The House has approved a measure that would begin withdrawing combat troops from Iraq within the next three months. The final vote was 223 to 201, mostly along party lines. Before the vote, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged lawmakers to vote “yes.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “Let us pass this bill and those that will follow in the coming weeks and provide the new direction on Iraq that the American people demand and that is so urgently needed. I urge a 'yes' vote on the Skelton bill.”

Ohio Congressmember Dennis Kucinich was the lone antiwar Democrat to vote against the bill. The measure would remove most combat troops by April of next year but still leave tens of thousands soldiers behind.