[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8330]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            VOTE EXPLANATION

  Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I voted against the supplemental 
appropriations bill because of the provision which specifies a 
withdrawal date. With President Bush's statement that he will veto the 
bill, it will be returned to Congress so that we can negotiate with the 
White House to provide funding to support the troops without a 
withdrawal date which allows our enemies to wait us out.
  I voted against the supplemental appropriations bill for the same 
reasons that I voted in favor of Senator Cochran's amendment to strike 
a withdrawal date, which amendment failed. The full statement of my 
reasons appear in the Congressional Record in the proceedings on March 
28, 2007, in relation to the Cochran amendment.

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