Peace Activists to March on Washington Saturday(2/2)

California Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey, who is scheduled to appear at Saturday's rally, said the president's new plan shows he is not listening to the American people even though they made their opinions clear in November's congressional elections.

"On November 7th, the American people spoke and they said we trust Democrats to run this country because they will get us out of Iraq. That was the mandate and it must be heard. We know the president won't hear it ... but the people, the representatives in the Congress must."

Organizers of the peace rally are calling on demonstrators to remain in Washington through the weekend and visit the offices of their members of Congress on Monday, to demand legislation that would end the war. The Senate Armed Forces committee is discussing a nonbinding resolution criticizing the president's plan to send more troops to Iraq, but Tom Andrews, national director of the Win Without War organization, said stronger action is needed.

Congressman Woolsey says she has introduced just such legislation: a binding resolution that would bring troops home, provide a framework to bring stability to Iraq, and fully fund the veterans' health care system.