From: John Isaacs
[mailto:j...@clw.org]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
1:04 PM
To: John Isaacs
Subject: Statements of 68 Senators
on Iraq
in the past 10 days
Wondering where Senators stand on Iraq? Or what Senators considering running for President in 2008 are saying? Clinton? McCain? Feingold? Frist? Kerry? Biden?
CLICK HERE TO VIEW STATEMENTS FROM 68 OF THE 100 MEMBERS OF THE SENATE FROM THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
Thirteen Senators voted for the Kerry (D-MA), Feingold (D-WI) and Boxer (D-CA) amendment to mandate the completion of the troop withdrawal from Iraq by July 1, 2007. Click here to see the vote.
Thirty nine Senators supported the Levin (D-MI) - Reed (D-RI) amendment to urge the U.S. to begin the phased deployment of American forces from Iraq in 2006. Click here to see the vote.
To find out how your Senators stand, click on the link above or look below for your state to view the Senators' statements and then click on the web address below the Senator's name for a pdf file. The statement from the Congressional Record may extend beyond one page; if so, click on "next page" at the bottom of the pdf file. Where the Senator did not give a statement on the Senate floor, a link to a press statement is sometimes included.
List of Senators' Statements on Iraq During Recent Debate
Alabama: Sen. Jeff Sessions (R) -
June 21, 2006 – Page S6263 - 6
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6263&dbname=2006_record
Alabama: Sen. Richard Shelby (R) -
Website statement
http://shelby.senate.gov/legislation/iraq.cfm
Arizona: Sen. John McCain (R) – June
21, 2006 – Page S6210 - 11
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6210&dbname=2006_record
Arizona: Sen. John Kyl (R) – June 21,
2006 – Page S6103 - 4
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6103&dbname=2006_record
California: Sen. Barbara Boxer (D)
– June 21, 2006 – Page S6245 - 7
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6245&dbname=2006_record
California: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D)
– June 21, 2006 – Page S6214 - 5
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6214&dbname=2006_record
Colorado: Sen. Ken Salazar (D) – June
21, 2006 – Page S6217 - 8
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6217&dbname=2006_record
Colorado: Sen. Wayne
Allard (R) June 21, 2006 – Page S6223
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6223&dbname=2006_record
Connecticut: Sen. Christopher Dodd (D) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S6219 - 21
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6219&dbname=2006_record
Connecticut: Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S6242 - 44
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6242&dbname=2006_record
Delaware: Sen. Joseph Biden (D)
– June 21, 2006 – Page S6230 - 32
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6230&dbname=2006_record
Delaware: Sen. Tom Carper (D) – June
21, 2006 – Page S6226 7
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6226&dbname=2006_record
Florida: Sen. Mel Martinez
(R) – June 14, 2006 – Page S5854
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S5854&dbname=2006_record
Florida: Sen. Bill Nelson (D) - June 22,
2006 – Page S6326
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6326&dbname=2006_record
Georgia: Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R)
– June 21, 2006 – Page S6252
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6252&dbname=2006_record
Georgia: Johnny Isakson (R) –
June 20, 2006 – Pages S6102 - 3
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2006_record&page=S6102&position=all
Hawaii: Sen. Daniel Akaka (D)
– June 22, 2006 statement
http://www.akaka.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Speeches.Home&month=6&year=2006&release_id=1352
Hawaii: Sen. Daniel Inouye (D)
– June 22, 2006 statement on his web site
http://inouye.senate.gov/
Idaho: Sen. Larry Craig (R) – June
14, 2006 – Page 5827 - -8
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S5827&dbname=2006_record
Illinois: Sen. Richard Durbin (D)
– June 21, 2006 – Page S6238 - 9
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6238&dbname=2006_record
Illinois: Sen. Barack Obama (D) – June
21, 2006 – Page S6233 - 4
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6233&dbname=2006_record
Indiana: Sen. Evan Bayh (D) - June 27, 2006 statement: "We need to leave Iraq, but we need to leave it in a way that makes it as stable as possible. That is in our national security interest. The facts on the ground, not the date on the calendar, must drive that decision."
