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A bill to prohibit the use of funds for an escalation of United States military forces in Iraq above the numbers existing as of January 9, 2007.

Introduced: January 12, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Jan 16, 2007
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.
Jan 12, 2007
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jan 12, 2007
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prohibits the U.S. government from obligating or expending funds to increase the number of U.S. military forces in Iraq above the number for such forces which existed as of January 9, 2007, without a specific congressional authorization for such increase.

What's happening now January 16, 2007

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 7.

 Related & companion bills 2
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  • S 233 Identical bill A bill to prohibit the use of funds for an escalation of United States military forces in Iraq above the numbers existi…
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 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Independent 1
D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Jan 24, 2007
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 12, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 287: A bill to prohibit the use of funds for an escalation of United States military forces in Iraq above the numbers existing as of January 9, 2007.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-287/
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"S. 287: A bill to prohibit the use of funds for an escalation of United States military forces in Iraq above the numbers existing as of January 9, 2007.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-287/.
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S. 287, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-287/.
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