The Sacramento Coalition to End the War has been holding a "peace-in" at the district office of Rep. Doris Matsui since January 8th. The Coalition of dozens of peace, religious and veterans groups said it will not leave the office until Rep. Matsui publicly commits to vote against any supplemental funding for the war and occupation beyond the $70 billion budgeted for 2007.

Rep. John Conyers of Michigan recently charged that members of Congress who refuse to vote against any new funding for the Iraq war and occupation may not really want the war to end. Rep. Matsui has refused to say she will not vote against new funding, and has only signed on to measures that are non-binding, as Conyers said, or partisan measures sure to be vetoed by the President.

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