US Senate says no to pullout of US troops from Iraq
{{date|July 18, 2007}}

After a rare all-night session, the [[United States]] [[United States Senate|Senate]] voted today at 11 a.m. EST on the motion to invoke {{w|cloture}} of the Levin/Reed Amendment (S.Amdt. 2087) which would begin a pullout of [[United States]] troops from [[Iraq]], but only 52 votes were cast in favor of the amendment and 47 were cast against it, falling short of the 60 votes needed to overcome the Republican {{w|filibuster}} of the measure.

Cots were brought in for the Senators to catch snatches of sleep during the long night, while some slept at their {{w|Washington, D.C.}} apartments for short periods of time. Pizza was brought in for senators to eat. Seven Democrats left the Senate floor to join a candlelight vigil held outside across the street from Congress.

Had the bill passed, troops would have left Iraq 120 days after the vote, and would have been out of the country by April of 2008.

Four Republican critics of the war &mdash; both of [[Maine]]'s senators, {{w|Susan Collins}} and {{w|Olympia Snowe}}, together with {{w|Chuck Hagel}} of [[Nebraska]] and {{w|Gordon Smith}} of [[Oregon]] &mdash; voted for the proposal. Collins' was a surprise vote; although a critic, she has not been favorable toward the deadline approach. {{w|Joe Lieberman}}, the {{w|Independent Democrat}} senator from [[Connecticut]], who caucuses with Democrats, voted with Republicans against the motion, as he has done with all Iraq war legislation this year.

Last night during the all-night senate debate, Democratic Majority Leader from [[Nevada]], [[Harry Reid]], asked that the Senate vote on the bill this morning. He later voted no on the motion in order to take advantage of Senate rules to reintroduce the measure.

After the motion failed, Reid proposed that the Senate look at a series of Iraq proposals, including the failed plan, and make them subject to a simple majority vote. {{w|Mitch McConnell}}, the Republican Minority Leader from [[Kentucky]] objected, and Reid withdrew the legislation from the floor. The Senate then moved on to discussing student loans and grants.

Throughout the night, the Senators took turns speaking in front of a large sign printed "Let Us Vote", speaking in favor of the amendment and against the Republicans for not allowing a simple majority vote. Republicans took turns decrying it, noting that Democrats did the same when they were the minority, and criticizing Democratic leaders.

== How they voted ==
The following is a breakdown of how the Senators voted on the motion of cloture for the Levin/Reed Amendment (S.Amdt. 2087) grouped by state:
{|
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Alabama:	
*[[Jeff Sessions|Sessions]] (R-AL), Nay	
*Shelby (R-AL), Nay
Alaska:	
*Murkowski (R-AK), Nay	
*Stevens (R-AK), Nay
Arizona:	
*Kyl (R-AZ), Nay	
*McCain (R-AZ), Nay
Arkansas:	
*Lincoln (D-AR), Yea	
*Pryor (D-AR), Yea
California:	
*Boxer (D-CA), Yea	
*Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Colorado:	
*Allard (R-CO), Nay	
*Salazar (D-CO), Yea
Connecticut:	
*Dodd (D-CT), Yea	
*Lieberman (ID-CT), Nay
Delaware:	
*Biden (D-DE), Yea	
*Carper (D-DE), Yea
Florida:	
*Martinez (R-FL), Nay	
*Nelson (D-FL), Yea
Georgia:	
*Chambliss (R-GA), Nay	
*Isakson (R-GA), Nay
Hawaii:	
*Akaka (D-HI), Yea	
*Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Idaho:	        
*Craig (R-ID), Nay	
*Crapo (R-ID), Nay
Illinois:	
*Durbin (D-IL), Yea	
*Obama (D-IL), Yea
Indiana:	
*Bayh (D-IN), Yea	
*Lugar (R-IN), Nay
Iowa:	        
*[[Chuck Grassley|Grassley]] (R-IA), Nay	
*Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Kansas:	
*Brownback (R-KS), Nay	
*Roberts (R-KS), Nay
Kentucky:	
*Bunning (R-KY), Nay	
*[[Mitch McConnell|McConnell]] (R-KY), Nay
| valign="top" |
Louisiana:	
*Landrieu (D-LA), Yea	
*Vitter (R-LA), Nay
Maine:	        
*Collins (R-ME), Yea	
*Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Maryland:	
*Cardin (D-MD), Yea	
*Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Massachusetts:	
*Kennedy (D-MA), Yea	
*Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Michigan:	
*Levin (D-MI), Yea	
*Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Minnesota:	
*Coleman (R-MN), Nay	
*[[Amy Klobuchar|Klobuchar]] (D-MN), Yea
Mississippi:	
*Cochran (R-MS), Nay	
*Lott (R-MS), Nay
Missouri:	
*Bond (R-MO), Nay	
*McCaskill (D-MO), Yea
Montana:	
*Baucus (D-MT), Yea	
*Tester (D-MT), Yea
Nebraska:	
*Hagel (R-NE), Yea	
*Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Nevada:	
*Ensign (R-NV), Nay	
*Reid (D-NV), Nay
New Hampshire:	
*Gregg (R-NH), Nay	
*Sununu (R-NH), Nay
New Jersey:	
*Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea	
*Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
New Mexico:	
*Bingaman (D-NM), Yea	
*Domenici (R-NM), Nay
New York:	
*[[Hillary Clinton|Clinton]] (D-NY), Yea	
*[[Chuck Schumer|Schumer]] (D-NY), Yea
North Carolina:
*Burr (R-NC), Nay	
*Dole (R-NC), Nay
North Dakota:	
*Conrad (D-ND), Yea
*Dorgan (D-ND), Yea
| valign="top" |
Ohio:	        
*Brown (D-OH), Yea
*Voinovich (R-OH), Nay
Oklahoma:	
*Coburn (R-OK), Nay	
*Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Oregon:	
*Smith (R-OR), Yea	
*Wyden (D-OR), Yea
Pennsylvania:	
*Casey (D-PA), Yea	
*Specter (R-PA), Nay
Rhode Island:	
*Reed (D-RI), Yea	
*Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
South Carolina:
*DeMint (R-SC), Nay	
*Graham (R-SC), Nay
South Dakota:	
*Johnson (D-SD), Not Voting	
*Thune (R-SD), Nay
Tennessee:	
*Alexander (R-TN), Nay	
*Corker (R-TN), Nay
Texas:	        
*Cornyn (R-TX), Nay	
*Hutchison (R-TX), Nay
Utah:	        
*Bennett (R-UT), Nay	
*Hatch (R-UT), Nay
Vermont:	
*Leahy (D-VT), Yea	
*Sanders (I-VT), Yea
Virginia:	
*Warner (R-VA), Nay	
*Webb (D-VA), Yea
Washington:	
*Cantwell (D-WA), Yea	
*Murray (D-WA), Yea
West Virginia:	
*Byrd (D-WV), Yea	
*Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Wisconsin:	
*Feingold (D-WI), Yea	
*Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Wyoming:	
*Barrasso (R-WY), Nay	
*Enzi (R-WY), Nay
|}

