By a vote of 67 to 29 yesterday, the Senate rejected Senator Russ Feingold’s attempt to defund the War and our troops in Iraq. Among the 29 who voted to cut and run were Senator Clinton, who voted for the war in 2002, and Senator Obama, who was not in the Senate in 2002. Senate Amendment 1098 reads, in part:
“TRANSITION OF MISSION.– The President shall promptly transition the mission of United States forces in Iraq … redeployment shall begin not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act … No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under any provision of law may be obligated or expended to continue the deployment in Iraq of members of the United States Armed Forces after March 31, 2008…”
This is the complete list of Senators who voted to defund our troops in Iraq and their mission:
Akaka (D-HI)
Biden (D-DE)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Cardin (D-MD)
Clinton (D-NY)
Dodd (D-CT)
Durbin (D-IL)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Obama (D-IL)
Reid (D-NV)
Sanders (I-VT)
Schumer (D-NY)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Whitehouse (D-RI)
Wyden (D-OR)