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December 3rd, 2007 - 30 Senate Democrats Have Voted To Cut Off Funding For Troops In Iraq This Year
SEN. RUSS FEINGOLD (D-WI): “Now Congress Must -- Must Use Its Main Power, The Power Of The Purse, To Put An End To Our Involvement In This Disastrous War.” “Now Congress must -- must use its main power, the power of the purse, to put an end to our involvement in this disastrous war and I am not talking here only about the surge or escalation. It is time to use the power of the purse to bring our troops out of Iraq.” (CNN’s “The Situation Room,” 01/11/07)
SEN. TED KENNEDY (D-MA): “We, I Think, Have A Responsibility To, To End The Funding For That – For The War.” “I must say, if we have a president that is going to effectively defy the American people, going to defy the generals, defy the majority of the Congress of the United States in Republicans and Democrats, then we, I think, have a responsibility to, to end the funding for that--for the war.” (NBC’s “Meet The Press,” 01/21/07)
SEN. CHRIS DODD (D-CT): “The Only Way To Reverse Course In Iraq Is To Demonstrate To The President That It's No Longer Business As Usual--That This Congress Will Not Continue To Support Funding For The President's Failed Strategy, which is needlessly harming our troops and weakening our national security. It is essential that we find a better use for the funds being allocated for the President's surge. … It is time that this Congress moves beyond debating non-binding resolutions about the surge. It is time for the Congress to debate how much longer and under what circumstances we are prepared to support funding for a continued U.S. presence in Iraq.” (Sen. Dodd, Congressional Record, 02/17/07, p. S2187)
SEN. SHERROD BROWN (D-OH): “The Next Step Will Be To Cap The Number Of Troops In Iraq Or To Pass A Bill Saying That Any Additional Monies -- Prohibit Expenditure Of Monies For The Surge For The Extra Troops…” (Sen. Sherrod Brown, Remarks To The Cleveland City Club, 01/30/07)
30 SENATE DEMOCRATS HAVE VOTED TO CUT OFF FUNDS FOR TROOPS IN THE FIELD:
Akaka (D-HI), Biden (D-DE), Boxer (D-CA), Brown (D-OH), Byrd (D-WV), Cantwell (D-WA), Cardin (D-MD), Clinton (D-NY), Dodd (D-CT), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Feinstein (D-CA), Harkin (D-IA), Inouye (D-HI), Kennedy (D-MA), Kerry (D-MA), Klobuchar (D-MN), Kohl (D-WI), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Leahy (D-VT), Menendez (D-NJ), Mikulski (D-MD), Murray (D-WA), Obama (D-IL), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV), Schumer (D-NY), Stabenow (D-MI), Whitehouse (D-RI), and Wyden (D-OR).
** Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Also Voted To Cut Off Funds And Is Not Included In The Total Number Of Democrats
May 16, 2007: TWENTY-EIGHT Democrats Vote FOR The Reid/Feingold Resolution
S.AMDT. 1098 KEY PROVISION: “PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.--No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under any provision of law may be obligated or expended to continue the deployment in Iraq of members of the United States Armed Forces after March 31, 2008.” (S.Amdt.1098, Roll Call Vote #167, Cloture Motion Rejected 29-67; R 0-48; D 28-19; I 1-1, 05/16/07)
September 20, 2007: TWENTY-SEVEN Democrats Vote FOR Reid/Feingold Resolution
S.AMDT.2924 KEY PROVISION: “Use of Funds.--No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under any provision of law may be obligated or expended to continue the deployment in Iraq of members of the United States Armed Forces after June 30, 2008.” (S.Amdt.2924, Roll Call Vote #345, Cloture Motion Rejected 28-70; R 0-49; D 27-20; I 1-1, 09/20/07)
October 3, 2007: TWENTY-SEVEN Democrats Vote FOR The Reid/Feingold Resolution
S.AMDT.3164 KEY PROVISION: “Use of Funds.—No funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be obligated or expended to continue the deployment in Iraq of members of the United States Armed Forces after June 30, 2008.” (S.Amdt.3164, Roll Call Vote #362, Cloture Motion Rejected 28-68; R 0-46, D 27-21, I 1-1, 10/03/07)
SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV): “No One Is Talking About Cutting Off The Funds.” (PBS’s “The Charlie Rose Show,” 03/05/07)
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