Issue Position: Iraq - Bring Our Troops Home- H.J. Res. 55

Issue Position

Congressman Kucinich worked closely with Republicans Walter Jones and Ron Paul, and with fellow Democrat Neil Abercrombie, to craft the first bipartisan bill to end the war in Iraq and bring our troops home.

The bill would require the President to initiate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq no later than October 2006. This would be 10 months after Iraq completes the final phase of establishing a democratic constitutional government, and giving ample time for training Iraqi security forces to assume the responsibility of defending the country.

Congressman Kucinich has been a leader of the opposition to the war in Iraq. He was the driving force behind Democratic opposition to authorize the invasion of Iraq. But in crafting the bill to end the war, he worked with a Republican and an original supporter of the war. Congressman Jones, from North Carolina, voted to support an invasion of Iraq. Over time, he grew to believe that the war was not justified and the toll was intolerable.

H.J. Res. 55 was introduced on June 15, 2005. In a sign of its significance, news of the bill's introduction was carried prominently in the Washington Post, New York Times, and was a lead story on all the major television news networks. Kucinich, Jones, Abercrombie and Paul continue to work closely to enlist more supporters from both the Republican and Democratic parties.

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