STENY HOYER: DON'T HELP GOP PUSH FOR IRAN WAR
The Huffington Post [1] reports that House Democratic whip Steny Hoyer, the #2 House Democrat, has been in talks with House Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor on introducing a bill that could sabotage President Obama's diplomatic engagement with Iran. As the White House [2], the Senate Democratic leadership [3], and the U.S. intelligence community [4] have said, blowing up diplomacy with Iran would put the U.S. on a path to war.
Steny Hoyer must answer a basic question: "Which side are you on?" Is he with the President and diplomacy, or is he with the Republicans and war?
Tell Steny Hoyer to back the President’s diplomacy with Iran and stop helping GOP efforts to promote war by signing our petition to Hoyer and the House Democratic leadership:
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/hoyer_sabotage
Thanks for all you do to help defend diplomacy and prevent war,
Robert Naiman, Megan Iorio, and Chelsea Mozen
Just Foreign Policy
References:
1. “Debbie Wasserman Schultz Privately Urging House Democrats To Oppose New Iran Sanctions,” Ryan Grim and Jennifer Bendery, Huffington Post, January 16, 2014, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/debbie-wasserman-schultz-iran_n_4603058.html
2. “White House to Senate Dems: Your Iran sanctions bill makes war more likely,” Greg Sargent, Washington Post, December 19, 2013, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/12/19/white-house-to-senate-dems-your-iran-sanctions-bill-makes-war-more-likely/
3. “10 Democratic Committee Chairs Warn Menendez's Iran Sanction Bill Could Blow Up Negotiations,” Ryan Grim, Huffington Post, 12/19/2013, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/19/iran-sanctions_n_4475204.html
4. Letter to Harry Reid, Senator Dianne Feinstein et al, December 18, 2013, http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/chairmanletter.pdf