Democrats' Struggle to Change Course in Iraq Has Produced Much Debate, Little Action
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On the morning of Dec. 18, 2006, the phone lines in the office of incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid suddenly lit up -- a warning signal that the coming debate over Iraq could prove a perilous exercise for congressional Democrats.
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Top Democrats advising the Kerry campaign are scratching their heads raw this week, trying to figure out why John Kerry--even with solid debate performances under his belt and continuing violence in Iraq--still is still having such a hard time convincing
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Courting the anti-war constituency, Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama both voted against legislation that pays for the Iraq war but lacks a timeline for troop withdrawal.
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Leading U.S. Democrats vowed on Sunday a push to revise President George W. Bush's 2002 authorization to wage war in Iraq, as a way to raise pressure for a change in strategy.
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Democrats steered the Senate into an attention-grabbing, all-night session to dramatize opposition to the Iraq war but conceded they were unlikely to gain the votes needed to advance troop withdrawal legislation blocked by Republicans.
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Democratic leaders in Congress have decided to shift course and pursue modest bipartisan measures to alter U.S. military strategy in Iraq, hoping to use incremental changes instead of aggressive legislation to break the grip Republicans have held over the direction of war policy.
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As Congress prepares to debate Iraq, a disagreement between two leading Democrats resurrects some of the toughest questions facing the nation.
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Frustrated Senate Democrats failed on Friday to force a withdrawal of troops from Iraq, capping a series of defeats that reinforced the chamber's impasse over the war.
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After weeks of watching their counterparts in the House make headway on anti-war legislation, Senate Democrats say it is their turn to put their members on record on whether President Bush should pull U.S. combat troops out of Iraq.
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President George W. Bush and Republicans have taken a battering over Iraq, but it's not because voters believe Democrats have a clear strategy for ending the conflict and bringing American soldiers home.
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When Senate Democrats move next month to narrow President Bush's authority to wage war in Iraq, at least one of their own won't be there to help. The same goes for trying to pass a spending bill for the war or a budget for the government.
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Top Democratic presidential hopefuls slugged out their most heated clash yet over Iraq Sunday, as differences over the war enlivened their second televised debate.
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Leading U.S. Democrats vowed on Sunday to seek a revision in President George W. Bush's 2002 authorization to wage war in Iraq, as a way to raise pressure for a change in strategy.
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A Democratic plan to take up a House bill that would set a firm withdrawal deadline in Iraq is gaining little traction with Republicans.
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The high hurdles faced by congressional Democrats in their efforts to end the Iraq war make electing a Democratic president in 2008 the best way to finish the conflict, Democratic party chairman Howard Dean said Saturday.
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Democrats are reviving their push for troop withdrawals as a progress report finds Iraq has not met key targets.
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Despite feeling a gust of political wind at their backs for the coming election, Democrats still need to make some critically fine distinctions to voters if the war in Iraq is to blow down the house of George W. Bush and sweep away his partyÃ¢ÂÂs control of Congress.