New Jersey’s Senators Frank Lautenberg and Bob Menendez were among 24 Senators who voted for the Feingold amendment which called for withdrawal of most US troops from Iraq in 9 months. The NJ Senators were also among 17 co-sponsors of the Feingold amendment. Lautenberg and Menendez also voted for the Levin amendment and they voted against the McConnell amendment to provide funds without conditions.
Congressmen Donald Payne and Bill Pascrell, and New Jersey’s five other Democratic Congressmen voted against the Senate bill that was returned to the House with $70 billion McConnell amendment attached.
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