http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/21449FEDERAL, STATE LEGISLATORS OPPOSE PRESIDENT BUSH'S FAILED WAR STRATEGY
Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2007-04-18 18:16. Congress
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senate Democrats and state legislators from across the country will hold a press conference tomorrow to discuss their opposition to President Bush's escalation of the war in Iraq.
Resolutions and letters calling for a change of course in Iraq have been introduced in 29 states and passed in more than a dozen. These state governing bodies join the majority of Americans, bipartisan majorities in both houses of Congress, military experts and the Iraq Study Group in calling for a change course .
WHO:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Senator Ted Kennedy
Hannah Pingree, Majority Leader, Maine House of Representatives
Steve Doherty, former Montana State Senate Minority Leader and co-chair of the Progressive States Network
Donald Betts, Kansas State Senator
WHERE: Russell 188
WHEN: Thursday, April 19, 2007 at 12:30 p.m.