Bill 3545, designed to keep the Barnwell nuclear waste site open to the whole country, was reluctantly passed out of the Environmental Affairs Subcommittee on 3/21/07. The bill will go before the full Agricultural committee at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday 3/28/07 in room 410 of the Blatt building located on the State House grounds.

Your phone calls in the next 48 hours could stop the administration from rushing into military action against Iran.

Members of Congress from both major political parties are concerned that, given the administration’s track record leading up to the Iraq war, President Bush will authorize military action against Iran. Last week the House leadership designed a legislative provision to require the president to seek congressional authorization before launching a military attack against Iran. They attached that provision to the draft Iraq war supplemental spending bill. The provision would require the administration to make a full, public explanation of the need for war and gain congressional approval before launching new military action against Iran.

But, on Monday, the House leadership deleted the no war with Iran provision from the supplemental funding bill. The congressional leadership is counting votes. Apparently, they believe there is not sufficient support in Congress to approve a bar on military attacks on Iran without congressional approval.