Eletters

Keep Oregon's National Guard in Oregon

Start Date:	Apr 08, 2009	Direct Goal Amount: 1000 signatures Thanks to you, we’re at 186 or 19% →
End Date:	Jun 30, 2009
Goal Amount:	1000
Current Amount:	186
Sponsor:	Oregon PeaceWorks
Tags:	constitution , oregon national guard , Peace & Peacemaking , Veterans & Military
Description:

Ask Your Legislator to Vote to Keep Oregons National Guard in Oregon

This E-letter is part of the effort to keep the Oregon National Guard from being deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. After a spirited hearing before the House Rules Committee on two of our bills HB 2556-1 and HR 4, the Chair of the Rules Committee has told us that he will hold a work session on the bills (which is the next step) only if we can tell him that we have enough votes (31) lined up to pass the bill.

Thus we are asking everyone to send this letter to both your state representative and your state senator. We would also really appreciate your sending this information and the E-letter URL on to your own network as well. If you receive a committed response from a legislator, please let us know.

1. Information	2. Confirmation	3. Action

Please use the form below to add your personal information to the eletter to show your support (privacy policy).

» The required fields are marked with a red asterisk (*)

Instructions

Ask Your Legislator to Vote to Keep Oregons National Guard in Oregon

If you know your representative and senator's name, you can select it from the list. If not, use the lookup tool to find out by entering your zip code. It's best to customize the message, preferably by adding your own material before the first paragraph.

Since the bills are currently pending in both the House and Senate Rules Committees, we also hope you will consider sending emails to the members of the House and Senate Rules committees as well:

House Rules Committee
Chair: Representative Arnie Roblan (House District 9/Coos Bay): 503-986-1409 rep.arnieroblan@state.or.us
Vice-Chair: Representative Vicki Berger (HD20-Salem): 503-986-1420 rep.vickiberger@state.or.us
Representative Tobias Read (HD27-Beaverton): 503-986-1427
Rep.TobiasRead@state.or.us
Representative Mary Nolan (HD36-Portland): 503-986-1900
rep.marynolan@state.or.us
Representative Bill Garrard (HD56-Klamath Falls): 503-986-1456
rep.billgarrard@state.or.us
Representative Bob Jenson (HD58-Pendleton): 503-986-1458
rep.bobjenson@state.or.us
Representative Sara Gelser (HD16-Corvallis): 503-986-1416
rep.saragelser@state.or.us

Senate Rules Committee
Chair: Senator Richard Devlin (Senate District 19/Tualatin): 503-986-1719
Vice-Chair: Sen. Ted Ferrioli, (SD30-John Day): 503-986-1730
Sen. Jason Atkinson (SD2-Grants Pass): 503-986-1702
Sen. Ginny Burdick (SD18-Portland), 503-986-1718
Sen. Rick Metsger (SD26-Welches), 503-986-1726

Speaker of the House, Representative Dave Hunt (House District
40/Gladstone): 503-986-1200; rep.davehunt@state.or.us

President of the Senate, Senator Peter Courtney (Senate District 11/Salem): 503-986-1600

Choose Recipient

Click to look up your representatives. Then select them in the list below.

State Senator Jeff Kruse (R-OR 1^st)

State Senator Jason Atkinson (R-OR 2^nd)

State Senator Alan C Bates (D-OR 3^rd)

State Senator Floyd Prozanski (D-OR 4^th)

State Senator Joanne Verger (D-OR 5^th)

State Senator Bill Morrisette (D-OR 6^th)

State Senator Vicki L Walker (D-OR 7^th)

State Senator Frank Morse (R-OR 8^th)

State Senator Fred Girod (R-OR 9^th)

State Senator Jackie Winters (R-OR 10^th)

State Senator Peter Courtney (D-OR 11^th)

State Senator Brian Boquist (R-OR 12^th)

State Senator Larry George (R-OR 13^th)

State Senator Mark Hass (D-OR 14^th)

