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Key Votes
S Amdt 2898 - Iraq Troop Reduction Amendment - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Maria Cantwell voted Yea (Amendment Vote) on this Amendment.
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Stages
Family
- S Amdt 2087 - Iraq Troop Reduction
- H Amdt 197 - Guantanamo Transfer Plan
- HR 1585 -
- S Amdt 2909 - Time Between Troop Deployments
- S Amdt 2022 - Habeas Corpus for Detainees of the United States
- S Amdt 2898 - Iraq Troop Reduction Amendment
- S Amdt 2934 - Expressing Support for General Petraeus and All Members of the Armed Forces
- S Amdt 2947 - Expressing Support for All Men and Women in the U.S. Armed Forces
- S Amdt 2997 - Expressing the Sense of Congress Regarding Federalism in Iraq
- S Amdt 3017 - Expressing the Sense of Congress Regarding Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
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Amendment - Amendment Rejected (Senate) (47-47) - Sept. 21, 2007(Key vote)
Title: Iraq Troop Reduction Amendment
Vote Result
Yea Votes
Nay Votes
Vote to adopt an amendment to begin reducing the number of U.S. forces in Iraq within 90 days of the enactment of this bill, with the exception of a limited number of U.S. forces to be engaged in targeted counterterrorism, the training of Iraqi forces, and the protection of U.S. personnel and infrastructure.
- Requires the Secretary of Defense to begin reducing the number of U.S. forces in Iraq within 90 days of the enactment of the bill and to complete the transition to a more limited presence within nine months of the enactment of the bill.
- Requires that the missions of U.S. forces remaining in Iraq be limited to:
- Protecting U.S. and Coalition personnel and infrastructure;
- Training, equipping, and providing logistic support to the Iraqi Security Forces; and
- Engaging in targeted counterterrorism operations against al Qaeda, al Qaeda-affiliated groups, and other international terrorist organizations.
- Encourages the appointment of an international mediator in Iraq, under the authority of the United Nations Security Council, to engage political, religious, ethnic, and tribal leaders in Iraq in a political process, in conjunction with "sustained engagement" with the international community to bring stability to Iraq.
NOTE: THIS LEGISLATION NEEDED A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY VOTE TO PASS.
Amendment - Introduced (Senate) - Sept. 20, 2007
Title: Iraq Troop Reduction Amendment
Sponsors
- Carl Levin (MI - D) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Hillary Rodham Clinton (NY - D) (Out Of Office)
- Richard J. 'Dick' Durbin (IL - D)
- Charles T. 'Chuck' Hagel (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Francis 'Jack' Reed (RI - D)
- Gordon Harold Smith (OR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Olympia Jean Snowe (ME - R) (Out Of Office)
