*This is it! Congress Votes Next Week to **Close the SOA!**

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School of the Americas Watch

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Special Legislative Update

June 1, 2006

 

Next week, the week of June 5, Congress will

vote on an amendment to close the SOA/ WHINSEC. Rep. McGovern (MA) will

introduce an amendment to the Foreign Operations appropriations bill to cut

funding for the SOA/ WHINSEC!

 

We expect a close vote and need as many people as possible flooding the

offices of the House of Representatives with calls in support of a YES vote on

the amendment. This is it! And it's the people power of our movement that will

get this amendment passed! Visit the Legislative Action Index for more

information: www.soaw.org/legislative.

 

 

National Call-in Days to Close the SOA/WHINSEC

 

Tuesday, June 6 and Wednesday, June 7:

Call Congress at 202-224-3121 or toll free at 888-355-3588.

Please take the time to call the DC office of your Representative through

the Capitol Hill Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or toll free at 1-888-355-3588. Ask

to speak with the foreign affairs legislative assistant. Here is a suggested

message for you to convey: " I am calling Congressman/woman ________ to urge

him/her to vote YES on the McGovern amendment to the Foreign Operations

Appropriations bill. This amendment is a cut in funding for the School of the

Americas/ WHINSEC. New information indicates that WHINSEC has allowed known

human rights abusers to instruct and receive training at the school. Argentina

and Uruguay are two more countries that have made public announcements they

will no longer send students to the school, citing the negative image and

history of this institution. Voting YES on this amendment sends a positive human

rights message to Latin America and will help to improve the U.S. image

abroad. As an elected official in Washington D.C., I

hope you will represent me and vote YES on any amendment in the House that

would cut funding for the school. " Click here to send an email and fax to

your Representative. (Be sure to click the “Send a Fax†box to have the fax

sent).

 

Are you in or near Washington, DC? On Tuesday, June 6 and Wednesday, June 7,

we will be delivering material to Members of Congress and knocking on their

doors, asking them to join our movement and vote to close the SOA. Please join

us! If you can be with us for some or all of the day on Tuesday or Wednesday,

please email Eric at elecompte(at)soaw(dot)org.

 

For more information, visit the SOA Watch website at www.SOAW.org and the

Legislative Action Index at www.soaw.org/legislative.

 

 

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