State Senator Bruce Starr (R-OR 15^th)

State Senator Betsy Johnson (D-OR 16^th)

State Senator Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR 17^th)

State Senator Ginny Burdick (D-OR 18^th)

State Senator Richard Devlin (D-OR 19^th)

State Senator Martha Schrader (D-OR 20^th)

State Senator Diane Rosenbaum (D-OR 21^st)

State Senator Margaret Carter (D-OR 22^nd)

State Senator Jackie Dingfelder (D-OR 23^rd)

State Senator Rod Monroe (D-OR 24^th)

State Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson (D-OR 25^th)

State Senator Rick Metsger (D-OR 26^th)

State Senator Chris Telfer (R-OR 27^th)

State Senator Doug Whitsett (R-OR 28^th)

State Senator David Nelson (R-OR 29^th)

State Senator Ted Ferrioli (R-OR 30^th)

State Representative Wayne Krieger (R-OR 1^st)

State Representative Tim Freeman (R-OR 2^nd)

State Representative Ron Maurer (R-OR 3^rd)

State Representative Dennis Richardson (R-OR 4^th)

State Representative Peter Buckley (D-OR 5^th)

State Representative Sal Esquivel (R-OR 6^th)

State Representative Bruce L Hanna (R-OR 7^th)

State Representative Paul Holvey (D-OR 8^th)

State Representative Arnie Roblan (D-OR 9^th)

State Representative Jean Cowan (D-OR 10^th)

State Representative Phil Barnhart (D-OR 11^th)

State Representative Terry Beyer (D-OR 12^th)

State Representative Nancy Nathanson (D-OR 13^th)

State Representative Chris Edwards (D-OR 14^th)

State Representative Andy Olson (R-OR 15^th)

State Representative Sara Gelser (D-OR 16^th)

State Representative Sherrie Sprenger (R-OR 17^th)

State Representative Vic Gilliam (R-OR 18^th)

State Representative Kevin Cameron (R-OR 19^th)

State Representative Vicki Berger (R-OR 20^th)

State Representative Brian Clem (D-OR 21^st)

State Representative Betty Komp (D-OR 22^nd)

State Representative Jim Thompson (R-OR 23^rd)

State Representative Jim Weidner (R-OR 24^th)

State Representative Kim Thatcher (R-OR 25^th)

State Representative Matt Wingard (R-OR 26^th)

State Representative Tobias Read (D-OR 27^th)

State Representative Jeff Barker (D-OR 28^th)

State Representative Chuck Riley (D-OR 29^th)

State Representative David Edwards (D-OR 30^th)

State Representative Brad Witt (D-OR 31^st)

State Representative Deborah Boone (D-OR 32^nd)

State Representative Mitch Greenlick (D-OR 33^rd)

State Representative Chris Harker (D-OR 34^th)

State Representative Larry Galizio (D-OR 35^th)

State Representative Mary Nolan (D-OR 36^th)

State Representative Scott Bruun (R-OR 37^th)

State Representative Chris Garrett (D-OR 38^th)

State Representative Bill Kennemer (R-OR 39^th)

State Representative Dave Hunt (D-OR 40^th)

State Representative Carolyn Tomei (D-OR 41^st)

State Representative Jules Bailey (D-OR 42^nd)

State Representative Chip Shields (D-OR 43^rd)

State Representative Tina Kotek (D-OR 44^th)

State Representative Michael Dembrow (D-OR 45^th)

State Representative Ben Cannon (D-OR 46^th)

State Representative Jefferson Smith (D-OR 47^th)

State Representative Mike Schaufler (D-OR 48^th)

State Representative Nick Kahl (D-OR 49^th)

State Representative Greg Matthews (D-OR 50^th)

State Representative Brent Barton (D-OR 51^st)

State Representative Suzanne VanOrman (D-OR 52^nd)

State Representative Gene Whisnant (R-OR 53^rd)

State Representative Judy Stiegler (D-OR 54^th)

State Representative George Gilman (R-OR 55^th)

State Representative Bill Garrard (R-OR 56^th)

State Representative Greg Smith (R-OR 57^th)

State Representative Bob Jenson (R-OR 58^th)

State Representative John E Huffman (R-OR 59^th)

State Representative Cliff Bentz (R-OR 60^th)

Compose Message

Subject*

Message*

Please customize your message.

