A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress on the precipitous withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Syria and Afghanistan, and Turkey's unprovoked incursion into Syria.
Latest action · Oct 23, 2019 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 259.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 22, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This joint resolution condemns Turkey's hostilities against Kurdish forces in northeastern Syria and expresses support for a continued U.S. military presence in Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
Specifically, the joint resolution (1) calls on the U.S. government to pressure Turkey to curtail its hostilities against U.S. partner forces in Syria; (2) calls on the U.S. government and other nations to continue supporting, or to increase support for, stabilization efforts in northeastern Syria; (3) warns that a precipitous withdrawal of U.S. forces from the ongoing fight against terrorist groups in the region would be detrimental to the interests of the United States and its allies; and (4) otherwise expresses the sense of Congress regarding military, diplomatic, and humanitarian support in the region.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 22, 2019 to Oct 29, 2019; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-AZ | Martha McSally | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-TX | Ted Cruz | Original | Oct 22, 2019 |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Oct 23, 2019 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| R-TN | Lamar Alexander | Oct 29, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2019Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 259.
- Oct 22, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Oct 22, 2019Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text: CR S5974)
In the Congressional Record 4
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6455 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Nov 7, 2019 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6149 | Tim Kaine D-VA | Oct 24, 2019 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6053 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Oct 23, 2019 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5931, S6047, S6048Text printed S5974 | Jerry Moran R-KS, Mitch McConnell R-KY (text) | Oct 22, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45329 | Afghanistan: Issues for Congress and Legislation 2017-2020 Archived | Report | Aug 19, 2020 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress on the precipitous withdrawal of United States Armed Forces from Syria and Afghanistan, and Turkey's unprovoked incursion into Syria.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Afghanistan
- Alliances
- Asia
- Conflicts and wars
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Europe
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Human rights
- International Affairs
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Middle East
- Military operations and strategy
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Religion
- Russia
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- Syria
- Terrorism
- Turkey
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2019Placed on Calendar Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
