Feingold-Reid to offer amendment requiring sooner redeployment from Iraq

U.S. Sen. Feingold: Statement on the weak Iraq proposal passed by the House
11/15/2007

Contact: Zach Lowe (202) 224-8657

Washington DC – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold released the following statement today as the Senate prepares to take up legislation passed by the House yesterday that would fund the war in Iraq with only a “goal” for redeploying troops by December 15, 2008.

“The Iraq spending bill passed by the House is too weak and doesn’t require the timely redeployment of our troops from Iraq. If the Senate does not strengthen the bill, I will oppose it. The American people want more than a “goal” of redeploying troops, which is why I intend to offer the Feingold-Reid legislation requiring the safe redeployment of our troops by June 30, 2008, as an amendment. Congress needs to end this disastrous war and refocus on fighting al Qaeda and its affiliates around the globe, which are the greatest threat to our national security.”

Feingold, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, has introduced the Feingold-Reid legislation to require the vast majority of U.S. troops to be redeployed from Iraq by June 30, 2008. Feingold will seek to amend the House bill with the Feingold-Reid legislation when the Senate takes up the measure this week.

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set a December 2008 deadline. I am so glad they will attempt to add this ammendment. I'm doubtful that it will pass, but I hope it does. Thank you Harry and Russ for this. It looks like they are going to stick to their guns on this so to speak. But of course, you never know.

and he knows that Dec 2008 seems like an eternity to most of us. This is a perfectly reasonable amendment. I wish Americans would get on the phone and tell their Senators that this is what they want, because they don't seem to be getting the message.