Elphaba, can you please go here and tell me how those same Senators voted on the same bill in the full Senate? Also, I can't find an actual record of the vote within the committee.
All I've found is that the current committee, which obviously has slightly different membership than the one back then, approved the bill by a vote of 10-4, with three Democrats voting in favor of it.
If it turns out that the Intelligence Committee members voted against the use of force, I would be inclined to change my mind about my original post.
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