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National
Key Vote
Iraq Withdrawal Amendment
Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
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 IS AN AMENDMENT TO AN AMENDMENT
NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS.
Official Title of Legislation:
S Amdt 3875 to S Amdt 3874 to HR 2764: To provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq.
Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:samdt3875:
Senate Amendment Vote: 12/18/2007 : Amendment Rejected 24 - 71 (Record Vote Number 437)
NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS.
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell (D-WI)
Cosponsors: Sen. Boxer, Barbara (D-CA)
Sen. Brown, Sherrod (D-OH)
Sen. Clinton, Hillary (D-NY) (out of office)
Sen. Dodd, Christopher (D-CT)
Sen. Durbin, Richard (D-IL)
Sen. Harkin, Thomas (D-IA)
| Sen. Kennedy, Edward Sr. (D-MA) (out of office)
Sen. Kerry, John (D-MA)
Sen. Lautenberg, Frank (D-NJ)
Sen. Leahy, Patrick (D-VT)
Sen. Menendez, Robert (D-NJ)
Sen. Obama, Barack Jr. (D-IL) (out of office)
| Sen. Reid, Harry (D-NV)
Sen. Sanders, Bernard (I-VT)
Sen. Schumer, Charles (D-NY)
Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon (D-RI)
Sen. Wyden, Ron (D-OR)
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