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Kyl-Lieberman War Amendment Passes with a Vote of 76 to 22 |
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Written by NIAC
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Wednesday, 26 September 2007 |
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Washington DC - Senators Kyl and Lieberman's amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill passed
a few minutes ago with a vote of 76 to 22. Senators who voted against the
resolution included Senators Biden, Bingaman, Boxer, Brown, Byrd, Cantwell,
Dodd, Feingold, Hagel, Harkin, Inouye, Kerry, Klobuchar, Lincoln, Lugar,
Sanders, Tester, Webb and Wyden. The primary opponent of the amendment was
Senator Jim Webb of Virginia. A coalition of 25 organizations led a charge to
defeat the amendment. The
text of a letter circulated to all Senate offices yesterday can be found here.
Though the effort failed to defeat the amendment, it managed to ensure that the
most dangerous aspects of the amendment - Section 3 and 4 - were eliminated.
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