H.Con.Res. 55Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces deployed to Iraq or Syria on or after August 7, 2014, other than Armed Forces required to protect United States diplomatic facilities and personnel, from Iraq and Syria.

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Sponsor: James P. McGovern [D-MA-02]
Cosponsors: 5 · 4 Democrats · 1 Republican
Policy area: International Affairs
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee
Latest action: Jun 17, 2015 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedJun 4, 2015
Failed in the HouseJun 17, 2015
Passed the SenateNot yet reached

What the measure doesCRS summary

Directs the President to remove U.S. Armed Forces deployed to Iraq or Syria on or after August 7, 2014, other than Armed Forces required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel, from Iraq and Syria: (1) no later than 30 days after this concurrent resolution is adopted; or (2) if the President determines that it is not safe to remove the Armed Forces before that date, then no later than December 31, 2015, or such earlier date as the President determines that the Armed Forces can safely be removed.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Con.Res. 55 as introduced in House on Jun 4, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 370

House Jun 17, 2015

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Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces deployed to Iraq or Syria on or after August 7, 2014, other than Armed Forces required to protect United States diplomatic facilities and personnel, from Iraq and Syria

Failed

139 Yea 288 Nay 5 not voting · 1 present

Crossed both parties 85 of 427 voting members broke with their own party: 66 Democrats, 19 Republicans.

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Democratic188 members

Republican245 members

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Cosponsors5 · 4 Democrats · 1 Republican

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.Con.Res. 55 and vote against it. 2 signed when it was filed.

RWALTER JONES [R-NC-03]Original

DBARBARA LEE [D-CA-13]Original

DCHARLES RANGEL [D-NY-13]Joined Jun 9, 2015

DJOSE SERRANO [D-NY-15]Joined Jun 17, 2015

DJanice Hahn [D-CA-44]Joined Jun 17, 2015

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H.Con.Res. 55Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces deployed to Iraq or Syria on or after August 7, 2014, other than Armed Forces required to protect United States diplomatic facilities and personnel, from Iraq and Syria.

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 370

On Agreeing to the Resolution

How the chamber split

Cosponsors5 · 4 Democrats · 1 Republican

H.Con.Res. 55Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces deployed to Iraq or Syria on or after August 7, 2014, other than Armed Forces required to protect United States diplomatic facilities and personnel, from Iraq and Syria.

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 370

On Agreeing to the Resolution

How the chamber split

Cosponsors5 · 4 Democrats · 1 Republican

Who lobbied on H.Con.Res. 553 organizations

Who lobbied on H.Con.Res. 553 organizations