Dems decry report of wasted Iraq aid
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Congressional Democrats on Wednesday decried tens of millions dollars of waste in Iraq reconstruction aid, as a new government report underscored a need for closer scrutiny of how the costly war is being handled.
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While Democrats seized on the Iraq Survey Group&#39;s report that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction before the US invasion, Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday grabbed the report&#39;s findings that Saddam Hussein was &quot;actively
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Democrats' efforts to challenge President Bush's Iraq policies were dealt a demoralizing blow Wednesday in the Senate after they failed to scrape together enough support to guarantee troops more time at home.
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A Democrat whose organization spent about &#36;6 million to get out the Hispanic vote criticized John Kerry's campaign effort Wednesday and said Democrats risk becoming a permanent minority if they don't do a better job.
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The Democrats' retreat on Iraq sparked a rethink of anti-Bush strategy, reports Joanna Walters.
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The head of the Democratic Party blamed the Bush administration&#039;s &quot;failed political leadership and lack of foresight and planning&quot; for turning U.S. soldiers into targets for the Iraqi insurgency.
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TIPTON, Iowa  - Democratic White House challenger  John Kerry accused President Bush and Vice President Dick  Cheney of mismanaging the war in Iraq after a former top aide  said the U.S. paid the price for not deploying enough troops  after last year's invasion.
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A House Democratic candidate accused Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld of lying about the progress in Iraq, a day after the Pentagon chief lashed out at critics of the Bush administration.
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Democrats are using the uproar over Walter Reed Army Medical Center as their latest cudgel to batter President Bush for his Iraq war policies as the administration shows signs it fears political damage from the revelations.
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There are plenty of signs that Republicans are hunkering down against an aggressive and well-financed Democratic effort to reclaim the House majority it lost in 1994 Ã¢ÂÂ including the $12.5 million in Ã¢ÂÂindependent expendituresÃ¢ÂÂ that the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) reported making in September.
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Democratic presidential frontrunners vote against bill to fund the US war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Democrats seeking votes for their Iraq-withdrawal plan have stuffed the bill it's in with billions of dollars for farms, flu preparedness, New Orleans levees, home heating and other causes.
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The Pentagon has issued a stinging rebuke to Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, arguing that she is boosting enemy propaganda by asking how the U.S. plans to eventually withdraw from Iraq.
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Democrats say they are making the best of a bad situation as they bring to the House floor a massive bill cobbling together $463.5 billion in unfinished budget business.
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A probable move to curb funding for a 'surge' may put Democrats at odds with one another.
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Democratic lawmakers yesterday seized on elements of a new classified intelligence assessment as validation of their long-standing position that the Iraq war has been a distraction from the broader war against terrorists, seeing the new study as an opportunity to undermine President Bush's...
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Senate Democrats, including several prospective presidential candidates, charged Thursday that the Bush administration&#039;s optimistic assessments on Iraq are not borne out by events on the ground.