119 members of Congress urge Secretary Clinton to help end LRA violence

In a historic show of support from Congress for Resolve Uganda's policy goals, 119 members of Congress signed letters to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton this month urging her to make ending LRA violence a priority. The letters call on Secretary Clinton to develop a strategy to protect civilians in central Africa from LRA attacks and take action to help permanently prevent future LRA violence. The letters were promoted by over 1,700 people who converged on DC last month as part of the How It Ends Lobby Days, sponsored by Resolve Uganda with its partners at Invisible Children and Enough Project.

With so many signatories from Senators and Members of the House of Representatives, these letters have generated greater interest from Congress than any past initiative focused on ending the war.

Here's more about the two different versions, one in the House and one in the Senate:

• The Senate version of the letter (download it here), circulated by Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Sam Brownback (R-KS), was signed by 23 Senators. The letter received broad bipartisan support, as well as the endorsement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate's subcommittee on Africa. 

• The House version of the letter (download it here), circulated by Reps. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Ed Royce (R-CA), has been signed by a bipartisan group of over 90 Representatives, and was sent to Secretary Clinton on July 14. It is similar to the Senate version, but draws more specific attention to the need to apprehend Joseph Kony if he continues refusing peaceful disarmament. The signatories include the top Democrats and Republicans on the Foreign Affairs committee and Africa subcommittee.

See the full list of Senate and House signatories below:

Senate:

Sam Brownback (KS), Russell D. Feingold (WI), Johnny Isakson (GA), James M. Inhofe (OK), Barbara Boxer (CA), Maria Cantwell (WA), Christopher S. Bond (MO), Joe Lieberman (CT), Blanche Lincoln (AR), Mary Landrieu (LA), Jeff Bingaman (NM), Michael Enzi (WY), Ted Kaufman (DE), Olympia Snowe (ME), Ted Kennedy (MA), Barbara Mikulski (MD), Ron Wyden (OR), Roland W. Burris (IL), Benjamin L. Cardin (MD), Mark Udall (CO), Sheldon Whitehouse (RI), Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ), Kay Hagan (NC) 

House:

Jim McGovern (MA),Ed Royce (CA), Ed Markey (MA), Adam Schiff (CA), Sam Farr (CA), Luis Gutierrez (IL), Howard Coble (NC), Mazie Hirono (HI), Gwen Moore (WI), Lois Capps (CA), Mac Thornberry (TX), Patrick Tiberi (OH), Leonard Lance (NJ), Jerry Moran (KS), Carolyn Maloney (NY), James Oberstar (MN), Jim Moran (VA), Adam Smith (WA), Jim Costa (CA), Bob Filner (CA), Frank Wolf (VA), Betty McCollum (MN), Dennis Moore (KS), Keith Ellison (MN), Mike McIntyre (NC), Zach Wamp (TN), Raul Grijalva (AZ), Ken Calvert (CA), David Price (NC), Jan Schakowsky (IL), John Yarmuth (KY), Brad Sherman (CA), Michael Conaway (TX), Michael Capuano (MA), Jim McDermott (WA), Sheila Jackson Lee (TX), Dennis Kucinich (OH), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Chaka Fattah (PA), Donald Payne (NJ), Hank Johnson (GA), Gerry Connolly (VA), Fred Upton (MI), Andre Carson (IN), Vernon Ehlers (MI), Robert Brady (PA), Joe Courtney (CT), Jim Gerlach (PA), Christopher Murphy (CT), Neil Abercrombie (HI), John Lewis (GA), Rush Holt (NJ), John Olver (MA), Bob Inglis (SC), Donna Edwards (MD), Richard Neal (MA), Rodney Frelinghuysen (NJ), Spencer Bachus (AL), Tim Bishop (NY), Jerry McNerney (CA), Henry Waxman (CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL), Howard Berman (CA), Chellie Pingree (ME), Rosa DeLauro (CT), Stephen Lynch (MA), Allyson Schwartz (PA), Chris Smith (NJ), John Tierney (MA), Cynthia Lummis (WY), Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ), Duncan Hunter (CA), Dan Boren (OK), Vic Snyder (AR), Bill Posey (FL), Barney Frank (MA), Albio Sires (NJ), John Boozman (AR), Mary Jo Kilroy (OH), Lynn Woolsey (CA), Brad Miller (NC), Anna Eshoo (CA), Susan Davis (CA), Eliot Engel (NY), Shelley Berkley (NV), Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX), Steve Rothman (NJ), Barbara Lee (CA), Niki Tsongas (MA), Maxine Waters (CA), Todd Akin (MO), Jeff Fortenberry (NE),  Michael Michaud (ME), Bart Gordon (TN), David Wu (OR), Charles A. Gonzalez (TX)