VOTE ALERT COUNCIL FOR A LIVABLE WORLD June 10, 2015 The Senate is slated to vote on numerous amendments to the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Bill throughout the week. Some amendments reflect a responsible approach to defense spending and national security and are well-deserving of your support. Others reflect rash approaches to national […]
Council: Front and Center – June 6
In this week’s edition: Senate action on the defense authorization bill, Manhattan project turns 70, another NPT RevCon goes by, and the first in our new series of “Two Minute Takes.”
Drinan Honoree Senator Chris Murphy
In 2006, when we awarded the very first Father Robert F. Drinan Award to none other than Father Drinan himself, a young and courageous new leader was just getting his start. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, was elected to the House of Representatives in 2006 largely due to his strong opposition to President Bush’s […]
Drinan Honoree Representative Keith Ellison
Some members of Congress are still looking for ways to kill ongoing negotiations to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran and instead begin dropping bombs. Not Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)—he offered an amendment to the defense budget bill stating it could not be construed to authorize force against Iran. It passed. But many in the House also voted […]
Drinan Honoree Laura Rozen
As we stand (hopefully) near the end of a long journey toward a final deal with Iran, it’s only fitting to honor someone who has been there from the start. Laura Rozen was the reporter to first break the story about the Iran nuclear talks through a secret channel over two years ago, back when […]
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