Kyl–Lieberman Amendment

The Kyl–Lieberman Amendment was an amendment to H.R.1585 – the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which subsequently became a 2008 presidential election campaign issue.[2] Its purpose was to "express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran", and mainly stated that: "it should be the policy of the United States to combat...the violent activities...inside Iraq of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran", and "its foreign facilitators such as Lebanese Hezbollah"; "to support the...use of all instruments of United States national power in Iraq...in support of the policy described"; and "with respect to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies", that the "United States should designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization".[3]

Kyl–Lieberman Amendment
Great Seal of the United States
Long titleAn act to express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran[1]
Enacted bythe 110th United States Congress
Codification
Acts amendedH.R.1585
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the Senate by Jon Kyl
  • Passed the Senate on  (76–22)

Barack Obama and John McCain did not vote on the measure in the Senate, which passed with a 76–22 vote, while Hillary Clinton voted in favor.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "S.Amdt.3017 to S.Amdt.2011". Senate.gov. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  2. ^ Patashnik, Josh (23 October 2007). "Obama Hits Clinton Over Support For Kyl-lieberman". The New Republic. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  3. ^ Goldfarb, Michael. "The Kyl-Lieberman Amendment". The Weekly Standard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Roll Call Vote 110th Congress - 1st Session". US Senate. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.