US Democrats draft Iraq challenge
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Democrats in the US are planning a Senate challenge to President George W Bush's handling of the Iraq war.
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U.S. Senate Democrats, hoping to raise pressure on President George W. Bush and his fellow Republicans to pull troops from Iraq, have scheduled an around-the-clock war debate starting on Tuesday.
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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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Frustrated by the political breakdown in the Senate, House Democratic leaders decided to begin debate next week on their own Iraq resolution.
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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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The United States and Iraq are crafting a two-pronged plan to prepare for Iraq&#39;s first democratic election in January, combining a fall military offensive to evict insurgents
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The two top Democrats in the U.S. Congress challenged President Bush on Monday to draft an "exit strategy" in Iraq and work with them in his drive to revamp the Social Security retirement program.
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US Democrats opened a new front in their battle for the White House, attacking Vice President Dick Cheney and his old company Halliburton for alleged &quot;cronyism&quot; that reaped billions of dollars of business in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON -- The Democratic-led Senate is moving closer to rewriting the measure that paved the way for President Bush to invade Iraq nearly four years ago, two top Democratic lawmakers said yesterday.
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Democrats' ambitious plans to limit President Bush's war authority and force a change of course in Iraq are faltering amid party divisions over how quickly and aggressively they should act.
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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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Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on Thursday proposed withdrawing all American combat troops from Iraq by next year, saying President George W. Bush's war strategy had failed and that the United States must instead focus on a brewing storm in Afghanistan.
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House Democrats unveiled legislation Thursday requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the fall of next year
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Democratic leaders in the U.S. Congress on Thursday proposed withdrawing all American combat troops from Iraq by mid-2008, saying President George W. Bush's war strategy had failed and that the United States must instead focus on a brewing storm in Afghanistan.
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The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to consider a Democratic plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq after Republican opponents blocked two previous attempts at debating the unpopular war.
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House Democratic leaders are developing an anti-war proposal that wouldn't cut off money for U.S. troops in Iraq while requiring President Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened military
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House Democratic leaders are planning a short and simple measure opposing President Bush's decision to send more forces into combat