Senate Republicans block Iraq measure
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Republicans blocked the U.S. Senate on Saturday from considering a rebuke to President George W. Bush's Iraq troop buildup, but lawmakers vowed to continue waging a bitter struggle over war policy.
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Marathon session ends with Republicans blocking Democrat attempt to withdraw US troops from Iraq.
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Republicans in the US Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic measure which would have required President George W. Bush to pull most combat troops out of Iraq by the end of April 2008.
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Senator John W. Warner has attracted criticism from fellow Republicans over a resolution opposing President Bushâs Iraq policy.
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Senate Republicans on Wednesday narrowly blocked a Democratic-backed economic stimulus plan valued at about $157 billion that would have provided benefits for the long-term unemployed and expanded proposed tax rebates to include retirees and disabled veterans.
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For what could become the third year in a row, the Senate on Tuesday evening did not  pass an Intelligence Authorization Bill, over the objection of a lone Republican senator whose name is being protected by his colleagues.
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A bipartisan resolution repudiating President George W. Bush's decision to send 21,500 more troops to Iraq failed to advance in the U.S. Senate on Monday, dealing a serious setback to critics of the war.
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Republicans blocked a full-fledged Senate debate over Iraq on Monday, but Democrats vowed they would eventually find a way to force President Bush to change course in a war that has claimed the lives of more than 3,000 U.S. troops.
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Republicans have blocked a debate in the US Senate over a resolution criticizing President George W. Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq, but a new showdown looms.
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The Senate yesterday rejected a nine-month timetable for bringing most troops home from Iraq, yet another legislative defeat for Democrats in what is shaping up as a losing battle to force President Bush to end the war.
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Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Sunday warned Republicans not to block consideration of a measure opposing President Bush's troop increase in Iraq, saying it would be a "terrible mistake" to prevent debate on the top issue in America.
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Senate Republicans who earlier this week helped block deliberations on a resolution opposing President Bush's new troop deployments in Iraq changed course yesterday and vowed to use every tactic at their disposal to ensure a full and open debate.
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A proposal to cut off money for military operations in Iraq fell far short in the Senate today, a day after Democrats lost their best chance of changing the course of the war.
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WASHINGTON - House Republicans on Saturday blocked passage of legislation addressing the Sept. 11 Commissionâs terror-fighting recommendations to President Bush, but GOP leaders said they would con-tinue to press the effort this year.
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Republicans blocked an expansive and expensive economic stimulus package championed by Senate Democrats.
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A core of highly conservative Republicans aligned with the Pentagon moved to block a vote on a bill that would have enacted the recommendations of the 9/11 panel.
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The White House is rejecting as premature a plan by two senior Republican senators to restrict the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq.