Attack Syria
Resolution Approved By Senate Foreign Relations Committee
By ICH and Agencies
September 04, 2013 "Information Clearing House - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution giving President Barack Obama the authority to use military force in Syria Wednesday by a 10-7 vote.
The resolution will now go to the full Senate, where it will be brought up for debate
By ICH and Agencies
September 04, 2013 "Information Clearing House - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution giving President Barack Obama the authority to use military force in Syria Wednesday by a 10-7 vote.
The resolution will now go to the full Senate, where it will be brought up for debate
How did senators vote? Here’s
a breakdown:
Final
tally: 10 to 7, with one senator voting
present.
Who voted yes?:
Committee Chairman Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and
Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) (by proxy — was absent due to the Jewish
holiday), Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Christopher Coons
(D-Del.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.). Ranking member Sen. Bob
Corker (R-Tenn.) and Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and John McCain
(R-Ariz.).
Who voted
no?: Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), Christopher Murphy
(D-Conn.), James Risch (R-Idaho), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.),
John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.)
Who voted
present?: Sen. Edward J. Markey
(D-Mass.).
Among senators
facing reelection in 2014: Six senators on the
committee — Shaheen, Coons, Durbin, Udall, Markey and Risch — face the voters
next year. Shaheen, Coons and Durbin voted yes. Udall and Risch voted no,
while Markey voted present.
Among senators
mulling a 2016 presidential campaign: Rubio and
Paul are considered leading GOP contenders for president. Both of them voted
against the resolution.
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