Call Now-Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act in House Today
The US Campaign has just learned that the House of Representatives will vote today on S.2370, the Senate version of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act. <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:s2370es.txt.pdf> The Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act imposes draconian economic and diplomatic sanctions against the Palestinian people for exercising their right to vote in legislative elections earlier this year. Call the House Switchboard NOW at 202-224-3121 or get contact info for your Representative by clicking here <http://www.house.gov/>. Tell your Representative to vote NO today on the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act. BACKGROUND: On May 23, the House passed a harsher version of the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act, H.R.4681. The Senate then passed its own version of the bill-S.2370--one month later on June 23. Since then, the bill has been stalled. A bill passed with different versions in the House and Senate must be reconciled by conference before it can be sent to the President for signature into law. Instead of reconciling the bills in conference, the House will instead vote today to pass the Senate version of the bill so that it can be sent to the President for signature into law before the 109th Congress recesses. You can help prevent this bill from becoming law by calling the House Switchboard NOW at 202-224-3121 or get contact info for your Representative by clicking here <http://www.house.gov/>. Tell your Representative to vote NO today on the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act. Earlier this year, the US Campaign mobilized more than 340 US-based organizations against the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act. Click here <http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=1188> for more details and talking points on the bill. The proceedings of the House can be viewed live on CSPAN. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
