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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Coucilmembers Young, Clarke, Harris
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Bring the Troops Home!
FOR the purpose of joining with city councils and state legislatures across the nation in calling upon the U.S. Congress to fulfill its Constitutional duty by enacting binding legislation to end this war; that we join others in expressing our opposition to the present "surge" strategy; that we call upon the U.S. Congress to limit funding for Iraq to money needed to safely withdraw the troops and to provide comprehensive health care and educational benefits to all soldiers who served in Iraq.
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WHEREAS, The Iraq war has raged now for four years at the cost of 3,100 U.S. soldiers dead, 71 of them from Maryland; over 20,000 have been wounded, many with terrible life-altering disabilities; an estimated 655,000 Iraqis have died and there is no end in sight; and
WHEREAS, The war has cost us $378 billion in tax dollars and President George W. Bush is requesting supplemental appropriations of $93 billion for this year and another $145 billion for next year totaling more than half a trillion dollars to pay for an open-ended occupation; and
WHEREAS, The cost to Maryland taxpayers of this war estimated by the National Priorities Project is $9 billion, enough to provide quality health care for our 800,000 people who lack medical insurance; and the cost to Baltimore ...
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