There are only a few weeks left before about half of Oregon's National Guard force will be deployed to Iraq.  7,200 Oregonians signed a petition in support of legislation that would keep the Guard in service to Oregon when there is not a valid Congressional authorization for a federal call up.  HB 2556-1, HR 4 and SR 1 have been introduced and now have significant bi-partisan support in the House and the Senate.

The Oregon National Guard should not be deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan because:

1.  Such a deployment may not be legal. I believe the Authorizations for the Use of Military Force currently in place are either expired or over-broad.

2.  The deployment of 3,500 Oregon Guard troops would have a detrimental impact on our state's economy.  Both the loss of their income and post-deployment medical support are direct costs to the state.

3.  Deployment of Guard troops and their equipment undermines the Guard's ability to protect the people and property of Oregon.  All 12 of our Blackhawk helicopters are already gone.

4.  Oregon has already paid a steep price in lives and treasure for a conflict that was unnecessary.  Post-deployment incidences of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), spousal and child abuse, divorce, alcoholism, drug addiction, criminal offenses, homelessness and suicide are staggering, and increase alarmingly with multiple deployments.  This will be the 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th deployment for more than 40% of our Guardsmen.

HB 2556-1 simply reaffirms current law, which says that the Guard should serve the state unless called up by valid federal authorizations.  HR 4 and SR 1 contend that the Congressional authorizations for war in Iraq and Afghanistan have now expired, and urge (but do not require) the Governor to withhold deployment for that reason.

We owe it to our troops to make sure that the Oregon Guard's deployment is lawful and required.  As your constituent, I strongly urge your support of HB 2556-1 and HR 4 or SR 1.

Contact Information

First Name*

Last Name*

Street Address 1*

Street Address 2

City*

State*

Zip*+4

- zipcode lookup

Phone

Email*

Email Again*

Send me a copy of my Eletter

Send me updates for this Campaign

Send me your e-newsletter

Send me infrequent site alerts (2-4 a year)

Send me notice of new campaigns

Send me infrequent notices of national initiatives (2-4 a year)

Display in public list as "Anonymous"

Recipient Detail

Representative Lookup

1. First, enter your address and then click Validate Address.
2. Next, click Representative Lookup to retrieve your list of representatives.
3. Finally, go back to the recipient list and check the boxes next to the name of each of your representatives, who are listed in order of district.

Address 1
Address 2
City
State
Zip+4*	-

Please verify the following information. To make any corrections, click Previous.

» The required fields are marked with a red asterisk (*)

Eletter Info
Eletter:	Keep Oregon's National Guard in Oregon
Organization:	Oregon PeaceWorks

Contact Info
First Name:
Last Name:
Address:
Address 2:
City:
State:
ZIP+4:	-
Phone:
Email:

Message Review

To:

State Senator Jeff Kruse (R-OR)

State Senator Jason Atkinson (R-OR)

State Senator Alan C Bates (D-OR)

State Senator Floyd Prozanski (D-OR)

State Senator Joanne Verger (D-OR)

State Senator Bill Morrisette (D-OR)

State Senator Vicki L Walker (D-OR)

State Senator Frank Morse (R-OR)

State Senator Fred Girod (R-OR)

State Senator Jackie Winters (R-OR)

State Senator Peter Courtney (D-OR)

State Senator Brian Boquist (R-OR)

State Senator Larry George (R-OR)

State Senator Mark Hass (D-OR)

State Senator Bruce Starr (R-OR)

State Senator Betsy Johnson (D-OR)

