Last week OWR showed up in force to the capital to express our opposition to the extreme partisan maps the GOP were proposing. We were delighted to see that every testimony was in opposition to the rigged GOP maps. Despite the complete opposition to the maps, this week every republican, in the senate, voted in favor of the partisan maps. But we won’t give up the fight, because we don’t quit. We must stand up in continued opposition to these rigged maps. Call your legislator and express your opposition,

Did you know that “because of U.S. government pressure, the governments negotiating the 1992 Kyoto Protocol agreed that emissions generated by military activity would not count as national emissions and would not have to be reported. As a consequence, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which produces one of the world’s most trusted reports on the rate at which climate change is occurring, does not include national military emissions in its calculations.” (streetroots.org)

U.S.’ Military Budget                                         $780 billion

China’s Military Budget                                     $252 billion

Russia’s Military Budget                                    $  61 Billion

2022 Cost of Build Back Better Act                 $175 billion

The Senate will be acting soon on the proposed 2022 military budget. The Interfaith Peace Working Group is asking people of faith in Wisconsin to be Peacemakers by urging Senators Baldwin and Johnson to vote against this enormous military expenditure and to vote for the Build Back Better Act.