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UPDATE: On Friday, Feb. 8, Congressman Brian Higgins and Senator Hillary Clinton submitted a letter to President Bush, calling on the administration to strengthen it's diplomatic efforts in Darfur. Thanks to phone calls by citizens like you, 60 Representatives and 16 Senators signed on to this letter!

Thanks to your phone calls over the past week, 18 representatives (listed below) have signed on to Rep. Brian Higgins' letter asking President Bush to strengthen US diplomacy for Darfur.

We are excited to inform you that Sen. Hillary Clinton is now circulating the letter in the Senate. The signing deadline for both letters has been extended to Thursday, Feb. 7.

Call 1-800-GENOCIDE.

Tell your Representative to sign Congressman Higgins' letter and your Senators to sign Sen. Clinton's letter.

Great news! Late last night, the United States Senate unanimously passed the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (PDF). It was a tough fight and opposition to the bill was only overcome after thousands of Americans from all 50 states called and e-mailed their Senators.

Thanks for your work to pass the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act (SADA)! Please help us keep up the fight by contributing to GI-Net.

Last week, the House of Representatives passed House Resolution 422. This resolution calls on the Chinese government to help end the genocide in Darfur. The bill passed unanimously on June 6, 2007, by a vote of 410-0.

Urge your senators to take action!

Co-sponsors are needed for Senate Resolution 203, which calls on the government of China to use its unique influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in Darfur, by encouraging a robust peacekeeping force and effective peace process.

The Sudan Divestment Authorization Act (Senate Bill 831), introduced on March 8, provides federal protection for states that divest from foreign companies funding the genocide in Darfur, Sudan.

This bill comes at a crucial moment when the government of Sudan has refused to allow an expansion of the peacekeeping mission and the violence has spread to eastern Chad and the Central African Republic. It is clear that the United States must increase its pressure on the government of Sudan to end the genocide.

Ask your senators to co-sponsor the Sudan Divestment Authorization Act!

The Genocide Intervention Network has created the first-ever anti-genocide hotline that connects constituents directly with their elected officials for free.

The 110th Congress begins today.

Congress is finished with Darfur work until the beginning of January. Your senators and representative are home in their districts. Now is the perfect time to meet with your elected officials, and tell them that ending the genocide in Darfur is important to you.

Yesterday morning, the United Nations Security Council authorized a UN peacekeeping force to expand from Southern Sudan into Darfur, to replace the African Union peacekeepers who will leave at the end of this month. The resolution asks the government of Sudan to approve the expansion — permission that, to date, Khartoum has not been willing to give.

Congress has not fulfilled its promise. In 2004, the House and Senate unanimously proclaimed that genocide — perpetrated by the government of Sudan — was occurring in D