(1) Congress, the representatives of the Amer-
ican people, should vote before any additional United 
States military forces are sent to Iraq. 
(2) The Authorization for Use of Military Force 
Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107– 
243) authorized a war against the regime of Saddam 
Hussein because he was believed to have weapons of 
mass destruction and to have an operational rela-
tionship with Al Qaeda and because he was in defi-
ance of United Nations Security Council Resolu-
tions. 
(3) The mission of the Armed Forces of the 
United States today in Iraq no longer bears any re-
semblance to the mission of the Armed Forces au-
thorized by Congress in the Authorization for Use of 
Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002. 
(4) Iraq has descended into civil war, and sec-
tarian violence continues to escalate. 
(5) On March 5, 2006, General Nash said 
‘‘[w]e’re in a civil war now; it’s just that not 
everybody’s joined in’’. 
(6) On December 3, 2006, United Nations Sec-
retary General Kofi Annan said ‘‘[w]hen we had the 
strife in Lebanon and other places, we called that a 
civil war—this is much worse’’. 
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(7) On December 17, 2006, former Secretary of 
State Colin Powell said ‘‘I am not persuaded that 
another surge of troops into Baghdad for the pur-
poses of suppressing this communitarian violence, 
this civil war, will work’’. 
(8) A political solution is required in Iraq, not 
a military solution. 
(9) The open-ended commitment of the Armed 
Forces continues to enable the Iraqis to avoid taking 
responsibility for their own future. Tens of thou-
sands of additional United States troops will only 
serve to make the Iraqis more dependent on the 
United States, not less. 
(10) On November 15, 2006, General Abizaid 
was unequivocal that increasing our troop commit-
ment is not the answer in Iraq, saying ‘‘I’ve met 
with every divisional commander. General Casey, the 
corps commander, General Dempsey—we all talked 
together. And I said, ‘In your professional opinion, 
if we were to bring in more American troops now, 
does it add considerably to our ability to achieve suc-
cess in Iraq?’ And they all said no’’. 
(11) On December 29, 2006, General Casey 
said ‘‘[t]he longer we in the United States forces 
continue to bear the main burden of Iraq’s security, 
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it lengthens the time that the government of Iraq 
has to make the hard decisions about reconciliation 
and dealing with the militias... They can continue to 
blame us for all of Iraq’s problems, which are at 
base their problems’’. 
(12) More than 3,000 United States troops 
have died in Iraq, and more than 22,000 have been 
wounded. 
(13) President George W. Bush should not be 
permitted to increase the number of United States 
troops in harm’s way in the civil war in Iraq without 
a new authorization from Congress that reflects the 
reality of the changed circumstances on the ground 
in Iraq. 
(b) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, no Federal funds may be obligated or ex-
pended by the United States Government to increase the 
number of United States forces in Iraq above the number 
for such forces which existed as of January 9, 2007, with-
out a specific authorization of Congress by law for such 
an increase. 
Æ 
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