Iowa: Sen. Tom Harkin (D) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S6266 - 9
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6266&dbname=2006_record
Kansas: Sen. Sam Brownback (R) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S6250
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6250&dbname=2006_record
Kansas: Sen. Pat Roberts (R) – June
21, 2006 – Page S6228 - 9
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6228&dbname=2006_record
Kentucky: Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S6221 - 2
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6221&dbname=2006_record
Louisiana: Sen. Mary Landrieu (D) –
June 22, 2006 press statement
http://landrieu.senate.gov/~landrieu/releases/06/2006623B29.html
Maine: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R)
– June 23, 2006 press statement
http://snowe.senate.gov/news.htm
Maryland: Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D) - June
21, 2006 – Page S6371 - 2
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6271&dbname=2006_record
Maryland: Sen. Paul Sarbanes (D) - June 22,
2006 – Page S6327 - 8
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6327&dbname=2006_record
Massachusetts: Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S6222
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6222&dbname=2006_record
Massachusetts: Sen. John Kerry (D) – June
21, 2006 – Page S6255 - 8
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6255&dbname=2006_record
Michigan: Sen. Carl Levin (D) – June
21, 2006 – Page S6205 - 6
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2006_record&page=S6205&position=all
Minnesota: Sen. Mark Dayton (D) –
June 22, 2006 press statement
http://dayton.senate.gov/news/details.cfm?id=257639&&
Mississippi: Sen. Trent Lott (R) – June
23, 2006 press statement
http://lott.senate.gov/index.cfm?Cerberus=f4e8a07f67e1a57b4a7626237e752c6a&FuseAction=Articles.Detail&Article_id=116&Month=6&Year=2006
Missouri: Sen. Christopher Bond (R) –
June 21, 2006 – Page. S6229 - 30
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6229&dbname=2006_record
Missouri: Sen. James Talent (R) – June
21, 2006 – Page. S6269 - 70
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6269&dbname=2006_record
Montana: Sen. Conrad Burns (R)
– June 22, 2006 press statement
http://burns.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsCenter.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=fdeb324b-802a-23ad-4b5c-14e7c81348a7
Nebraska: Sen. Chuck Hagel (R) – June
21, 2006 – Page S6225 - 6
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6225&dbname=2006_record
Nebraska: Sen. Ben Nelson (D) – June
22, 2006 press statement
http://bennelson.senate.gov/news/details.cfm?id=257620&&
Nevada: Sen. Harry Reid (D) –
June 22, 2006 – Page S6332 - 4
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6332&dbname=2006_record
New Mexico: Sen. Pete Domenici (R) - June 22,
2006 press statement
http://domenici.senate.gov/news/record.cfm?ref=1&id=257610
New Jersey: Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D)
– June 21, 2005 – Page S6227 - 8
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6227&dbname=2006_record
New Jersey: Sen. Robert Menendez (D)
– June 21, 2005 – Page S6253 - 5
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6253&dbname=2006_record
New York: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S6211 - 2
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6211&dbname=2006_record
North Dakota: Sen. Kent Conrad (D) - June 22,
2006 – Page S6331
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6331&dbname=2006_record
Oklahoma: Sen. James Inhofe (R)
– June 21, 2006 – Page S6232 -3
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6232&dbname=2006_record
Oregon: Sen. Gordon Smith (R) - June 21,
2006 – Page S6218 - 9
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6218&dbname=2006_record
Oregon: Sen. Ron Wyden (D) –
June 16, 2006 – Pages S6000 - 1
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2006_record&page=S6000&position=all
Pennsylvania: Sen. Rick Santorum (R)
– June 21, 2006 – Page S6244 - 5
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6244&dbname=2006_record
Rhode Island: Sen. Jack Reed (D) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S6206 - 8
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6206&dbname=2006_record
South Carolina: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S6222 - 3
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6222&dbname=2006_record
South Dakota: Sen. John Thune (R) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S6249 - 50
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6249&dbname=2006_record
Tennessee: Sen. Lamar Alexander (R) –
June 22, 2006 press statement
http://alexander.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=CommitteeStatements.Detail&CommitteeStatement_id=80&Month=6&Year=2006
Tennessee: Sen. Bill Frist (R) – June
22, 2006 – Page S6334 - 5
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6334&dbname=2006_record
Texas: Sen. John Cornyn (R) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S6212 - 4
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6212&dbname=2006_record
Texas: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R)
– June 21, 2006 – Page 6216 - 7
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6216&dbname=2006_record
Utah: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) - June 22,
2006 - Page S6325 - 6
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6325&dbname=2006_record
Vermont: Sen. Jim Jeffords (Independent)
– June 22, 2006 - Page S6326 - 7
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6326&dbname=2006_record
Vermont: Sen. Patrick Leahy (D) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S6237 - 8
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6237&dbname=2006_record
Virginia: Sen. John Warner (R) - June 21,
2006 – Page S6208 – 10
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6208&dbname=2006_record
Virginia: Sen. George Allen (R)
– June 21, 2006 – Page S6224 - 5
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6224&dbname=2006_record
Washington: Sen. Maria Cantwell (D)
– June 24, 2006 – Page S5829 - 30
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S5829&dbname=2006_record
Washington: Sen. Patty Murray (D)
– June 21, 2006 – Page S2229
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6229&dbname=2006_record
West Virginia: Sen. Robert Byrd (D) –
June 21, 2006 – Page S2247 - 9
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?position=all&page=S6247&dbname=2006_record
West Virginia: Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D)
– June 22, 2006 press statement
http://rockefeller.senate.gov/news/2006/pr062206.html
Wisconsin: Sen. Russell Feingold (D)
– June 21, 2006 – Page S6239 - 41
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getpage.cgi?dbname=2006_record&page=S6239&position=all
Wisconsin: Sen. Herbert Kohl (D)
– June 20, 2006 press statement
http://kohl.senate.gov/~kohl/press/06/06/2006620A01.html
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