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| Long title | An act to express the sense of the Senate regarding Iran[1] |
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| Enacted by | the110th United States Congress |
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| Acts amended | H.R.1585 |
| Legislative history | |
TheKyl–Lieberman Amendment was an amendment to H.R.1585 – theNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which subsequently became a2008 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 theIslamic Republic of Iran", and "its foreign facilitators such as LebaneseHezbollah"; "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 theIslamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization".[3]
Barack Obama andJohn McCain did not vote on the measure in the Senate, which passed with a 76–22 vote, whileHillary Clinton voted in favor.[4]
