debate was supposed to start at 10:30
H Res 505 Now Has 104 Co-Sponsors:
Lee; Adam Smith; Tauscher; Kilpatrick; Jackson-Lee; Serrano; Grijalva; Watson; Clay; DeFazio; Woolsey; Frank; Jackson; Rangel; McNulty; McDermott; Abercrombie; Conyers; Ackerman; Maloney; Allen; David Price; Schwartz; Danny Davis; McKinney; Filner; Stark; Kaptur; Meeks; Tim Bishop; Sherrod Brown; Becerra; Capuano; Cummings; Gutierrez; Stephanie Tubbs Jones; McGovern; Payne; Towns; Millender-McDonald; Mike Thompson; Velazquez; Rahall; Gwen Moore; Sanders; Slaughter; Solis; Inslee; Doggett; Van Hollen; McCollum; Napolitano; John Lewis; Farr; Honda; Eddie Bernice Johnson; Strickland; Sabo; Schakowsky; Pascrell; Tierney; Pat Kennedy; Owens; Nadler; Markey; Wexler; Holt; Mark Udall; Lofgren; Clyburn; Bennie Thompson; Henry Waxman; Julia Carson; Michaud; Wu; Menendez; Sherman; DeGette; Doyle; Baldwin; Cleaver; Fattah; Meehan; Neal; Costello; Al Green; Dicks; Hooley; Oberstar; Olver; Pastor; Rush; Visclosky; Linda Sanchez; Engel; McCarthy; Evans; Weiner; John Larson; Tim Ryan; Tom Udall; Baird; Shelly Berkley; Maxine Waters
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WHAT:
House International Relations Committee scheduled to debate and vote on H. Res. 505, a Resolution of Inquiry into the White House Iraq Group
WHEN:
10:30 a.m. ET, Wednesday, November 9, 2005
WHERE:
Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172.
(Southwest of the Capitol on a site bounded by Independence Avenue, South Capitol Street, First Street, and C Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.)
SIGNIFICANCE:
This will be the first vote Congress takes on investigating the White House Iraq Group (WHIG) and the first vote related to the war since Vice Presidential Chief of Staff Lewis Libby was indicted. This vote will be a key test of whether Republicans will continue to stand behind the White House's case for war.
On September 14, the International Relations Committee defeated by one vote a Resolution of Inquiry (H. Res. 375) into White House and State Department communications with the United Kingdom involving Iraq war plans. Every Democrat present voted "Yea", as did one Republican. A second Republican voted "Present".
Information about H. Res. 505 and the WHIG:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/whig