A faith perspective on arms treaty. from the Atlanta Journal Constitution By Joseph E. Lowery and Jonathan Merritt 6:10 p.m. Tuesday, September 14, 2010We don’t look alike. We don’t talk alike. We don’t vote alike. And, separated in age by…
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Calling about START
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is scheduled to vote on the proposed START treaty this week. Calls to the DC offices of Senators are considered most effective at this point in the process. DC Office phones for key Senators on…
Read more »START in Danger as Senate Delays
(Based on an alert from the Friends Committee on National Legislation and used with permission.) Please contact your Senators and urge them to support START. Recent events have increased concerns that the Senate may fail to ratify this important treaty…
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Our colleagues with the Friends Committee on National Legislation report that Senator John Kerry, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has announced that the committee vote on the START treaty has been delayed until September 15 or 16. This…
Read more »Urge Your Senators to Support the START Treaty and Reduce Nuclear Dangers
We have been encouraging support for the START agreement between the United States and Russia. Here is another take on that topic from our colleagues in the Presbyterian Washington Office History of the START agreement The original START agreement between…
Read more »Where START stands
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a vote on the New START Treaty on Tuesday, August 3 or Wednesday, August 4. This treaty would reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by the United States and Russia.A treaty only…
Read more »New START treaty – where things stand
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is tentatively scheduled to vote on the New START Treaty on Tuesday, July 27. This treaty would reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by the United States and Russia.A treaty only requires a majority…
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