VotedBy VotedBy ⌕
Election Day · Tue, Nov 3See how your members of Congress voted →

H.Con.Res. 249 · 108th Congress

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should remain engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a…

Full title

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should remain engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a peaceful, stable, unified Iraq with a representative government, and for other purposes.

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 108th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

2 cosponsors · 2 D

0 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Declares the sense of Congress that: (1) it is in the U.S. interest to remain engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a peaceful, stable, unified Iraq with a representative government; (2) the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and other appropriate international and nongovernmental organizations should provide assistance to the Coalition in…

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 22, 2003

Declares the sense of Congress that: (1) it is in the U.S. interest to remain engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a peaceful, stable, unified Iraq with a representative government; (2) the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and other appropriate international and nongovernmental organizations should provide assistance to the Coalition in Iraq in order to contribute to international security and stability, general and complete disarmament, and global economic development; (3) the President should request formally and expeditiously that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) raise a force for deployment in post-war Iraq to assist in the development and training of the new national Iraqi military and civilian police force; and (4) the President should call on the United Nations to urge its member states to provide military forces and civilian police to promote stability and security in Iraq and resources to help rebuild and administer Iraq, and for the development and training of the new national Iraqi military and civilian police force.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should remain engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a peaceful, stable, unified Iraq with a representative government, and for other purposes.

Latest action (Sep 3, 2003): Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1681-1682)

Policy area: International Affairs · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 22, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.