Republicans block debate on Iraq
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Republicans blocked a debate on the Iraq war in the U.S. Senate on Monday, dealing a setback to critics of President George W. Bush's plan to send in thousands more troops, but Democrats warned they would not give up trying to force Bush to change course.
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Iraq war veterans on the sidelines of the Republican convention say they are sick of the bickering over the Vietnam War records of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry and want a serious discussion of Iraq and veterans' issues instead.
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The top four Republican presidential candidates have set off a debate over whether the GOP is paying enough attention to blacks and Hispanics by skipping Thursday night's debate on minority issues.
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Republicans in the House of Representatives sought a vote to end speculation that the government plans a new compulsory military service as the United States struggles in Iraq.
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Republican leaders in the House and Senate were blocked Wednesday by a senior GOP senator in their efforts to add immigration, handgun and Internet gambling measures to a defense bill.
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House debate over the Iraq war did more than pit Democrat against Republican. It pitted ghosts of the past against each other.
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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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Todayâs vote was the second time Senate Republicans were able to deny opponents of the war a debate on a resolution opposing the Bush administrationâs military strategy.
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Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell was conspicuous by his absence when key Republicans met with White House officials last week on how to limit party defections on Iraq.
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SPRING GREEN, Wis. - President Bush and rival John Kerry paused from private debate practice on Monday to accuse each other of lack of clarity on Iraq as they campaigned in "must win" states for each - the Republican incumbent in Ohio and his Democratic challenger in Wisconsin...
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Senate Republicans sharply challenged President Bush's top military general and ambassador in Iraq on Tuesday in a sign that some within the GOP retain serious misgivings about the protracted war.
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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.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry sharpened their attacks over Iraq and the war against terror on Friday, neither willing to give ground after a debate that Republican strategists conceded wasn't the commander in chief's finest moment of the campaign.
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Senate Republicans blocked a broad energy bill Thursday because it included billions of dollars in new taxes on the biggest oil companies.
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The show will go on, but the top  Republican presidential contenders will not be there -- and  they are hearing plenty of criticism of their decision to skip  a debate on Thursday focused on minority issues.
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A long-awaited Senate showdown on the war in Iraq was shut down before it even started yesterday, when nearly all Republicans voted to stop the Senate from considering a resolution opposing President Bush's plan to send 21,500 additional combat troops into battle.
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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.