S. 574: A bill to express the sense of Congress on Iraq.
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S. 574: A bill to express the sense of Congress on Iraq.
110th Congress · introduced 2007-02-13 · International Affairs · Latest: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2007-02-13 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: Senate vote 51 (2007): On the Cloture Motion, S574 (2007-02-17), Cloture Motion Rejected. See all
- Where it stands now: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
A bill to express the sense of Congress on Iraq.
Plain summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) Congress and the American people will continue to support and protect U.S. Armed Forces members who are serving or who have served bravely and honorably in Iraq; and (2) Congress disapproves of President George W. Bush's decision announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional U.S. combat troops to Iraq. Amends the United States Policy in Iraq Act to require reports every 30 days on specified aspects of U.S. policy and military operations in Iraq until all U.S. combat brigades have been redeployed from Iraq.
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Official text
A bill to express the sense of Congress on Iraq.
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · 1 cosponsors
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Recorded votes
- Senate vote 51 (2007): On the Cloture Motion, S574 (2007-02-17): Cloture Motion Rejected
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110s574.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/s>
Record fed-us-cong110-s574 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110