Pacifist Posse

20 February 2007

Department of Peace

Filed under: News — John Lloyd @ 5:26 am

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
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