Democrats critical as envoys to oppose Iraq shift
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Top U.S. officials will likely warn Congress on Monday against major changes in policy in Iraq, but leading Democrats said that strategy has failed and it's time to think about getting troops out.
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After weeks of refusing to back down to President Bush on setting a timetable on Iraq, House Democratic leaders face having to explain to their party's rank and file why they've now relented
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Democratic critics of the Iraq war seized the offensive at both ends of the Capitol on Tuesday, disclosing plans for a symbolic rejection by the House of President Bush's decision to deploy additional troops and filing legislation in the Senate to require withdrawal of U.S. military personnel.
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A probable move to curb funding for a 'surge' may put Democrats at odds with one another.
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Democrats in the Senate planned to begin debating on Wednesday a resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, but Republicans made clear they opposed the measure and would try to prevent its passage.
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The leading Democratic presidential candidates and their allies on Capitol Hill have launched fierce attacks in recent days on a White House plan to forge a new, long-term security agreement with the Iraqi government, complaining that the administration is trying to lock in a lasting U.S. military...
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US Senate Democrats, thwarted in their bid to force a debate on President George W. Bush's planned US troop buildup in Iraq, are expected to step up their pressure on the administration in order to force it to change its strategy in the war.
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Top US diplomat in Iraq warns against strategy favoured by Obama and Clinton
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House Democrats today unveiled a tightly worded resolution of opposition to President Bush's Iraq war plans, declaring that Congress "disapproves of the decision" to deploy more than 20,000 additional U.S. combat troops to Iraq.
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Democrats on Wednesday praised a bipartisan report on Iraq as a rebuke of White House policy, while expressing concern that it fails to urge the Baghdad government to pursue a political settlement.
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With Republican support for the Iraq war cracking, Democratic leaders in the Senate are seeking to attract GOP support to force President Bush to begin withdrawing combat troops.
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US Senate Democrats, thwarted in their bid to force a debate on President George W. Bush's planned US troop buildup in Iraq, were expected to step up their pressure on the administration in order to force it to change its strategy in the war.
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The White House said Friday it would oppose any attempt by Senate Democrats to revoke the 2002 Congressional resolution authorizing the war in Iraq
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One top Democrat in Congress is calling for an exit strategy in Iraq as another vows lasting opposition to Social Security benefit cuts &#151; elements of a pre-emptive strike against President Bush before his midweek State of the Union address.
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Democrats in the U.S. Senate planned to begin debating on Wednesday a resolution to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, but Republicans made clear they opposed the measure and would try to prevent its passage.
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Democrats' efforts to challenge President Bush's Iraq policies were dealt a demoralizing blow Wednesday in the Senate after they failed to scrape together enough support to guarantee troops more time at home.
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Majority Democrats in Congress, prevented from passing a Senate resolution opposing White House Iraq policy, get a fresh chance this week in the House of Representatives.