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Campus Outreach

April 30th, 2009 by Ellen Thomas from Proposition One In 2010 Campaign

Campus Outreach Project

Student Questionnaire-Tell us What you Think!
A professional poll showed an astounding percentage (84% of the 1,000-plus constituents polled) want to abolish nuclear weapons. The majority of congressmen and senators have not heard from these people. Students have the ideals, energy, and contacts to make a big difference in encouraging people to write. Since 1994 there has been a bill in Congress which can begin the process of nuclear disarmament and economic conversion of the war machines. It’s important that people know about it. We hope to encourage as many student activists as possible to help with an intensive Lobbying campaign that will reach every voting district in the country.


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Voter Initiatives

April 30th, 2009 by Ellen Thomas from Proposition One In 2010 Campaign

INTRODUCTION

PROPOSITION ONE
WHAT IS IT?
The Proposition One Committee of Washington D.C. would like to introduce you to an idea whose time has come.

Proposition One is a grassroots campaign for global nuclear disarmament and economic conversion – using the billions of dollars saved to retool, retrain nuclear weapons industries, and provide for human needs, such as housing, health care, education, agriculture, environmental restoration, and alternative energy.

The horrible hidden history of nuclear accidents, radiation tests, criminally negligent waste disposal, of nuclear explosions and stockpiles, is slowly coming to light, thanks to whistleblowers inside government and out. But the information will be meaningless unless it leads us to a profound revision of policy.


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Lobby Congress

April 30th, 2009 by Ellen Thomas from Proposition One In 2010 Campaign

EZ LOBBY
Call and Write Congress!

Call, Write, and E-Mail U.S. Representatives
asking they co-sponsor HR-1653!
Ask U.S. Senators to introduce similar legislation!
Write the President! And the U.N. Nuclear Powers!
Send Letters to Editors!
Sign Online Petition!

The Congressional Switchboard is 202-225-3121. Toll-free: 866-220-0044 or 800-833-6354

The postal address for any member of Congress:

Representative (Name)
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington DC 20515
or
Senator (Name)
U.S. Senate, Washington DC 20510

IMPORTANT CURRENT AND PAST LEGISLATION

* Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act by DC’s Congresswoman, Eleanor Homes Norton

* Rep. Woolsey’s Nuclear Disarmament Convention Resolution (H.Res. 82)

* Rep. Markey’s Stockpile Stewardship Resolution – H.Res. 74


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Livermore Lab Watchdogs Head to Washington, D.C. to Press Policymakers for Major Changes at Livermore Lab

April 28th, 2009 by TVC Administrator from Press Room

A seven-member team from the Livermore, CA-based Tri-Valley CAREs will visit Washington, DC from April 26 through 29 to meet with members of Congress and Obama Administration officials to press for more funding for radioactive waste cleanup at nuclear weapons facilities. The increased spending would be offset by cuts in weapons programs and reactor subsidies.

The Tri-Valley CAREs delegation will be working with colleagues from more than a dozen other states who are participating in the 21st annual Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) “DC Days.”  The activists will meet with Senators and Representatives from California, leaders of congressional committees that oversee nuclear issues, and key staff at the Department of Energy and other federal agencies.


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Vice President Biden may lead ratification effort on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

April 8th, 2009 by admin

During President Obama's major nuclear weapons speech this past Sunday he pledged, “To achieve a global ban on nuclear testing, my Administration will immediately and aggressively pursue U.S. ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. After more than five decades of talks, it is time for the testing of nuclear weapons to finally be banned.” Now it looks like he is backing up that statement with action. Administration officials have said they expect President Obama to appoint Vice President Joe Biden to spearhead ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Nuclear testing fuels the arms race and undermines the non-proliferation regime by allowing nations to develop deadlier weapons and enabling new nuclear weapons states to emerge. Additionally, nuclear testing poses serious threats to the environment and our health. US ratification of the CTBT would help strengthen the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and enhance global security.

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