Berkeley: Congressman Campbell (CA) acts to rescind federal $$ in USMC case

Congressman John Campbell (CA-48) has been lining up co-sponsors for his "Semper Fi Act." The “Semper Fi Act” rescinds all of the funding contained in the Omnibus Appropriations Act for the City of Berkeley, CA, and transfers those funds to the Marines. This is in response to Berkeley ’s City Council recent vote to tell the Marines to close their recruiting station in the city. With this vote, they told the Marines recruiting office is not welcome in our city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruder.

During the meeting, the City Council also voted to give protest group Code Pink a parking space in front of the recruiting office once a week for six months and a free sound permit for protesting once a week. According to the City Council agenda, they "encourage all people to avoid cooperation with the Marine Corps recruiting station, and applaud residents and organizations such as Code Pink, that may volunteer to impede, passively or actively, by nonviolent means, the work of any military recruiting office located in the City of Berkeley ."

Co-sponsors lined up so far are: Duncan Hunter (CA);John Carter (TX); Joe Wilson (SC); Doug Lamborn (CO); Michael Burgess (TX); John Kline (MN); Ted Poe (TX); Dana Rohrabacher (CA); Mike Rogers (MI); Paul Broun (GA); Darrell Issa (CA); Todd Tiahrt (KS); Jim Saxton (NJ); Dan Burton (IN); Mary Fallin (OK); Thaddeus McCotter (MI); Louis Gohmert (TX); Joe Pitts (PA); Wally Herger (CA) Tom Feeney (FL); Patrick McHenry (NC); Trent Franks (AZ).