 Congressman Ro Khanna has been pointing out that Trump wants Congress to dump another $150 billion a year into the Pentagon -- even as Trump pretends that his top priority is cutting budgets, and while cutting non-military programs extensively. Khanna has also done something almost unheard of. He has said that he will vote no on the Pentagon budget and has publicly urged his colleagues to vote no. Click here to tell your Representative and Senators to publicly commit to voting No on military spending unless it is reduced, and to join Khanna in publicly urging their colleagues to do the same. Did you know that U.S. military spending is already at $1.7 trillion a year when you include such costs as spending on past wars, interest on debt for past wars, and spending on other nations' militaries?* Did you know that, even without counting those costs, Trump's proposed budget puts over 75% of federal discretionary spending into military and police?  Click here to send this email to your Representative and Senators (and feel free to add your own words): As your constituent, I urge you to publicly commit to voting No on military spending unless it's reduced and to publicly urge your colleagues to do the same. In 2022 the Congressional Progressive Caucus organized members to vote against any “rule” (a procedural vote on whether to have a vote) on the National Defense Authorization Act that included Senator Joe Manchin's dirty oil deal. The oil deal was removed. But no group of Congress Members has ever taken a stand like that to reduce the spending in the "defense" bill. And while your Congress Member may tell you that opposing a rule vote is extreme, no group of Congress Members has ever taken a stand even to vote No on the bill itself unless the spending is reduced. There's a big difference between bragging about having voted No after the fact and committing to vote No (and urging others to do the same) before the vote. Click here to email Congress. | 
