Senate Democrats Lack Support From G.O.P. on Pullout
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Some Republicans who have gone public with their complaints about the war strategy also weighed in against the Democratic withdrawal plan as ill-advised.
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Democratic senators will try to present a no-confidence measure on Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to the full Senate on Wednesday in an effort to persuade President Bush to sack the outspoken Pentagon chief, Democratic aides said.
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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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Senate Democrats called on Republicans to produce an agreement on how to move the stalled measure forward.
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A weary and sharply divided U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic effort that would have brought all American combat troops out of Iraq by the end of April 2008.
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Having failed to add a single Republican vote in their latest bid for a veto-proof margin on a children's health bill, chastened House Democrats are trying a humbler tack: talking directly with the lawmakers whose support they need.
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Senate Democrats, facing a filibuster of a long-awaited debate on President Bush's Iraq policy, were scrambling today to bring a resolution of opposition to the Senate floor. But Republican demands for a vote on a simple resolution calling for full funding for U.S. troops in Iraq threatened to...
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None of the Republican senators who spoke during an all-night session signaled new support for the Democratic plan to set a deadline for withdrawal.
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Senate Republicans scuttled a Democratic proposal ordering troop withdrawals from Iraq in a showdown Wednesday that capped an all-night debate on the war
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There is substantial support among   U.S. Senate Democrats for a resolution demanding the   resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a senior   Democrat said on Sunday.
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The Senate Democrats' fund-raising committee, trying to regain a Senate majority, led its Republican counterpart in contributions last month but has far less in the bank as the election approaches.
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The Senate yesterday left the fate of a new electronic surveillance law backed by the Bush administration up in the air, as a Republican-led effort to cut off a Democrat-led debate and proceed to a vote on the bill failed, mostly along party lines.
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After a marathon all-night debate, the Senate today turned back a Democratic attempt to force a vote on a proposal mandating troop withdrawals from Iraq. The 52-47 vote fell short of the 60 votes needed for the measure to proceed.
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An effort by Senate Democrats to force a vote on whether Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should stay on the job appeared to be fizzling out Wednesday. Republicans, calling the move a political stunt, promised to block an up-or-down vote on the measure and Democrats conceded there's not likely to be any vote whatsoever.
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The Senate on Wednesday rejected a move by Democrats to stop the Pentagon from using cluster bombs near civilian targets and to cut off sales unless purchasers abide by the same rules.
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A pair of Democratic efforts to tie passage of a far-reaching budget plan with an end to the war in Iraq failed in the U.S. Senate Tuesday. One plan had troops coming home within nine months and the other called for a year. The 1,482-page bill does have requests for about 9,000 pet projects that lawmakers want.
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Senate Democrats are making no concerted effort to block the confirmation of Rep. Porter Goss (R-Fla.) as the next CIA director, but thatâs not stopping them from attacking him publicly as too partisan and too mired in the status quo to do the job.