the Americas, which now uses the acronym WHINSEC. I urge the Congressman/woman to contact Rep. McGovern's office to become a cosponsor of this bipartisan bill. This would be one very concrete step to support human rights and promote peace and justice for the people of Latin America."

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# CURRENT COSPONSORS OF H.R. 1217 (as of 4/13/05):

# Rep Abercrombie, Neil
# Rep Allen, Thomas H.
# Rep Andrews, Robert E.
# Rep Baldwin, Tammy
# Rep Biggert, Judy
# Rep Bishop, Timothy H.
# Rep Blumenauer, Earl
# Rep Boehlert, Sherwood
# Rep Boucher, Rick
# Rep Brown, Sherrod
# Rep Capps, Lois
# Rep Capuano, Michael E.
# Rep Carson, Julia
# Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy
# Rep Conyers, John, Jr.
# Rep Costello, Jerry F.
# Rep Cummings, Elijah E.
# Rep Davis, Danny K.
# Rep DeFazio, Peter A.
# Rep Delahunt, William
# Rep DeLauro, Rosa L.
# Rep Dicks, Norman D.
# Rep Doggett, Lloyd
# Rep Doyle, Michael F.
# Rep Emanuel, Rahm
# Rep Engel, Eliot L.
# Rep Eshoo, Anna G.
# Rep Evans, Lane
# Rep Farr, Sam
# Rep Fattah, Chaka
# Rep Filner, Bob
# Rep Frank, Barney
# Rep Green, Gene
# Rep Grijalva, Raul M.
# Rep Gutierrez, Luis V.
# Rep Higgins, Brian
# Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.
# Rep Hinojosa, Ruben
# Rep Holt, Rush D.
# Rep Honda, Michael M.
# Rep Hooley, Darlene
# Rep Israel, Steve
# Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.
# Rep Jefferson, William J.
# Rep Johnson, Eddie B.
# Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs
# Rep Kildee, Dale E.
# Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C
# Rep Kind, Ron
# Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.
# Rep LaHood, Ray
# Rep Lantos, Tom
# Rep Larson, John B.
# Rep Lee, Barbara
# Rep Lewis, John
# Rep Lofgren, Zoe
# Rep Lowey, Nita M.
# Rep Lynch, Stephen F.
# Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.
# Rep Markey, Edward J.
# Rep McCarthy, Carolyn
# Rep McCollum, Betty
# Rep McDermott, Jim
# Rep McKinney, Cynthia A.
# Rep McNulty, Michael R
# Rep Meehan, Martin T.
# Rep Miller, George
# Rep Moore, Dennis
# Rep Moore, Gwen
# Rep Neal, Richard E.
# Rep Nussle, Jim
# Rep Oberstar, James L.
# Rep Olver, John W.
# Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr.
# Rep Paul, Ron
# Rep Payne, Donald M.
# Rep Petri, Thomas E.
# Rep Price, David E.
# Rep Rothman, Steven R.
# Rep Rush, Bobby L.
# Rep Sabo, Martin Olav
# Rep Sanders, Bernard
# Rep Schakowsky, Janice
# Rep Serrano, Jose E.
# Rep Slaughter, Louise
# Rep Smith, Adam
# Rep Strickland, Ted
# Rep Udall, Mark
# Rep Udall, Tom
# Rep Van Hollen, Chris
# Rep Walsh, James T.
# Rep Waters, Maxine
# Rep Watson, Diane E.
# Rep Waxman, Henry A.
# Rep Weiner, Anthony D.
# Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.
# Rep Wynn, Albert Russell

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