Skip navigation

Tuesday, Feb. 16 Capitol Calling Party: Cutting the Defense Budget with Reps. Barbara Lee and Mark Pocan

On Tuesday, February 16, Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd, and Hanieh Jodat-Barnes will be joined by special guests Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA13) and Mark Pocan (D-WI02), co-chairs of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus!

On the heels of Congress passing a $740 billion military budget, Lee and Pocan will discuss how we can build congressional support for cutting the military budget to fund Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, education, and much more.

A week after introducing an amendment to cut the defense budget by 10%, Pocan and Lee — both members of the House Appropriations Committee — announced in July the creation of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus. The caucus intends to build on the support garnered by the amendment, which received 93 votes in the House in 2020.

Following Lee and Pocan’s talk and Q & A, we will contact members of Congress to share our CODEPINK Guide to Pentagon Cuts and urge them to join the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus. RSVP to receive the Zoom link!

WHEN

-

WHERE

Zoom

CONTACT

Marcy Winograd ·

647 RSVPS Stephen Benson Jon Autiello Alison Takeo David Swanson Laura Gibney Takashi Mizuno Moonis Ally Richard Burrill Carol Gilbert Erich Kuerschner Julia Ganson Marilyn Carlisle Steve Roddy Bill McGrath Mark Cripe Alan Mytty Corazon Fabros Kay Brown

DIVEST CONGRESS PARTY

Who's RSVPing

  • ann signed 1400 days ago

  • Susan signed 1400 days ago

  • Îzvara signed 1400 days ago

  • Sue signed 1400 days ago

  • JoAnne signed 1400 days ago

  • Julie signed 1400 days ago

  • Shea signed 1400 days ago

  • Florence signed 1400 days ago

  • Stephanie signed 1400 days ago

  • Eileen signed 1400 days ago

  • Marie signed 1400 days ago

  • Ko signed 1400 days ago

  • Neal signed 1400 days ago

  • Betty signed 1400 days ago

  • Arlene Tolopko signed 1400 days ago

  • Merriam signed 1400 days ago

  • Susan signed 1400 days ago

  • Linval signed 1400 days ago

  • Xun signed 1400 days ago

  • Marsha signed 1400 days ago

  • Frances Yasmeen signed 1400 days ago

  • wendy signed 1400 days ago

  • James signed 1400 days ago

  • Dana signed 1400 days ago

  • jan signed 1400 days ago

  • Chris signed 1400 days ago

  • Rena signed 1400 days ago

  • Lewis signed 1400 days ago

  • Benjamin signed 1400 days ago

  • erin signed 1400 days ago

Can we count you in?

Add to Calendar 16-02-2021 20:00:00 16-02-2021 21:00:00 America/New_York Tuesday F16 Capitol Calling Party On Tuesday, February 16, Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd, and Hanieh Jodat-Barnes will be joined by special guests Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA13) and Mark Pocan (D-WI02), co-chairs of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus! On the heels of Congress passing a $740 billion military budget, Lee and Pocan will discuss how we can build congressional support for cutting the military budget to fund Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, education, and much more. A week after introducing an amendment to cut the defense budget by 10%, Pocan and Lee — both members of the House Appropriations Committee — announced in July the creation of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus. The caucus intends to build on the support garnered by the amendment, which received 93 votes in the House in 2020. Following Lee and Pocan’s talk and Q & A, we will contact members of Congress to share our CODEPINK Guide to Pentagon Cuts and urge them to join the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus. RSVP to receive the Zoom link! Zoom Marcy Winograd [email protected]