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National

Key Vote

Use of Military Force Against Iraq



Key Votes:
H J Res 114

Issues: Defense, Foreign Aid and Policy Issues, Military Issues
Date: 10/10/2002
Sponsor: Rep. Hastert, J. Dennis (R-IL) (out of office)



Roll no. 455

Joint Resolution Passed
(House)

How members voted
(296 - 133)


Representative Waters voted NO
Read statements Representative Waters made in this general time period.


Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a joint resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq.

Official Title of Legislation:

HJ Res 114: To authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq.

Highlights:

- Authorizes President to use United States Armed Forces against Iraq

- Requires President to report to Congress no later than 48 hours after military action has started with his determination that diplomatic efforts alone could not protect U.S. national security nor enforce United Nations resolutions regarding Iraq

- Requires President to submit a progress report to Congress at least once every 60 days on matters relevant to this resolution

Link to Legislation: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:hjres114:

House Passage: 10/10/2002 : Joint Resolution Passed 296 - 133 (Roll no. 455)

Senate Passage: 10/11/2002 : Joint Resolution Passed: 77 - 23 (Record Vote Number 237)

President Passage: 10/16/2002 : Signed Became Public Law Number 107-243

Sponsor:
Rep. Hastert, J. Dennis (R-IL) (out of office)

