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S. 2633: A bill to provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq.

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S. 2633: A bill to provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq.

110th Congress · introduced 2008-02-13 · International Affairs · Latest: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S1258)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-02-13 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: Senate vote 33 (2008): On the Cloture Motion, S2633 (2008-02-26), Cloture Motion Agreed to. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S1258) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

A bill to provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq.

Plain summary

Directs the President to transition the mission of U.S. forces in Iraq to the following purposes: (1) conducting limited scope and duration operations against al Qaeda and other international terrorist organizations; (2) providing security for U.S. infrastructure and personnel; (3) training and equipping Iraqi security services and U.S. forces; and (4) redeploying U.S. forces from Iraq. Exempts such activities from the funding and redeployment provisions of this Act. Directs the President to begin the phased redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq. Prohibits funds from being obligated or expended to continue the U.S. Armed Forces deployment in Iraq as of 120 days after the enactment of this Act.

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Official text

A bill to provide for the safe redeployment of United States troops from Iraq.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · 15 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY)

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-s2633 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110