Senate Democrats Split on Measure Opposing Bush
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Senate Democratic leaders who decided to back a Republican resolution against President Bush's Iraq war plan in hopes of winning broad bipartisan support ran into stiff resistance yesterday from an unexpected quarter -- fellow Democrats.
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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.
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A Senate Judiciary Committee divided along partisan lines advanced Alberto Gonzales' nomination as attorney general to the full Senate Wednesday despite Democratic complaints that he is too close to President Bush to be effective as the nation's top law enforcement official.
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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
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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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A growing clamor among rank-and-file Democrats to halt President Bush's most controversial tactics in the fight against terrorism has exposed deep divisions within the party, with many Democrats angry that they cannot defeat even a weakened president on issues that they believe should be front and...
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Chicago Tribune - As congressional Democrats prepare to watch President Bush take the oath of office Thursday, many within the party are growing frustrated at the lack of a clear Democratic strategy for dealing with a president who they believe is not particularly popular despite his re-election.
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The Senate gridlocked on the Iraq war in a sharply worded showdown Saturday as Republicans foiled a Democratic bid to repudiate President Bush's deployment of 21,500 additional combat troops.
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Senate Democrats are considering filibustering Alberto Gonzales' nomination to be attorney general over his role in developing the Bush administration's policies on treating foreign detainees.
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The U.S. Senate edged closer to a showdown debate over Iraq with attacks coming from the right and left on Thursday on a proposal to reject President George W. Bush's decision to send 21,500 more troops to war.
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Given a chance, many House Democrats might support a resolution committing Congress to fund U.S. troops in Iraq. But fearing that might muddle their message opposing President Bush's Iraq policy, party leaders are not giving them the opportunity.
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Democrats criticized President Bush's record on national security and military matters Monday, seizing on the president's comment that he doesn't think the fight against terrorism can be won.
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Two senators leading separate efforts to put Congress on record against President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq joined forces Wednesday, agreeing on a nonbinding resolution that would criticize the plan.
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U.S. President George W. Bush's fellow Republicans in the Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic proposal to force him to withdraw American combat troops from Iraq after a rare round-the-clock debate.
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The House passes a resolution opposing Bush on the war, but the Democrats coax only 17 GOP members to join them. Next, however, could come a measure with teeth
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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.
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Democratic leaders conceded they were short of the votes needed to override a veto threatened by President Bush.