The country is abuzz over the open letter 47 Republican Senators sent to Iranian leadership on Monday warning them that they will try to reverse any deal after Obama leaves office. President Obama accused the signers of making “common cause with the hard-liners in Iran”, while Sen. Dick Durbin said Republicans should “think twice about…
Latest Update: March 3 12:30 AM If your rep is undeclared or on the fence, give them a call at 1-202-224-3121. When you reach a staffer, you can say something like: I urge Rep./Sen. ___________ to join 60 other Democrats in skipping Netanyahu’s March 3 speech. Please stand with Democrats who support President Obama’s Iran…
We have a historic opportunity right now to help change the game in Washington on U.S. policy towards Israel. Controversy is spreading around Speaker Boehner’s decision to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress on March 3, where Netanyahu is expected to trash Obama’s Iran diplomacy and try to persuade Congress to pass…
Earlier today, a Just Foreign Policy activist delivered a petition to Sen. Ben Cardin’s office in Baltimore calling on him to support diplomacy with Iran by opposing any new sanctions legislation, including the Kirk-Menendez bill. A petition calling for Sen. Cardin to oppose any effort to punish the Palestinians for joining the International Criminal Court…
Sen. Robert Menendez announced that he plans to introduce new Iran sanctions legislation before the State of the Union next Tuesday. The Obama administration is adamant that any new sanctions—even those with a trigger to become active upon a break in the talks—would violate the Joint Action Plan that has limited Iran’s nuclear program, inviting…
Last Wednesday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon announced that Palestine would become a member of the International Criminal Court on April 1. That same day, Sen. Rand Paul introduced legislation to cut off US aid to the Palestinian Authority— about $400 million a year—if the Palestinians don’t withdraw their application to join the ICC….
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) is expected to vote soon on an authorization for the use of military force against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. It is virtually certain that some authorization of force will pass. But the committee will consider limits on the authorization of force, and meaningful limitations could pass. If you…
It’s been little over a week since the US and its European partners agreed to extend talks with Iran and anti-diplomacy forces are already pushing Congress to pass new sanctions, which would violate the interim deal and kill the talks. Your Senators are being pressured to support efforts to kill the Iran talks and need…
If Chris Murphy, Tim Kaine, or Rand Paul is one of your Senators, you have a great opportunity to help block funding for US military action in Iraq and Syria until Congress has considered an AUMF. Your Senator is one of a handful of Senators who have been protesting the fact that Congress has not…
The US military campaign against ISIS in Iraq and Syria is entering its fourth month. Congress has been reluctant to act on their obligation to debate and vote on the new war—but that’s about to change. Last week, President Obama announced that he would seek a new authorization for the use of military force (AUMF)…