Cosponsors:
Rep. Ackerman, Gary (D-NY)
Rep. Akin, W. Todd (R-MO)
Rep. Andrews, Robert (D-NJ)
Rep. Armey, Richard (R-TX) (out of office)
Rep. Bachus, Spencer (R-AL)
Rep. Ballenger, Cass (-NC) (out of office)
Rep. Barton, Joe (R-TX)
Rep. Berman, Howard (D-CA)
Rep. Biggert, Judy (R-IL)
Rep. Blunt, Roy (R-MO)
Rep. Boehner, John (R-OH)
Rep. Boozman, John (R-AR)
Rep. Brady, Robert (D-PA)
Rep. Brown, Henry Jr. (R-SC)
Rep. Burton, Dan (R-IN)
Rep. Buyer, Stephen (R-IN)
Rep. Callahan, Herbert (-AL) (out of office)
Rep. Calvert, Ken (R-CA)
Rep. Cannon, Chris (R-UT) (out of office)
Rep. Cantor, Eric (R-VA)
Rep. Chambliss, C. Saxby (-GA) (out of office)
Sen. Collins, Susan (R-ME)
Rep. Combest, Larry (-TX) (out of office)
Rep. Cox, Christopher (R-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Cramer, Robert (D-AL) (out of office)
Rep. Crenshaw, Ander (R-FL)
Rep. Cubin, Barbara (R-WY) (out of office)
Rep. Culberson, John (R-TX)
Rep. Cunningham, Randall (R-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Davis, Jo Ann (R-VA) (out of office)
Rep. Davis, Thomas III (R-VA) (out of office)
Rep. DeLay, Thomas (R-TX) (out of office)
Rep. DeMint, Jim (-SC) (out of office)
Rep. Deutsch, Peter (-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Dooley, Calvin (-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Doolittle, John (R-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Dreier, David (R-CA)
Rep. Dunn, Jennifer (R-WA) (out of office)
Rep. Edwards, Thomas (D-TX)
Rep. Everett, Terry (R-AL) (out of office)
Rep. Faleomavaega, Eni (D-AS)
Rep. Ferguson, Michael (R-NJ) (out of office)
Rep. Flake, Jeff (R-AZ)
Rep. Fletcher, Ernest (-KY) (out of office)
Rep. Ford, Harold Jr. (D-TN) (out of office)
Rep. Fossella, Vito Jr. (R-NY) (out of office)
Rep. Frost, Jonas III (D-TX) (out of office)
Rep. Gallegly, Elton (R-CA)
Rep. Ganske, John (-IA) (out of office)
Rep. Gephardt, Richard Andrew (-MO) (out of office)
Rep. Gibbons, James (R-NV) (out of office)
Rep. Gilchrest, Wayne (R-MD) (out of office)
Rep. Gillmor, Paul (R-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Gilman, Benjamin (-NY) (out of office)
Sen. Graham, Daniel (-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Grucci, Felix Jr. (-NY) (out of office)
Rep. Hall, Ralph (R-TX)
Rep. Hansen, James (-UT) (out of office)
Rep. Hart, Melissa (R-PA) (out of office)
Rep. Hayworth, John Jr. (R-AZ) (out of office)
Rep. Hefley, Joel (R-CO) (out of office)
Rep. Hilleary, Van (R-TN) (out of office)
Rep. Holden, Tim (D-PA)
Rep. Horn, Stephen (R-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Hyde, Henry (R-IL) (out of office)
Rep. Israel, Steve (D-NY)
Rep. Issa, Darrell (R-CA)
Rep. Jenkins, William Lewis (R-TN) (out of office)
Rep. Johnson, Samuel (R-TX)
Rep. Keller, Ric (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Kerns, Brian (-IN) (out of office)
Rep. Kingston, Jack (R-GA)
Rep. Kirk, Mark (R-IL)
Rep. Knollenberg, Joseph (R-MI) (out of office)
Rep. Kolbe, James (R-AZ) (out of office)
Rep. Lantos, Tom (D-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Lewis, Jerry (R-CA)
Rep. Linder, John (R-GA)
Rep. Lucas, Kenneth (D-KY) (out of office)
Rep. McCrery, James III (R-LA) (out of office)
Rep. McHugh, John (R-NY) (out of office)
Rep. McInnis, Scott (-CO) (out of office)
Rep. McKeon, Howard (R-CA)
Rep. McNulty, Michael (D-NY) (out of office)
Rep. Miller, Dan (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Miller, Gary (R-CA)
Rep. Miller, Jeff (R-FL)
Rep. Myrick, Suellen (R-NC)
Rep. Ney, Robert William (R-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Northup, Anne (R-KY) (out of office)
Rep. Osborne, Thomas William (R-NE) (out of office)
Rep. Oxley, Michael (R-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Pence, Mike (R-IN)
Rep. Peterson, John (R-PA) (out of office)
Rep. Phelps, David (-IL) (out of office)
Rep. Pickering, Charles Jr. (R-MS) (out of office)
Rep. Pitts, Joseph (R-PA)
Rep. Platts, Todd (R-PA)
Rep. Pombo, Richard (R-CA) (out of office)
Rep. Portman, Robert (R-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Pryce, Deborah (R-OH) (out of office)
Rep. Putnam, Adam (R-FL)
Rep. Radanovich, George (R-CA)
Rep. Riley, Robert (-AL) (out of office)
Rep. Roemer, Timothy (-IN) (out of office)
Rep. Rohrabacher, Dana (R-CA)
Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana (R-FL)
Rep. Ross, Michael (D-AR)
Rep. Roukema, Marge (R-NJ) (out of office)
Rep. Royce, Edward (R-CA)
Rep. Ryun, Jim (R-KS) (out of office)
Rep. Sandlin, Max Jr. (-TX) (out of office)
Rep. Saxton, H. James (R-NJ) (out of office)
Rep. Schrock, Edward (-VA) (out of office)
Sen. Sessions, Jefferson III (R-AL)
Rep. Shadegg, John (R-AZ)
Rep. Shays, Christopher (R-CT) (out of office)
Rep. Shuster, Bill (R-PA)
Rep. Simpson, Michael (R-ID)
Rep. Skeen, Joseph (R-NM) (out of office)
Rep. Smith, Christopher (R-NJ)
Rep. Smith, Nick (-MI) (out of office)
Rep. Stenholm, Charles (-TX) (out of office)
Rep. Stump, Bob (R-AZ) (out of office)
Rep. Sweeney, John (R-NY) (out of office)
Rep. Tancredo, Tom (R-CO) (out of office)
Rep. Thornberry, William (R-TX)
Rep. Thune, John (-SD) (out of office)
Rep. Turner, James (-TX) (out of office)
Rep. Vitter, David (R-LA) (out of office)
Rep. Watts, Julius Caesar Jr. (R-OK) (out of office)
Rep. Weldon, David (R-FL) (out of office)
Rep. Wicker, Roger (R-MS) (out of office)
Rep. Wilson, Addison Sr. (R-SC)
Rep. Young, C. W. Bill (R-FL)
Rep. Young, Donald (R-AK)



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