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Expressing the Sense of Congress Regarding Federalism in Iraq

Key Votes:
HR 1585:
  H Amdt 197: Guantanamo Transfer Plan
    S Amdt 2087: Iraq Troop Reduction
    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
    S Amdt 3017: Expressing the Sense of Congress Regarding Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Issues: Foreign Aid and Policy Issues, National Security Issues
Date: 09/26/2007
Sponsor: Sen. Biden, Joseph Jr. (D-DE) (out of office)

Record Vote Number 348

Amendment Adopted
(Senate)
How members voted
(75 - 23)

Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt an amendment that expresses the sense of the Senate that the United States should support a political settlement in Iraq that would create a loose federal system, and that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard should be classified as a terrorist organization.

Highlights:

-Expresses the sense of the Congress that the U.S. should support a federal government in Iraq based on a limited central government by eliciting the international community's support, further encouraging Iraq's neighbors to not contribute to Iraq's instability, and convening a conference where Iraqis may agree on a plan to organize and implement such a federal system.

-Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should urge the Iraqi government to design and implement a law to equitably distribute oil revenues among the regions of Iraq.

-Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should officially designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran as a foreign terrorist organization and assign it to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists.

Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:samdt2997:

Senate Amendment Vote: 09/26/2007 : Amendment Adopted 75 - 23 (Record Vote Number 348)

Sponsor:

Sen. Biden, Joseph Jr. (D-DE) (out of office)

Cosponsors:

Sen. Bingaman, Jeff (D-NM)
Sen. Boxer, Barbara (D-CA)
Sen. Brown, Sherrod (D-OH)
Sen. Brownback, Samuel (R-KS)
Sen. Carper, Thomas (D-DE)
Sen. Feinstein, Dianne (D-CA)

Sen. Hutchison, Kay (R-TX)
Sen. Kerry, John (D-MA)
Sen. Lincoln, Blanche (D-AR)
Sen. Mikulski, Barbara (D-MD)
Sen. Nelson, Bill Sr. (D-FL)
Sen. Reid, Harry (D-NV)

Sen. Salazar, Ken (D-CO) (out of office)
Sen. Schumer, Charles (D-NY)
Sen. Smith, Gordon (R-OR) (out of office)
Sen. Specter, Arlen (D-PA)

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