Department of Peace
As he has done in previous sessions of the US Congress, Representative Dennis Kucinich has proposed legislation to establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence in the US government—House of Representatives Bill 808, 5 Feb 2007. Here’s a link to his office’s press release about the bill and here’s one to a PDF of the bill, itself.
Fifty-nine other representatives co-sponsored the bill. Here is a list of the co-sponsors:
- Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3] - 2/14/2007
- Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Carson, Julia [IN-7] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5] - 2/13/2007
- Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] - 2/5/2007
- Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Fattah, Chaka [PA-2] - 2/16/2007
- Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Green, Al [TX-9] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] - 2/13/2007
- Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 2/13/2007
- Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Honda, Michael M. [CA-15] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [OH-11] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [MI-13] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Lewis, John [GA-5] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] - 2/5/2007
- Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] - 2/13/2007
- Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 2/5/2007
- Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Moran, James P. [VA-8] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] - 2/14/2007
- Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1] - 2/13/2007
- Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-15] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Scott, Robert C. [VA-3] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. [CA-10] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Towns, Edolphus [NY-10] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Wu, David [OR-1] - 2/5/2007
- Rep Wynn, Albert Russell [MD-4] - 2/5/2007