==Related news==
*{{wikinews|title=US Senate to vote on troop pullout from Iraq today|date=July 18, 2007}}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSWBT00728220070718?src=071807_1138_TOPSTORY_senate_scuttles_bill
|title=Senate Democrats stymied on Iraq withdrawal vote
|author=Senate Democrats stymied on Iraq withdrawal vote
|pub=Reuters
|date=July 18, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3389671
|title=Senate Scuttles Troop Withdrawal Bill
|author=Anne Flaherty
|pub=ABC News
|date=July 18, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/washington/18cnd-cong.html|title=Democrats Fail to Force Vote on Iraq Pullout|author=Carl Hulse and Jeff Zelney|pub=The New York Times|date=July 18, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/18/AR2007071800482.html|title=Senate Rejects Troop Withdrawal Measure|author=Shailagh Murray and Paul Kane|pub=The Washington Post|date=July 18, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0707/5009.html|title=Eyewitness: Senate's all-nighter|author=Avi Zenilman|pub=The Politco|date=July 18, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200707181223DOWJONESDJONLINE000803_FORTUNE5.htm|title=US Senate Moving On Bill To Cut Student Lender Subsidies|author=|pub=Dow Jones Newswires|date=July 18, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00252#top|title=On the Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Levin Amdt. No. 2087)|author=|pub=United States Senate|date=July 18, 2007}}

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After a rare all-night session, the United States Senate voted today at 11 a.m. EST on the motion to invoke filibuster of the measure.

Cots were brought in for the Senators to catch snatches of sleep during the long night, while some slept at their  apartments for short periods of time. Pizza was brought in for senators to eat. Seven Democrats left the Senate floor to join a candlelight vigil held outside across the street from Congress.

Had the bill passed, troops would have left Iraq 120 days after the vote, and would have been out of the country by April of 2008.

Four Republican critics of the war — both of Maine's senators, Olympia Snowe, together with Gordon Smith of Oregon — voted for the proposal. Collins' was a surprise vote; although a critic, she has not been favorable toward the deadline approach. Independent Democrat senator from Connecticut, who caucuses with Democrats, voted with Republicans against the motion, as he has done with all Iraq war legislation this year.

Last night during the all-night senate debate, Democratic Majority Leader from Nevada, Harry Reid, asked that the Senate vote on the bill this morning. He later voted no on the motion in order to take advantage of Senate rules to reintroduce the measure.

After the motion failed, Reid proposed that the Senate look at a series of Iraq proposals, including the failed plan, and make them subject to a simple majority vote. , the Republican Minority Leader from Kentucky objected, and Reid withdrew the legislation from the floor. The Senate then moved on to discussing student loans and grants.

Throughout the night, the Senators took turns speaking in front of a large sign printed "Let Us Vote", speaking in favor of the amendment and against the Republicans for not allowing a simple majority vote. Republicans took turns decrying it, noting that Democrats did the same when they were the minority, and criticizing Democratic leaders.
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