http://www.fcnl.org/index.htm These short action suggestions from the Friends Committee on National Legislation a Quaker lobby in the public interest, give you the one thing you can do this week to lobby Congress and advance a better world. FCNL is a nonpartisan peace lobby in Washington, DC and works with a network of tens of thousands of people across the country to inform and reframe the debate on Capitol Hill. en-us FCNL Legislative Action Message Friends Committee on National Legislation FCNL, Friends Committee on National Legislation, peace, advocacy, social justice, contact congress, Quaker 2006 Weds, 11 Jul 2007 16:11:39 tdscripts.com Podcast Generator webmaster@fcnl.org 1 Urge your Candidates to Oppose Nuclear Weapons. 08/05/2008 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/08aug05_august_6_and_9_remember_and_act.mp3#When:16:29:38PM Urge your senators to support diplomacy. 07/31/2008 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-07-31-iraq-negotiations-not-troops-are-key.mp3#When:10:39:56AM Urge candidates for the House of Representatives to support a cluster bomb ban. 07/24/2008 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-07-24-ask-candidates-to-support-cluster-bomb-ban.mp3#When:17:16:07PM Urge your representative to oppose an Iran war. 07/09/2008 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-07-08-stop_the_next_war_now.mp3#When:12:33:04PM Urge your senators to oppose government spying. Mon, 7 July 2008 12:35:46 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-07-03-warrantless_wiretapping.mp3#When:12:35:46PM Contact your representative about her or his vote on war spending. Mon, 30 June 2008 10:28:45 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-06-27-Next-Steps-To-Stop-The-War.mp3#When:10:28:45AM Contact your representative about her or his vote on new nuclear weapons. Thurs, 26 June 2008 Thur, 26 June 2008 17:33:17 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-06-26-new-nukes-lose.mp3#When:17:33:17AM Urge your representative to support modern health care for Native Americans. Fri, 20 June 2008 11:53:57 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-06-19-Act_Now_For_Indian_Health.mp3#When:11:53:57AM Urge the candidates to oppose war with Iran. Fri, 06 June 2008 14:53:08 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-06-05-Tell-Candidates-For-Congress-Talk-To-Iran.mp3#When:14:53:08PM Urge your senators to take meaningful action against climate change Thurs, 29 May 2008 15:32:20 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-05-29-climate.mp3#When:15:32:20PM Urge your semators to oppose war funding. Thurs, 20 May 2008 15:54:34 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-05-20-war-funding-senate.mp3#When:15:54:34PM Write your representative to tell her or him how your feel about their vote on war funding. Fri, 16 May 2008 11:14:41 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008_05_16_war_money_vote.mp3.mp3#When:11:14:41AM Urge your representatives to oppose more money for war. Thurs, 8 May 2008 16:25:48 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-05-08-Iraq-Supplemental.mp3#When:16:25:48PM Urge your representatives not to fund war. Fri, 2 May 2008 09:11:26 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-05-01-iraq-failed.mp3#When:09:11:26AM Urge your senators to ban cluster bombs Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:26:39 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-04-25ClusterBombBanPaulMcCartneyCalling.mp3#When:14:26:39PM Urge your senators to address climate change Thurs, 17 Apr 2008 16:44:46 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008_04_17_Climate_Change_Placebo_Weak_Medicine_or_Real_Action.mp3#When:16:44:46PM Urge your senators to support diplomacy Thurs, 10 Apr 2008 16:36:24 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/IranIsTheKeyToIraq.mp3#When:16:36:24PM Urge your representative to keep the door open Thurs, 3 Apr 2008 17:30:46 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/IraqKeeptheDoorOpenForaWayOut.mp3#When:17:30:46PM Say No to New Nuclear Weapons Thurs, 27 Mar 2008 16:38:37 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-03-27-no-new-nuclear-weapons.mp3#When:16:38:37PM Watch this video on the effects of cluster bombs and urge your senators to ban cluster bombs. Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:57:09 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-03-13-cluster-bomb-video.mp3#When:09:57:09AM Use these materials to protest the Iraq War. Thurs, 28 Feb 2008 15:23:43 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008_Feb_28_Iraq_anniversary.mp3#When:15:23:43PM Tell your friends about cluster bombs. Fri, 21 Feb 2008 11:18:33 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008_02_21_Cluster_Bombs.mp3#When:11:18:33AM Send a valentine to your senators Thurs, 14 Feb 2008 16:17:26 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008_02_14_Valentines.mp3#When:16:17:26PM Urge your representative to stop funding war Fri, 8 Feb 2008 11:42:30 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008_Feb_7_military_budget.mp3#When:11:42:30AM Write a letter to editor sharing your reactions to the State of the Union. Weds, 30 Jan 2008 12:21:09 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-01-30-state_of_the_union.mp3#When:12:21:09AM Write a letter to editor urging Congress to ban cluster bombs. Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:40:42 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-01-25-vietnam_cluster_bombs.mp3#When:09:40:42AM Urge your senators to vote yes on Native American health care. Thurs, 17 Jan 2008 17:01:44 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2008-01-17-Indian_Health_Care.mp3#When:17:01:44PM Urge your senators to support the energy bill Tues, 04 December 2007 15:07:45 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-12-04-energy_bill_senate.mp3#When:15:07:45PM Urge your representative to invest in peace. Thurs, 29 November 2007 16:38:41 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-11-29-giving_thanks.mp3#When:16:38:41PM Tell your representative and senators that you have joined the War is Not the Answer community. Weds, 21 November 2007 14:34:57 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-11-21-giving_thanks.mp3#When:14:34:57PM Urge your representative to support diplomacy in Iraq Fri, 16 November 2007 15:57:31 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-11-15-diplomatic_surge.mp3#When:15:57:31PM Tell friends to participate is cluster bomb call-in day on Nov. 5 Thurs, 1 November 2007 16:37:34 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-11-1-cluster_bomb_call_in_day.mp3#When:16:37:34PM Urge your senators to oppose torture Thurs, 18 October 2007 17:19:35 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-10-18-torture.mp3#When:17:19:35PM Urge your senators to finish the Energy Bill Tues, 09 October 2007 14:42:02 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-10-09-energy_bill2.mp3#When:14:42:02PM Please urge your representatives to support SCHIP legislation Fri, 28 September 2007 13:09:23 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-09-27_children's_health_care.mp3#When:13:09:23PM Urge your senators to support the Iraq Study Group Implementation Act (S.1545) Fri, 21 September 2007 09:56:37 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-09-18_Iraq_You_Can_Count.mp3#When:09:56:37PM Write a letter to the editor in response to General Patreus's testimony. Weds, 26 September 2007 15:52:15 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-09-11-Iraq_no_occupation.mp3#When:15:52:15PM Write a letter to the editor about the September 11 anniversary Weds, 26 September 2007 15:40:42 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-09-06-911_sixth_anniversary.mp3#When:15:40:42PM Write your local media outlet. Call the attention of your community and your senators to the cluster bomb issue. Thurs, 09 August 2007 14:57:53 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-08-09_clusterbomb_media.mp3#When:14:57:53PM Urge your representative to support two amendments to the House energy bill. Weds, 01 August 2007 15:52:49 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-08-01_house_energy.mp3#When:15:52:49PM Urge your representative to cosponsor the Iraq Study Group Implementation Act (S.1545) Thur, 26 July 2007 16:50:58 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-07-26-Iraq_timetopack.mp3#When:16:50:58PM Urge your representatives to support measures to reduce oil dependency and greenhouse gas emissions. Thur, 19 July 2007 14:58:44 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-07-19.mp3#When:14:68:44PM Urge your senators to support attaching the Iraq Study Group Implementation Act (S.1545) to the military authorization bill. Weds, 11 Jul 2007 16:11:39 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-07-10-iraq_no_symbolism.mp3#When:16:11:39PM Urge your senators to cosponsor the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act (S.594) Thur, 05 July 2007 17:25:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-07-05-Cluster-Bombs.mp3#When:05:25:00PM Urge your senators to vote for the Iraq Study Group Implementation Act (S. 1545) Friday, 22 June 2007 10:55:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-06-21-ISG-Implementation-Act(mp3).mp3#When:10:55:00AM Urge your senators to support amendments that strengthen the Senate Energy Bill (H.R 6). Thursday, 14 June 2007 16:40:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2007-06-14-energy_bill.mp3#When:16:59:03PM Urge your senators to co-sponsor the Iraq Study Group Implementation Act (S. 1545). Thursday, 7 June 2007 16:40:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/isg-reccomendations07jun07.mp3#When:16:59:03PM Urge your senators to condemn the White House proposal for South Korean-style permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. Thursday, 31 May 2007 16:40:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iraq-south-korea053107.mp3#When:16:59:03PM Ask two friends to write Congress. Thursday, 25 May 2007 17:15:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iraqmilauth.mp3#When:16:59:03PM Call Congress today on important amendment votes. Thursday, 16 May 2007 16:59:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iraqvotes.mp3#When:16:59:03PM