Key Votes
S Amdt 3875 - Iraq Withdrawal Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Edward Kennedy, Sr. voted Yea (Amendment Vote) on this legislation.
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Issues
Note
NOTE: THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO AN AMENDMENT
Stage Details
Amendment - Amendment Rejected (Senate) (24-71) - Dec. 18, 2007 (Key vote)
Title: Iraq Withdrawal Amendment
Vote to adopt an amendment to an amendment to re-deploy troops in Iraq within 90 days, with the exception of those troops needed for temporary purposes to conduct targeted operations against al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations, to provide security for U.S. government personnel, to provide training to members of the Iraqi Security Forces who have not been involved in attacks against the U.S. Armed Forces, or to provide training and equipment to members of the U.S. Armed Forces to maintain and improve their safety and security.
NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS.
Sponsors
- Russell D. 'Russ' Feingold (WI - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Barbara Boxer (CA - D)
- Sherrod C. Brown (OH - D)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher J. 'Chris' Dodd (CT - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin (IL - D)
- Thomas 'Tom' Harkin (IA - D)
- Edward M. 'Ted' Kennedy Sr. (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Forbes Kerry (MA - D) (Out Of Office)
- Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ - D)
- Patrick J. Leahy (VT - D)
- Robert 'Bob' Menendez (NJ - D)
- Barack Hussein Obama II (IL - D) (Out Of Office)
- Harry M. Reid (NV - D)
- Bernard 'Bernie' Sanders (VT - I)
- Charles E. 'Chuck' Schumer (NY - D)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI - D)
- Ron Wyden (OR - D)
