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title: "Want Congress to Set Deadline for U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq"
description: "That's the number of Americans who now say they want their congressional representative to support a bill calling for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq by August 2008. Just  33% want their representative to oppose it."
date: "2007-04-07"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2007/04/07/want-congress-to-set-deadline-for-u-s-troop-withdrawal-from-iraq/"
---

# Want Congress to Set Deadline for U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq

Nearly six-in-ten (59%) American adults now say they would like to see their congressional representative vote for legislation calling for a withdrawal of US forces from Iraq by August 2008. Just 33% want their representative to oppose it. Democrats are united in their support of legislation calling for a U.S. troop withdrawal by August 2008, and most independents (61%) also favor this step. Most Republicans oppose this step, but there are substantial divisions within the GOP. More than four-in-ten moderate and liberal Republicans (44%) want their representative to vote for legislation calling for an August 2008 deadline for a troop withdrawal, compared with only about a quarter of conservative Republicans (26%). [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/437/solid-majority-favors-congressional-troop-deadline)