You won’t believe it! Former rivals Barack Obama and John McCain are working together RIGHT NOW to stop wasting money on weapons we don’t need.
The Senator is offering an amendment to stop wasting money on the F-22 fighter jet AND the President has threatened to veto the bill if those same planes are not removed.
The Senate vote could happen any minute, and nobody knows what’s going to happen. Call your Senators RIGHT NOW and ask them to support Sen. McCain and President Obama by voting to end the F-22 and re-invest in things that make us truly strong.
- Find your state’s Senators.
- Call the Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
- Leave a comment below telling us about your calls.
What you can say:
- The F-22 is a waste! The plane has never been flown in combat, but recent reports estimate it costs $44,000 per hour to fly, and $351 million per plane to build.
- Flying the plane for one hour (to fight a Cold War enemy that no longer exists) costs as much as hiring a new teacher for a year
- Even Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz support terminating the F-22 fighter program.
- With so many important priorities facing our nation, we simply can’t afford to keep wasting money on weapons we don’t need.
Call your Senators now and tell them the F-22 has got to go!
UPDATE:
According to the Project on Government Oversight the following Senators are undecided on this issue. If your Senator is listed below please call them now!
Undecided (31)
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
John Barrasso (R-WY)
Michael Bennet (D-CO)
Robert Bennett (R-UT)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Roland Burris (D-IL)
Robert Casey (D-PA)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
Kent Conrad (D-ND)
Bob Corker (R-TN)
Al Franken (D-MN)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Edward Kaufman (D-DE)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Harry Reid (D-NV)
James Risch (R-ID)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
John Rockefeller (D-WV)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Arlen Specter (D-PA)
Mark Warner (D-VA)
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Community Organizers speaks
I am not the President I am just a man who believe in the first amendment of the united State I never want to provoke anger to any one, this subject is about cutting military spending,in my opinion if we pull out of Iraq we could save $10 billion dollar a Month which could go to the health care plan President Obama has a vision,if the Gop would work with him and rid them self of jealousey I am for peace and not war, and joy instad of hate I know young America want peace it will come hold for peace
it take time to do good when some one ease have made it bad, let us tell our President to take his time
and not to worry help is on the way,the econmic turmoil is not over, to President Obama time gat us into this and time will bring us out.we shall over come
the key word is time, sleep wellthe morning will come
America community Organizers
Rev Dr. O.D. Robinson Psy.D