E-News: Cluster Bombs Movie, Spying Vote, and More Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:34:17 -0500 (CDT) E-News: Cluster Bombs Movie, Spying Vote, and More *Grassroots Tip: "Bombies" Movie Makes Case Against Cluster Bombs* In the 1970s, the U.S. "secretly" dropped cluster bombs on Laos, leaving the landscape littered with millions of unexploded bombs that are still killing people today. The documentary "Bombies" tells this story. * Watch clips from the movie on the Mennonite Central Committee's website: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/IVKPHNHASK/1356499976/. * Find out more about the movie and the story behind it: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/EELUHNHASL/1356499976. * For more organizing tips, contact FCNL at: field@FCNL.org *Report Back: Did Your Members of Congress Vote for Spying?* Find out if your representative or senators voted in early August to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, giving the government access to email and telephone communications without a warrant: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/DKIGHNHASM/1356499976 http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/KTIRHNHASN/1356499976 *Iraq: Congress Takes Little Action Before Recess* Lobbyist Jim Fine outlines why Congress postponed significant legislative action on Iraq until after Labor Day and discusses prospects for action in September in this recent update sent to subscribers to FCNL's Iraq email list: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/HDLVHNHASO/1356499976. To stay up-to-date on efforts to end the Iraq war and on what is happening in the region, sign up to receive these bi-weekly updates: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/EPJAHNHASP/1356499976 . *From the Hill: Support Health Care for Children* The House and Senate have both voted to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which helps pay the health insurance premiums for millions of children in low-income families. Find out what steps remain before the SCHIP program receives final congressional approval and what you can do to make sure that children helped by the program continue to have health insurance:http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/DARBHNHASQ/1356499976. *In the News: Parade Magazine Asks, Do We Need New Nukes?* Last Sunday the 32 million households that receive Parade magazine in their Sunday paper were asked to join the debate on new nuclear weapons. Read the article and leave a comment about whether a nuclear-free world should be our goal: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/GUUMHNHASR/1356499976. *War is Not the Answer Photo of the Week* George and Jean Rogers from Juneau, Alaska: photo: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/ABWMHNHASS/1356499976 _______________________________________ The Next Step for Iraq: Join FCNL's Iraq Campaign, http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/KUHMHNHAST/1356499976 Congress and the Administration: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/NSGZHNHASU/1356499976 FCNL publications and "War is Not the Answer" campaign bumper stickers and yard signs: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/ARQZHNHASV/1356499976/ http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/CIUNHNHASW/1356499976 to FCNL: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/JRVPHNHASX/1356499976 or update your information to this list: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/IJSQHNHASY/1356499976/. To unsubscribe from this list, please see the end of this message.Subscribe to other FCNL legislative, policy, and action alert lists: http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/KCUZHNHASZ/1356499976. ________________________________________ Friends Committee on National Legislation 245 Second St. NE, Washington, DC 20002-5795 fcnl@fcnl.org * http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/BWXAHNHATA/1356499976 phone: (202)547-6000 * toll-free: (800)630-1330We seek a world free of war and the threat of war We seek a society with equity and justice for all We seek a community where every person's potential may be fulfilled We seek an earth restored. http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/ODQUHNGZXG/IPEXHNHATB/1356499976 --- If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from us, please visit http://capwiz.com/fconl/lmx/u/?jobid=89233280&queueid=1356499976.