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2008-SR439 on Jan 31, 2008

Congressional Summary: A resolution expressing strong support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to enter into a Membership Action Plan with Georgia and Ukraine:
  1. reaffirming support for enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to include democratic governments that are able to meet the membership responsibilities;
  2. that NATO's expansion contributes to its relevance;
  3. that Georgia and Ukraine are strong allies that have made important progress in the areas of defense and democratic and human rights reform;
  4. that a stronger relationship among Georgia, Ukraine, and NATO will benefit those countries and NATO member states; and
  5. that the United States should take the lead in supporting the awarding of a Membership Action Plan to Georgia and Ukraine.

Legislative Outome: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.


  • Topic: Foreign Policy
  • Headline: Let Ukraine & Georgia enter NATO
  • Key for participation codes:
  • Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
  • Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
  • Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
  • Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
  • Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.



Democrats participating in 2008-SR439

Jason Altmire s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Rob Andrews s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Shelley Berkley s1oNevada Democrat
Lois Capps s1oCalifornia Democrat
Jim Cooper s1oTennessee Democrat
Jim Costa s1oCalifornia Democrat
Joseph Crowley s1oNew York Democrat
Danny Davis s1oIllinois Democrat
Eliot Engel s1oNew York Democrat/Liberal
Sam Farr s1oCalifornia Democrat
Alcee Hastings s1oFlorida Democrat
Maurice Hinchey s1oNew York Dem./Ind./Lib./Working-Fam.
Ruben Hinojosa s1oTexas Democrat
Rush Holt s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee s1oTexas Democrat
Marcy Kaptur s1oOhio Democrat
Sander Levin s1oMichigan Democrat
Michael McNulty s1oNew York Dem./Cons. (Retiring 2008)
Barack Obama s1oIL Former Democratic Senator (until 2008)
David Eugene Price s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Steven Rothman s1oNew Jersey Democrat
Tim Ryan s1oOhio Democrat
Allyson Schwartz s1oPennsylvania Democrat
Ellen Tauscher s1oCalifornia Former Democrat (until 2009)
Robert Wexler s1pFlorida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)



Republicans participating in 2008-SR439

Gus Bilirakis s1oFlorida Republican
Steve Chabot s1oOhio Republican
Saxby Chambliss s1oGA Republican Sr Senator
Jim DeMint s1oSC Republican Jr Senator; previously US Representative
David Dreier s1oCalifornia Republican
Phil English s1oPennsylvania Republican (Unseated 2008)
Elton Gallegly s1oCalifornia Republican
Jim Gerlach s1oPennsylvania Republican
Lindsey Graham s1oSC Republican Jr Senator
Richard Lugar s1pIN Republican Sr Senator
John McCain s1oAZ Republican Sr Senator
Thad McCotter s1oMichigan Republican
Christopher Shays s1oConnecticut Republican (Unseated 2008)
John Shimkus s1oIllinois Republican
Bill Shuster s1oPennsylvania Republican
Christopher Smith s1oNew Jersey Republican
George Voinovich s1oOH Republican Sr Senator (retiring 2010)



Independents participating in 2008-SR439

Hillary Clinton s1oNY Former NY Democrat Senator; now Secretary of State
Lincoln Diaz-Balart s1oFlorida Former GOP (until 2010)
Luis Fortuno s1oPuerto Rico At-Large (retired 2008)
Darrell Issa s1oCA03 Former Initiator of Gubernatorial Recall (2003)
Joseph Lieberman s1oCT Independent Sr Senator; Gore's VP nominee; ran for Pres.2004



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 25
Republicans: 17
Independents: 5


















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