"U.S. Rep. Walter Jones said yesterday that he has about 50 co-sponsors on a joint resolution that calls on President Bush to announce by year's end a plan for withdrawal from Iraq.
The resolution - introduced in June by Jones, R-3rd, and another Republican and two Democrats - calls on the president to begin executing the withdrawal by Oct. 1, 2006. It does not set an end date.
"I think that people have finally understood what we're doing," Jones said after a meeting at the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, noting that people have mistakenly thought that the resolution was binding.
The initial resolution sponsors are Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, who voted against the war, and two Democrats who have opposed it, Reps. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii. Jones said that the new supporters include five Republicans.
It is the first such resolution put forth by legislators from both parties, although an overwhelming number of Democrats and six House Republicans voted in 2002 against sending troops to Iraq."-from the AP story today.
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