Democrats Maneuver To Force Iraq Votes
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Senate Democratic leaders are planning a rare all-night session tonight, employing theatrics and scheduling votes that they hope will chip away at Republican resolve to back President Bush's Iraq war strategy.
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Senior House Democrats, seeking to placate members of their party from Republican-leaning districts, are pushing a plan that would place restrictions on President Bush's ability to wage the war in Iraq but would allow him to waive them if he publicly justifies  his position.
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The US Senate is holding an all-night session as Democrats seek to force the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq.
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As Iraqis prepare for a democratic vote, the U.S. is still struggling to prevent insurgents from destroying it
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A Democratic plan to take up a House bill that would set a firm withdrawal deadline in Iraq is gaining little traction with Republicans.
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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 vowed to force votes on Iraq withdrawal plans &quot;again and again&quot; after US Senate Republicans thwarted their latest bid to wrest control of the unpopular war from President George W. Bush.
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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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House Democratic leaders said Thursday that members will vote next week on a resolution stating opposition to President Bush's decision to send more forces into combat and voicing support for the troops.
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Democrats stepped up pressure on Thursday for President George W. Bush to halt his Iraq troop buildup, and the president warned Congress against undercutting his military strategy.
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The Democratic presidential hopefuls  scrambled for advantage in the widening debate over Iraq on  Wednesday, with Barack Obama calling for combat troops to come  home by the end of 2008 and Hillary Clinton asking the White  House to speed any withdrawal.
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Democrats' plans to limit President Bush's war authority, forcing a change of course in Iraq are faltering amid party divisions over how quickly and aggressively they should act
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Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama forcefully defended their votes against paying for the Iraq war as the top Republican presidential candidates angrily accused the two of weakness on national security.
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Analysis: There's less difference than it may seem in how Republicans and Democrats want to manage Iraq
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WASHINGTON -- The Democratic-led Senate is moving closer to rewriting the measure that paved the way for President Bush to invade Iraq nearly four years ago, two top Democratic lawmakers said yesterday.
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Democrats, expecting House passage Friday of a resolution opposing President Bush's military buildup in Iraq, are turning their sights on an the Pentagon's multibillion-dollar budget
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Democrats hoping to capture control   of the U.S. Congress in this fall elections called on Tuesday   for probes of the Bush administration's Iraq rebuilding effort,   which they likened to the government's botched response to   Hurricane Katrina in 2005.