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Version 80 · Reported to Senate without amendment · Apr 23, 2008
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Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Iraq's neighbors and other international partners should carry through on previous pledges to provide reconstruction assistance to Iraq; and (2) the United States should consider an Iraq Study Group recommendation to merge U.S. and international reconstruction assistance and Iraqi participants to ensure that projects in Iraq are rapidly and efficiently carried out.
People & committees
Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] · D–PA
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Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text of measure as passed Senate: CR S3728)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text of measure as passed Senate: CR S3728)
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3727-3728; text of measure as reported: CR S3727-3728)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 709.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden without amendment and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Biden without amendment and with an amended preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2320-2321)
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2299-2300)
Introduced in Senate
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