Antiwar forces take aim at GOP lawmakers
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'Iraq summer' activists claim credit for certain defections on Bush's Iraq policy. Republicans dispute that.
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U.S. lawmakers return to work on   Tuesday from a month-long recess with time running out for   Republicans to pass legislation and impress unhappy voters as   they try to retain control of Congress in November 7 elections.
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Two leading Republican legislators yesterday attacked the Bush administration&#39;s approach to rebuilding Iraq, in one of the strongest indictments
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Breaking ranks, a small band of House Republicans declared their opposition to a troop buildup in Iraq on Wednesday, and President Bush appeared resigned to passage of a nonbinding measure disapproving of his decision.
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President Bush and Republicans have gained some ground in their bid to hold onto Congress as a sustained GOP effort to portray Democrats and Iraq war critics as appeasing terrorists has swayed voters.
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With a difficult war debate looming and presidential vetoes for a host of popular legislation threatened, moderate Republicans in Congress are facing a tough choice: Stand by President Bush or run for their political lives.
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Republicans accused Democrats of raising the specter of compulsory military service to sway voters against President Bush's re-election bid as the House of Representatives seemed set on Tuesday to defeat a bill to reinstitute the draft.
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Republican senators in tough re-election contests expressed a range of reactions Tuesday to Gen. David H. PetraeusÃ¢ÂÂ report to Congress.
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Anti-war House members Wednesday urged colleagues to set a "clear timeline" for a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, challenging Democrats to assume the political risk of ending the war.
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The Senate's top two Republicans voiced support for Donald Rumsfeld on Friday as allies of the defense secretary sought to outflank increasingly vocal GOP critics in and out of Congress.
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Democrats and at least some Republicans are seeking political gain by attacking the defense secretary.
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In pushing for a bipartisan plan, they seek to avoid 'ownership' of the Iraq war.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; Seeking to dispel suggestions that the war in Iraq could lead to reinstatement of the draft, House Republicans on Tuesday hastily brought the idea to a vote &#8212; with the express intent of shooting it down.
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Anti-war Democrats in the US Senate are vowing to force Republicans to stage an all-night vigil on Tuesday to defend President George W. Bush&#39;s policy on Iraq.
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Republicans will play defense in this fall's state legislative races to avoid a "tsunami" that could alter the political landscape in statehouses around the country, the head of the GOP's legislative campaign committee said Wednesday.
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As more Republicans defect on Iraq, the White House presses its counter offensive to shore up support
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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.