Comments on: Opportunity for real action on behalf of Colombia

By: TimN

TimN — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:09:09 +0000

Update:

The bill made it out of committee, so now everyone can call their representative to ask them to support the funding of Colombian economic and social assistance and protect them if anyone attempts to remove the funding. Here’s a second urgent action from CPT with details:

http://www.cpt.org/urgent_actions/urgent.php

By: Lora

Lora — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:07:22 +0000

With the fairly conservative Republicans, such as Regula, it helps to point out that organizations such as Taxpayers for Common Sense have been opposed to Plan Colombia almost since its inception. (And I’d be happy to track down those letters if anyone wants to see them.) Apparently almost every country is going to get less funding than the Bush administration wanted because the money just isn’t there, but Colombia’s aid is likely to even out significantly between military funds and money for economic development, which is indeed great news.

By: Skylark

Skylark — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:59:09 +0000

If what I’m told is correct, Ralph Regula has a lot of power among the Capitol Hill crowd. He’s the rep for my area.

Tomorrow, when it’s not 2 a.m., I’ll read the other links and decide what to do. I don’t think Mr. Regula would appreciate a call at home at this hour.

By: carl

carl — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:24:22 +0000

Thanks Tim. Made my call, though South Dakota’s lone representative does not sit on the “Appropriate Committee” (does that mean she’s inappropriate?).