State Senator Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)

State Senator Ginny Burdick (D-OR)

State Senator Richard Devlin (D-OR)

State Senator Martha Schrader (D-OR)

State Senator Diane Rosenbaum (D-OR)

State Senator Margaret Carter (D-OR)

State Senator Jackie Dingfelder (D-OR)

State Senator Rod Monroe (D-OR)

State Senator Laurie Monnes Anderson (D-OR)

State Senator Rick Metsger (D-OR)

State Senator Chris Telfer (R-OR)

State Senator Doug Whitsett (R-OR)

State Senator David Nelson (R-OR)

State Senator Ted Ferrioli (R-OR)

State Representative Wayne Krieger (R-OR)

State Representative Tim Freeman (R-OR)

State Representative Ron Maurer (R-OR)

State Representative Dennis Richardson (R-OR)

State Representative Peter Buckley (D-OR)

State Representative Sal Esquivel (R-OR)

State Representative Bruce L Hanna (R-OR)

State Representative Paul Holvey (D-OR)

State Representative Arnie Roblan (D-OR)

State Representative Jean Cowan (D-OR)

State Representative Phil Barnhart (D-OR)

State Representative Terry Beyer (D-OR)

State Representative Nancy Nathanson (D-OR)

State Representative Chris Edwards (D-OR)

State Representative Andy Olson (R-OR)

State Representative Sara Gelser (D-OR)

State Representative Sherrie Sprenger (R-OR)

State Representative Vic Gilliam (R-OR)

State Representative Kevin Cameron (R-OR)

State Representative Vicki Berger (R-OR)

State Representative Brian Clem (D-OR)

State Representative Betty Komp (D-OR)

State Representative Jim Thompson (R-OR)

State Representative Jim Weidner (R-OR)

State Representative Kim Thatcher (R-OR)

State Representative Matt Wingard (R-OR)

State Representative Tobias Read (D-OR)

State Representative Jeff Barker (D-OR)

State Representative Chuck Riley (D-OR)

State Representative David Edwards (D-OR)

State Representative Brad Witt (D-OR)

State Representative Deborah Boone (D-OR)

State Representative Mitch Greenlick (D-OR)

State Representative Chris Harker (D-OR)

State Representative Larry Galizio (D-OR)

State Representative Mary Nolan (D-OR)

State Representative Scott Bruun (R-OR)

State Representative Chris Garrett (D-OR)

State Representative Bill Kennemer (R-OR)

State Representative Dave Hunt (D-OR)

State Representative Carolyn Tomei (D-OR)

State Representative Jules Bailey (D-OR)

State Representative Chip Shields (D-OR)

State Representative Tina Kotek (D-OR)

State Representative Michael Dembrow (D-OR)

State Representative Ben Cannon (D-OR)

State Representative Jefferson Smith (D-OR)

State Representative Mike Schaufler (D-OR)

State Representative Nick Kahl (D-OR)

State Representative Greg Matthews (D-OR)

State Representative Brent Barton (D-OR)

State Representative Suzanne VanOrman (D-OR)

State Representative Gene Whisnant (R-OR)

State Representative Judy Stiegler (D-OR)

State Representative George Gilman (R-OR)

State Representative Bill Garrard (R-OR)

State Representative Greg Smith (R-OR)

State Representative Bob Jenson (R-OR)

State Representative John E Huffman (R-OR)

State Representative Cliff Bentz (R-OR)

From:

Subject:

Please, take a moment to recruit your friends and family to participate in the "Keep Oregon's National Guard in Oregon" Petition campaign.

Take Action

Friend Emails*

(email)

(first name)

(last name)

Your Name*

Your Email*

Subject*

Message*

Site Search

Quick Feeds

Videos

Audio

Images

Books

Websites

Docs

Current Actions

Upcoming Events

Active Campaigns

OregonProgressiveNetwork

Eletters

Keep Oregon's National Guard in Oregon

Recipient Detail