Senate

I made notes on President Obama’s “war lite” speech the other night, intending to rebut many of his points, but it’s too easy, and also not really what I want to convey. [...]

By Judith Le Blanc The Congress is debating the federal budget It is time to tell Congress what we want. The Senate is writing next year’s budget now. To cast your vote take the Peace [...]

“Nobody wants to give up the gains that have been won at such hard cost. And nobody wants to give our allies an excuse to run for the exits.” Defense Secretary Robert Gates The image of our NATO [...]

The indefatigable Larry Wittner, national Peace Action board member, professor and author, has an essay on History News Network today with incisive analysis of the New START Senate vote, and on [...]

Peace Action Statement on Senate Passage of New START pact December 22, 2010 For Immediate Release, Contact Kevin Martin kmartin@peace-action.org or 301-537-8244 Silver Spring, Maryland — [...]

According to the Washington Post, NPR and other sources, it looks like we have the 67 Senate votes needed to ratify New START, but calling your Senators this morning is still worthwhile. [...]

A front-page article in this morning’s Washington Post paints a pretty good picture of the prospects for ratifying the New START nuclear arms reduction pact this week, but it’s not a [...]

The current “lame duck” session of Congress will at least partially be defined by a high-stakes game of political chicken (sorry to use two fowl metaphors in one sentence!) over New [...]

START: 73% can’t be wrong! A CNN poll shows that a super majority want New START ratified. The Republicans  are treating the New START treaty like a hostage.  They keep questioning the [...]

No, this is no Cub fan’s (or old Brooklyn Dodger fan’s) lament. The Washington Post yesterday quoted Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)  as saying there is considerable sentiment in the Republican [...]