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Washington, DC — June 22, 2011 — President Obama’s announcement this evening of a limited troop withdrawal from Afghanistan — America’s longest war — is bound to disappoint Members of Congress [...]

Within the next few weeks President Obama will have to make a decision about how significant the July withdrawal from Afghanistan will be. If he bends to the Pentagon’s will, he risks alienating [...]

Today the House voted on a slew of amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, a bill authorizing hundreds of billions of dollars for the Pentagon and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan [...]

The House is voting this week on amendments to end the war in Afghanistan. This is a huge opportunity to influence the contentious debate within the White House on how many troops to withdraw in [...]

I’m glad to announce the release of Peace Action West’s 2010 Congressional Voting Record. Last year was a big one. It had its triumphs, like when determined senators pushed through [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsqZOJdjdYE&feature=uploademail] Last week, the House engaged in a budget free-for-all, debating hundreds of amendments on the continuing resolution [...]

Second-term Reps. Gerald Connolly (D-VA) and Leonard Lance (R-NJ) banded together to send an important message to new incoming members of the House: support the foreign affairs budget: We must [...]

The Republican House leadership took a meat cleaver to the continuing resolution that would fund the government through the rest of the 2011 fiscal year (ending October 1st). The Republicans on [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au7CF_k63KI&feature=player_embedded] While we have seen hours of footage of members of Congress (rightfully) beating up on BP CEO Tony Hayward about [...]

House Democratic leadership definitely does not have the votes yet.  It sounds like the leadership is going to use floor time tonight on various votes to do face-to-face whipping.  If they have [...]