Senator Byrd’s Iran Amendments + Open Thread
By Leslie on October 3, 2007 at 2:06 PM in Current Affairs
Senator Byrd [D-WV] has introduced two amendments to the 2008 Defense Appropriations bill.
From Iran Nuclear Watch:
The amendments would prohibit funding provided by the bill to be used for military operations or activities against any other country without explicit Congressional authorization. The text of both amendments is identical and I’m unsure why two identical amendments were submitted. The amendments do provide exceptions for certain activities. Though the amendments employ a non-country-specific approach similar to Senator Byrd’s S. Res. 39, the enactment of either amendment could prevent a military confrontation with Iran.
Iran Nuclear Watch’s Cara Ong provides the text of Byrd’s amendments here.


















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