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Senate Roll Call 615, 107th Congress · October 10, 2002

To authorize the use of the United States Armed Forces, pursuant to a new resolution of the United Nations Security Council, to destroy, remove, or render harmless Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, nuclear weapons-usable material, long-range ballistic missiles, and related facilities, and for other purposes.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

24 yea · 75 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat22 yea · 28 nay
Republican1 yea · 46 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.J.Res. 45

Further Resolution on Iraq

Policy area: International Affairs — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military restraint”

    model(0.90): Requiring a UN Security Council resolution prior to force imposes conditions and promotes restraint.

    Tagged by: keyword:armed forces,nuclear weapons

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (24)

Nay (75)

Not voting or present (1)

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