SENATE BILL REPORT
SJM 8003
This analysis was prepared by non-partisan legislative staff for the use of legislative members in
their deliberations. This analysis is not a part of the legislation nor does it constitute a
statement of legislative intent.
As of February 28, 2007
Brief Description: Calling for no escalation in Iraq.
Sponsors: Senators Kohl-Welles, Kline, Pridemore, Shin, Oemig, Prentice, Poulsen, Regala, Spanel and Jacobsen.
Brief History:
Committee Activity: Government Operations & Elections: 3/01/07.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS & ELECTIONS
Staff: Mac Nicholson (786-7445)
Background: Iraq is a country located in the Middle East at the northernmost extent of the
Persian Gulf. Contemporary Iraq occupies territory that historians regard as the site of the earliest
civilizations of the Middle East.
The March 19, 2003, U.S. led invasion of Iraq marked the beginning of the Iraq War. In the
President's January 10, 2007, Address to the Nation, the President committed more than 20,000
additional American troops to Iraq.
Summary of Bill: The President of the United States and the United States Congress are petitioned to not escalate United States involvement in Iraq or increase troop levels. The President is further petitioned to obtain explicit approval from Congress in order to send more American troops to Iraq. Congress is further petitioned to pass legislation prohibiting the President from spending taxpayer dollars on an escalation in Iraq, unless the President first seeks Congressional approval.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not requested.
Committee/Commission/Task Force Created: No.