Tell your Senators - Cut the Military Budget and Address Our Real Needs in the NDAA
Senator Dianne Feinstein
SF Office: (415) 393-0707
DC Office: (202) 224-3841
LA Office: (310) 914-7300
Fresno Office: (559) 485-7430
San Diego Office: (619) 231-9712
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Senator Kamala Harris
SF Office: (415) 981-9369
DC Office: (202) 224-3553
Sacramento Office: (916) 448-2787
LA Office: (213) 894-5000
San Diego Office: (619) 239-3884
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Call Script
My name is __________. I am a constituent, and my zip code is _______. I am a member of Indivisible SF.
I strongly urge you to vote "No" on S.4049 the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
At a time when our economy and healthcare system are reeling from the pandemic assault, this Republican-drafted bill increases military-spending rather than cutting it.
It also leaves untouched the 1033 program that militarizes civilian police forces.
Additionally, the bill fails to do anything effective to bring to an end our endless wars, makes no serious effort to hold the Pentagon accountable for how it misspends and wastes our tax-dollars, it ignores the climate crisis, and utterly fails to exert Constitutionally-mandated congressional authority over war-making policy and spending.
Background
On Thursday, the Senate is scheduled to vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which controls more than half of all federal spending. It also impacts (or ignores) important policy issues such police-militarization, nuclear weapons, endless wars, the and the human and economic resources needed to respond to climate crisis, economic collapse, and healthcare in a time of pandemic. Because it is a MUST PASS bill, it provides us a rare chance to actually influence legislation that becomes law. Unfortunately, while they claim that the Senate bill is "bi-partisan," it is in no way a compromise bill. Rather, it is an expression of Trump/Republican priorities and values. We must urge our two senators to oppose this atrocious bill.