FAILED

This lapsed resolution would have proposed an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter for submission to city voters. The proposed amendment would have stated that Philadelphia citizens urged the United States to begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq, starting with the National Guard and Reserve, and to complete the withdrawal by the end of 2006.

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 begin an immediate withdrawal of its troops from Iraq, beginning with the National Guard and Reserve and ending with a total withdrawal of U.S. forces by the end of year 2006.