S. 470 — 110th Congress
A bill to express the sense of Congress on Iraq.
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Latest action
Feb 5, 2007Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed was not invoked [Record Vote Number 44] entered in Senate. (consideration: CR S1566-1567)
CRS summary
As of Jan 31, 2007Introduced in Senate
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Senate disagrees with the plan to augment our forces in Iraq by 21,500 and urges the President to consider all options for achieving the strategic goals set forth below; (2) the Senate believes the United States should continue operations in Anbar province, specifically for the purpose of combating an insurgency, including Al Qaeda associated elements, and denying terrorists a safe haven; (3) the Senate believes a failed state in Iraq would present a threat to regional and world peace, and the long-term U.S. security interests are best served by an Iraq that can govern and defend itself and serve as an ally in the war against extremists; (4) Congress should not take any action that will endanger U.S. military forces in the field, including the elimination or reduction of funds for such troops; (5) the primary objective of U.S. strategy in Iraq should be to encourage Iraqi leaders to make political compromises that will strengthen the unity government and lead to security improvements; (6) the military part of this strategy should focus on maintaining Iraq's territorial integrity, denying international terrorists a safe haven, conducting counterterrorism operations, promoting regional stability, supporting Iraqi efforts to bring greater security to Baghdad, and training and equipping Iraqi forces; (7) U.S. military operations should, as much as possible, be confined to these goals and should charge the Iraqi military with the primary mission of combating sectarian violence; (8) the military Rules of Engagement for this plan should reflect this delineation of responsibilities and the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff should clarify the command and control arrangements in Baghdad; (9) the U.S. government should transfer necessary military equipment to the Iraqi military; (10) the U.S. government should engage selected nations in the Middle East to develop a regional, internationally sponsored peace-and-reconciliation process for Iraq; (11) the Administration should provide regular updates to Congress; and (12) our overall military, diplomatic, and economic strategy should not be regarded as open-ended but rather as a new strategy conditioned upon the Iraqi government's meeting delineated benchmarks agreed to by the Iraqi Prime Minister.
Amends the United States Policy in Iraq Act to require the President to report monthly to Congress respecting specified aspects of U.S. policy and military operations in Iraq until U.S. combat troops are redeployed from Iraq.
Congressional Research Service, via api.congress.gov (public domain)
Roll-call votes
1 on recordFeb 5, 2007 · On the Cloture Motion
Full roll call47 of 100 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 49: 25 D · 1 I · 1 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| INOUYE, Daniel Ken | HI |
| LAUTENBERG, Frank Raleigh | NJ |
| WEBB, James H. | VA |
| BINGAMAN, Jesse Francis (Jeff), Jr. | NM |
| FEINGOLD, Russell Dana | WI |
| BYRD, Robert Carlyle | WV |
| DODD, Christopher John | CT |
| BAUCUS, Max Sieben | MT |
| SALAZAR, Kenneth Lee | CO |
| DORGAN, Byron Leslie | ND |
| OBAMA, Barack | IL |
| COLEMAN, Norm | MN |
| CLINTON, Hillary Rodham | NY |
| NELSON, Earl Benjamin | NE |
| BAYH, Evan | IN |
| KERRY, John Forbes | MA |
| KENNEDY, Edward Moore | MA |
| KOHL, Herbert H. | WI |
| LINCOLN, Blanche Lambert | AR |
| AKAKA, Daniel Kahikina | HI |
| CONRAD, Kent | ND |
| BIDEN, Joseph Robinette (Joe), Jr. | DE |
| Mark L. Pryor | AR |
| Barbara Boxer | CA |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE |
| Bill Nelson | FL |
| Tom Harkin | IA |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL |
| Barbara A. Mikulski | MD |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD |
| Carl Levin | MI |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN |
| Claire McCaskill | MO |
| Jon Tester | MT |
| Robert Menendez | NJ |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY |
| Sherrod Brown | OH |
| Ron Wyden | OR |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA |
| Jack Reed | RI |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI |
| Patrick J. Leahy | VT |
| Maria Cantwell | WA |
| Patty Murray | WA |
| John D. Rockefeller, IV | WV |
| Bernard Sanders | VT |
| Susan M. Collins | ME |
Nay — 47: 22 R · 1 D
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| VOINOVICH, George Victor | OH |
| LUGAR, Richard Green | IN |
| STEVENS, Theodore Fulton | AK |
| DOMENICI, Pete Vichi | NM |
| BUNNING, James Paul David | KY |
| BROWNBACK, Sam Dale | KS |
| LIEBERMAN, Joseph I. | CT |
| ENSIGN, John Eric | NV |
| HAGEL, Charles Timothy | NE |
| GREGG, Judd Alan | NH |
| SPECTER, Arlen | PA |
| CRAIG, Larry Edwin | ID |
| THOMAS, Craig Lyle | WY |
| BOND, Christopher Samuel | MO |
| SNOWE, Olympia Jean | ME |
| ALLARD, A. Wayne | CO |
| HUTCHISON, Kathryn Ann Bailey | TX |
| SMITH, Gordon Harold | OR |
| DOLE, Elizabeth Hanford | NC |
| DeMINT, James W. | SC |
| LOTT, Chester Trent | MS |
| BENNETT, Robert Foster | UT |
| WARNER, John William | VA |
| SUNUNU, John E. | NH |
| Harry Reid | NV |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK |
| Jeff Sessions | AL |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL |
| Jon Kyl | AZ |
| Johnny Isakson | GA |
| Saxby Chambliss | GA |
| Chuck Grassley | IA |
| Mike Crapo | ID |
| Pat Roberts | KS |
| Mitch McConnell | KY |
| David Vitter | LA |
| Thad Cochran | MS |
| Richard Burr | NC |
| James M. Inhofe | OK |
| Tom Coburn | OK |
| Lindsey Graham | SC |
| John Thune | SD |
| Bob Corker | TN |
| Lamar Alexander | TN |
| John Cornyn | TX |
| Orrin G. Hatch | UT |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY |
Not Voting — 4: 2 D · 1 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| MARTINEZ, Melquiades R. | FL |
| Mary L. Landrieu | LA |
| Tim Johnson | SD |
| John McCain | AZ |
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