On Tuesday, Tina barnstormed Congress, interrupting the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing establishing Congress' constitutional right to limit or end the Iraq war. Read/listen to Tina here on NPR and here in NY Times and here on KWTX and here from MFSO.

Starting Wednesday, she will be insisting on meeting with every member of the Senate and House Defense Appropriation Sub-Committees, to push them to cut off funding for the war.

She's asking each of us to contact each of these Senators and Representatives (details at the end of this article) to ask them to meet with this Marine mom and to end funding for the Iraq war.

Also, Tina needs our financial support so that she can stay in DC and keep fighting to defend her son and his comrades and end the war. She is staying with other military families but her budget is running on empty. Details at the end of this article

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If you can make any credit card donation ($20 or $2000 or whatever you can) to help Tina Richards in her struggle — our struggle — to defend her son and end the war, please click on the Donation button at Tina's web site:
http://grassrootsmissouri.org/
which will use Paypal to send your donation directly to her.
If you cannot do this, you can send a check made out to IOW but ear-marked for Tina to:
IOW, 438 N. Skinker, St. Louis 63130
and let us know that it's coming. We will transfer your donation directly to her paypal account.

Please check back at IOW, for updates on this fast-changing mobilization.

Here is the contact information for the members of the House and Senate Defense Appropriations Sub-Committees. You can follow the committee links to send the members emails, but phone calls and faxes will be more effective. Ask them to meet with Marine mom Tina Richards, and to end funding for the Iraq war.

If they agree on the phone to meet Tina and/or have a specific appointment time available, please let her know immediately by text message— do this by sending a short email to 5732478059@cingularME.com, or by TM directly to 573.247.8059.

Senate Defense Appropriations Sub-Committee:
Email addresses at: http://tinyurl.com/3xkzqd
Phone and fax numbers:

Majority Members (Democrats)
Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI) [Chairman] Ph: 202-224-3934, Fx: 202-224-6747
Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) Ph: 202-224-3954, Fx: 202-228-0002
Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) Ph: 202-224-4242, Fx: 202-224-3479
Tom Harkin (D-IA) Ph: 202-224-3254, Fx: 202-224-9369
Byron L. Dorgan (D-ND) Ph: 202-224-2551, Fx: 202-224-1193
Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) Ph: 202-224-2152, Fx: 202-228-0400
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Ph: 202-224-3841, Fx: 202-228-3954
Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD) Ph: 202-224-4654, Fx: 202-224-8858
Herb Kohl (D-WI) Ph: 202-224-5653, Fx: 202-224-9787
Patty Murray (D-WA) Ph: 202-224-2621, Fx: 202-224-0238

Minority Members (Republicans)
Ted Stevens (R-AK) [Ranking Member] Ph: 202-224-3004, Fx: 202-224-2354
Thad Cochran (R-MS) Ph: 202-224-5054, Fx: 202-224-9450
Arlen Specter (R-PA) Ph: 202-224-4254, Fx: 202-228-1229
Pete V. Domenici (R-NM) Ph: 202-224-6621, Fx: 202-228-0900
Kit Bond (R-MO) Ph: 202-224-5721, Fx: 202-224-8149
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Ph: 202-224-2541, Fx: 202-224-2499
Richard C. Shelby (R-AL) Ph: 202-224-5744, Fx: 202-224-3416
Judd Gregg (R-NH) Ph: 202-224-3324, Fx: 202-224-4952
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Ph: 202-224-5922, Fx: 202-224-0776


House Defense Appropriations Sub-Committee:
Email addresses at: http://tinyurl.com/3dlv93
Phone and fax numbers:

John P. Murtha (D-PA) [Chairman] Ph: 202-225-2065, Fx: 202-225-5709
Norman D. Dicks (D-WA) Ph: 202-225-5916, Fx: 202-226-1176
Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN) Ph: 202-225-2461, Fx: 202-225-2493
James P. Moran (D-VA) Ph: 202-225-4376, Fx: 202-225-0017
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) Ph: 202-225-4146, Fx: 202-225-7711
Bud Cramer, Jr. (D-AL) Ph: 202-225-4801, Fx: 202-225-4392
Allen Boyd (D-FL) Ph: 202-225-5235, Fx: 202-225-5615
Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ) Ph: 202-225-5061, Fx: 202-225-5851
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA) Ph: 202-225-3631, Fx: 202-225-2203

Minority Members (Republicans)
C. W. (Bill) Young (R-FL) [Ranking Member] Ph: 202-225-5961, Fx: 202-225-9764
David L. Hobson (R-OH) Ph: 202-225-4324, Fx: 202-225-1984
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) Ph: 202-225-5034, Fx: 202-225-3186
Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) Ph: 202-225-6216, Fx: 202-225-3489
Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) Ph: 202-225-4306, Fx: 202-225-3549
Jack Kingston (R-GA) Ph: 202-225-5831, Fx: 202-226-2269