Urge your friends to join in writing Congress about Iraq. Tuesday, 15 May 2007 09:35:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/dontwrite.mp3#When:12:09:03PM Oppose the president's veto of a withdrawal deadline for Iraq. Friday, 4 May 2007 09:35:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iraqveto.mp3#When:09:29:03AM What percentage of your taxes go to war? Tuesday, 17 Apr 2007 13:35:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/taxdollars.mp3#When:13:35:03PM Urge the Senate to ban cluster bombs. Thursday, 05 Apr 2007 11:22:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/clusterbombs.mp3#When:11:22:03AM Urge the Senate to require a date certain for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. Tuesday, 27 Mar 2007 11:22:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iran_withdrawal_call.mp3#When:11:22:03AM This week, Congress begins a week of deliberations on whether to fund the president’s escalation of the war or insist on a new U.S. policy in Iraq. Urge your Senators to vote against any new funding for Iraq war. Monday, 26 Mar 2007 17:15:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iraqfouryears.mp3#When:17:15:03AM Urge Congress to require Congressional approval for a war against Iran. Tuesday, 14 Mar 2007 09:22:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iran_supplemental.mp3#When:09:22:03AM Urge Congress to reduce the military budget. Thursday, 8 Mar 2007 15:47:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/cut_mil_budget.mp3#When:10:18:03PM Urge Congress to protect habeas corpus rights. Tuesday, 6 Mar 2007 10:18:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/from_iran.mp3#When:10:18:03PM Urge Congress to slow-down a move towards war with Iran. Friday, 23 Feb 2007 09:18:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/from_iran.mp3#When:09:18:03PM Urge Congress to reject further escalation of the Iraq War. Wednesday, 14 Feb 2007 14:50:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/reject_iraq_war#When:14:50:03PM Urge debate about the huge military budget. Monday, 12 Feb 2007 17:39:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/militarybudget.mp3#When:17:39:03PM Help stop the President's surge. Monday, 22 Jan 2007 16:00:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/stop_escalation.mp3#When:16:01:03AM Help stop the President's surge. Friday, 12 Jan 2007 10:45:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/11jan_escalation.mp3#When:10:45:03AM Write a letter to the editor about Iraq. Monday, 11 Dec 2006 14:37:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iraq_political_change.mp3#When:14:37:03PM Urge a bipartisan plan for change in Iraq. Tuesday, 05 Dec 2006 11:33:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iraq_political_change.mp3#When:11:33:32PM Help stop continued funding for the Iraq War. Thursday, 16 Nov 2006 16:03:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iraqpeaceplan.mp3#When:16:24:00PM Help stop the nuclear deal with India. Wednesday, 15 Nov 2006 16:03:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/us_india_nukes.mp3#When:16:03:00PM Learn about candidates and vote on November 7 Thursday, 02 Nov 2006 16:31:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/midterm_voting.mp3#When:16:31:00PM Support discussions on real solutions for Iraq. Monday, 20 Oct 2006 14:31:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iraq_bipartisan_102606.mp3#When:14:31:00PM Question candidates about the War in Iraq. Friday, 20 Oct 2006 10:48:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iraqdeathtoll.mp3#When:10:48:00PM A new study shows over a half-million deaths in Iraq. Monday, 16 Oct 2006 10:30:00 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iraqdeathtoll.mp3#When:10:30:00PM Learn important questions to ask candidates about pressing issues. Friday, 06 Oct 2006 11:50:26 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/questioncandidates.mp3#When:11:50:27PM The U.S. Senate is continuing to debate permitting the National Security Agency to conduct warrantless wiretaps. Monday, 25 Sept 2006 10:41:26 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/nsa_spying092506.mp3#When:10:41:27PM The U.S. Senate is debating a bill supported by the President which would redefine the Geneva Convention and legalize certain forms of torture. Tuesday, 19 Sept 2006 12:03:26 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/oppose_torture091806.mp3#When:12:03:15PM The Congress is considering striking language which would bar permanent U.S. bases in Iraq. Friday, 15 Sept 2006 12:34:30 EST http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/iraq_permanent_bases091406.mp3#When:12:34:30PM The president and his advisors are seeking to use the fifth anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, to rekindle fears in the nation of the dangers of new attacks and to generate political support for broad new presidential powers. Join the 9/11 Call For Freedom From Fear and appeal to Congress to reevaluate the failed policies of the war on terror. Friday, 8 Sept 2006 14:01:26 