Official:Proposing an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia urge the United States to make year 2007 the time to redeploy U.S. troops out of harm's way in Iraq.
Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell
Introduced: November 16, 2006
Signed: February 22, 2007
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill allowed Philadelphia voters to express their opinion on redeploying U.S. troops out of harm's way in Iraq by May 2007.
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