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Withdrawing from Iraq: How 10 senators voted

The Senate’s votes this week, and last week, on U.S. policy in Iraq won’t change Bush administration policy. But they are important indicators of where key senators — those in re-election races and those with presidential ambitions — stand on the U.S. mission in Iraq. By Tom Curry.

The Senate’s votes this week, and last week, on U.S. policy in Iraq won’t change Bush administration policy. But they are important indicators of where key senators — those in re-election races and those with presidential ambitions — stand on the U.S. mission in Iraq.

At issue were three proposals:

  • An amendment to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq by the end of this year, introduced by Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY., last week. (The Senate voted 93 to 6 to reject it.)
  • A non-binding proposal offered by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich. and Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., to urge President Bush to begin “redeployment” of U.S. troops from Iraq by Dec 31, was rejected 60-39 Thursday..
  • A measure offered by Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., that sets a deadline of July 1, 2007, for U.S. troops to be withdrawn – except for those needed to train Iraqi forces -- was rejected 86-13 Thursday.