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/911_callin090706.mp3#When:2:03:15PM Congress heads into the August recess with the Middle East in flames. Congress and the administration need to hear a clear message that the U.S. should call for an immediate cease-fire. You can make sure they hear your views on the Middle East conflict by writing a letter to the editor of you local newspaper. Friday, 4 Aug 2006 15:49:38 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/04aug_me_crisis.mp3#When:3:49:38PM In response to 9/11, the U.S. invested in war - and got what it paid for. Five years after 9/11, it is time to invest in peace. Join in a nationwide at-home lobby effort toward a better response to global insecurity. Thursday, 3 Aug 2006 13:47:27 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/072706_911freedom.mp3#When:1:47:27PM As violence continues to consume Iraq and sweeps through the region, we must urge Congress to shift the direction of U.S. policy in Iraq. Write your senators, asking them to support amendments that would bar spending on permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. Friday, 21 Jul 2006 15:01:27 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/20jul06_iraq_policy.mp3#When:3:11:23PM The House is about to apporae a nuclear cooperation agreement with India that would dangerously undermine the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). But Congress can still amend the agreement to not destroy the core elements of the NPT. Urge your representative to support nonproliferation amendments. Friday, 14 Jul 2006 15:22:27 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/14july06_USindia_nucs.mp3#When:3:23:08PM FCNL is joining with the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and hundreds of other national and local organizations to make a major lobbying push for renewal of the VRA this month. Urge your representative to support and push for immediate action on the Voting Rights Act. Thursday, 6 Jul 2006 15:44:17 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/voting_rights070606.mp3#When:3:44:17PM The Supreme Court's ruling on the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay served as a rebuttal to the administrations attempts of skew the balance of power. It is now Congress's turn to take back it's authority. Write a letter to the editor advocating the restoration of a balance of powers. Wed, 5 Jul 2006 16:28:17 http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/2jun06gitmo.mp3#When:16:28:08AM The Senate is considering legislation that would allow the president to continue the NSA's domestic spying program with no accountability or oversight. Tell Congress to protect the balance of powers and your rights. Tues, 27 Jun 2006 10:28:17 EST http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/spying22jun06.mp3#When:10:31:08AM Religious leaders from across the faith spectrum today joined Nobel laureates Jimmy Carter and Elie Wiesel in a call for the U.S. government to abolish torture, without exceptions. Tues, 13 Jun 2006 16:56:00 EST http://www.fcnl.org/audio/podcasts/torture13jun06.mp3#When:4:56:08PM Tell Congress that war with Iran is not the answer. Friday, 9 June 2006 14:28:35 EST Encourage Congress to increase the corporate average fuel economy to help the U.S. kick its addiciton to oil. Friday, 2 June 2006 17:46:35 EST Thank your members of Congress for adopting the Iraq STEP proposal and ask them to take the next step for peace in Iraq. Friday, 25 May 2006 14:46:35 EST The administration is asking Congress to approve an "India exception" to existing U.S. laws that ban nuclear collaboration with countries that refuse to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Urge your members of Congress to reject any efforts to undermine U.S. and international laws that prevents the spread of nuclear weapons. Weak control of nuclear technology puts everyone at risk. Friday, 19 May 2006 11:46:35 EST Each week brings new information that the president, without authorization from Congress, has authorized the National Security Agency to monitor telephone calls, and collect information on emails and faxes. Urge your senators not to legislate new surveillance powers outside of the oversight of the courts and Congress. Friday, 11 May 2006 2:46:35 EST The full Senate last week approved an amendment offered by Sen. Joseph Biden (DE) that is intended to prevent the U.S. from establishing permanent military bases in Iraq and states that the U.S. should not control Iraqi oil resources. Friday, 5 May 2006 10:45:35 EST Thanks to you phone calls an amendment has been introduced calling for no permanent bases in Iraq. Call your senators and encourage them to support this amendment. Friday, 28 Apr 2006 10:45:35 EST Call in and tell your senator to join the House in challenging the direction of U.S. policy in Iraq Thurs, 21 Apr 2006 05:01:35 GMT Momentum is building for a change in U.S. policy toward Iraq. Use Congress's Spring Recess to urge your senators to act. Tues, 11 Apr 2006 05:01:35 GMT Help shift the balance in federal spending. Call your representative and tell them to move spending from weaponry to human needs. Thurs, 06 Apr 2006 05:01:35 GMT