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Friday
Apr192019

Support the nuclear ban Resolution! Call your US House Rep.  

On April 10, James McGovern (D-MA) and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)  of the US House of Representatives introduced a Resolution in Congress embracing the goals of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The Resolution largely follows the policy prescription of the Back from the Brink Campaign, and is an encouraging development alongside the growing list of cities that have endorsed the campaign and joined the ICAN Cities Appeal. Clearly the Trump administration will not sign the TPNW, but, as was the intention all along, the Treaty is proving very useful in building a movement in the US for the fundamental change in policy that will lead to the elimination of nuclear weapons. Please call (202-224-3121) or email your Members of Congress and urge them to co-sponsor this Resolution. We are hoping that there will be a companion resolution in the Senate in the near future. More