Senior Fellow John Isaacs spoke with CQ about the process behind the Senate’s National Defense Authorization Act floor debate. “Instead, the Senate will hold a shadow debate with few — or more likely zero — serious votes and virtually total avoidance of substantive policy-making. Instead, Republicans and Democrats will come together on the lowest common […]
Council One Of 64 Organizations to Tell Congress: Halt a March to War with Iran
In light of President Trump and John Bolton’s dangerous escalations against Iran and a forthcoming intelligence briefing on Capitol Hill this afternoon, more than 60 organizations sent a letter calling on Congress to pass legislation to halt a march to war with Iran. The full text of the letter is below. To: Members […]
Council Joins Organizations Across Political Spectrum to Decry Increasing Pentagon Spending Caps
Council for a Livable World was proud to join 13 other organizations in urging Members of Congress to vote “no” on H.R. 2021. The full text of the letter follows: April 8, 2019 We are writing as a coalition of groups on the left and the right to urge Members of Congress to vote “no” […]
Council joins 41 organizations in signing letter urging repeal of 2001 AUMF
The Council for a Livable World is proud to sign a letter to House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Eliot Engel and Ranking Member Michael McCaul, expressing support for H.R. 1274 repealing the Authorization of Use of Military Force. The bill is intended to spark discussion on “endless wars.” The bill, proposed by Rep. Barbara Lee, […]
Executive Director John Tierney: Trump Budget is ‘Shameful’
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (MARCH 11 ,2019 — WASHINGTON) Council for a Livable World Executive Director labeled President Trump’s new Fiscal Year 2020 military budget request of $750 billion outrageously high and unambiguously based on politics rather than military need. The new request is a $34 billion increase from the total enacted in Fiscal Year 2019. Council […]
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