Iowa Senate Sends Message to Presidential Candidates on Iraq (good read)

[BigBearJohn]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - February 15, 2007
Contact: Joel Barkin at 202-441-5247

Iowa Senate Sends Message to Presidential Candidates on Iraq

State Senate Passes Resolution Against Escalation of Iraq War

A resolution condemning the President's proposed escalation in Iraq sailed
through the Iowa State Senate this afternoon, sending a powerful message to
Presidential candidates preparing for the critical early caucus.

Senate Resolution 13 praises the troops courage, while criticizing
President's handling of the war. The resolution goes on to urge
Congressional leaders, many who have already declared their candidacy for
President, to intervene in the proposed escalation.

Recently, a number of candidates have made visits to Iowa in preparation for
the state's bellwether caucus, including Hillary Clinton, John McCain,
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Ducan Hunter.

Similar resolutions have passed in the Vermont State House and California
State Senate and more than 80 legislators in Maryland have signed a letter
to the same effect, bringing the tally of states addressing the proposed
"surge" to 23.

"Anyone planning on running for President can be considered put on notice
that prolonging, let alone escalating, this war does not hold water with the
Iowans," said Joel Barkin, Executive Director of the Progressive States
Network, "From the east coast to the west coast and across America's
heartland, the people and their legislators will not be told to dig
themselves deeper into this quagmire."

The Iowa resolution is part of a larger nationwide campaign against the
escalation organized by the Progressive States Network and coordinated with
Women Legislators' Lobby, True Majority and Americans against Escalation in
Iraq, a group comprised of US Action, Service Employers International Union
(SEIU), Win Without War, Vote Vets, Center for American Progress, Campaign
for America's Future, MoveOn, and United States Student Association.

For more information on the Progressive States campaign, President Bush's
proposed escalation, or state resolution language, please visit
www.progressivestates.org/iraq

The Progressive States Network was founded in 2005 to drive public policy
debates and change the political landscape in the United States by focusing
on attainable and progressive state level actions.

States with Resolutions

1.Arizona

2.California (passed Senate)

3.Colorado

4.Connecticut

5.Georgia

6.Iowa

7.Kansas

8.Maine

9.Maryland (letter sent)

10.Massachusetts

11.Minnesota

12.Missouri

13.Montana

14.New Jersey

15.New York

16.North Dakota

17.Oklahoma

18.Oregon

19.Rhode Island

20.Texas

21.Vermont (passed House)

22.Washington

23.West Virginia

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. Is the Iowa state legislature liberal or conservative?

Just curious--somehow I think of it being conservative, and was wondering.

[BigBearJohn]

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