PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 0 - 97. Record Vote Number: 43. (consideration: CR S1512-1513; text: CR S1512)
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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Jan 24, 2007
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) it is not in the U.S. national interest to deepen its military involvement in Iraq, particularly by increasing the U.S. military presence in Iraq; (2) the primary objective of U.S. strategy in Iraq should be to have the Iraqi political leaders make the political compromises necessary to end the violence in Iraq; (3) greater regional and international support would assist the Iraqis in achieving a political solution and national reconciliation; (4) main elements of U.S. forces in Iraq should transition to helping ensure Iraq's territorial integrity, conduct counterterrorism activities, reduce regional interference in Iraq's internal affairs, and accelerate training of Iraqi troops; (5) the United States should transfer, under an appropriately expedited timeline, responsibility for internal security and halting sectarian violence in Iraq to the government of Iraq and Iraqi security forces; and (6) the United States should engage nations in the Middle East to develop a regional, internationally-sponsored peace and reconciliation process for Iraq.
People & committees
Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] · D–DE
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Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 0 - 97. Record Vote Number: 43. (consideration: CR S1512-1513; text: CR S1512)
Senate roll call 43 · Individual votesMotion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S1233)
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S1232-1233; text: CR S1232-1233)
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S1232)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 12.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden with an amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden with an amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S703-704)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S704)
Introduced in Senate
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