Senate Passes Iraq Bill
by BarbinMD
Thu Mar 29, 2007 at 08:17:55 AM PDT
Next up, the veto:
The Democratic-controlled Senate ignored a veto threat and voted Thursday for a bill requiring President Bush to start withdrawing combat troops from Iraq within four months, dealing a sharp rebuke to a wartime commander in chief.
In a mostly party line 51-47 vote, the Senate signed off on a bill providing $122 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It also orders Bush to begin withdrawing troops within 120 days of passage while setting a nonbinding goal of ending combat operations by March 31, 2008.
Update by kos: Here's the roll call vote.
No Democrats voted against it, not even Pryor. Two Republicans voted for it -- Hagel and Smith. Johnson and Enzi weren't present for the vote. Johnson is still rehabbing, while Enzi is back home in Wyoming with his critically ill mother.
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