Republicans block Senate 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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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 Republicans blocked a vote of no confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday, dashing Democratic hopes of embarrassing Gonzales and his boss, President George W. Bush, with a formal demand for his ouster.
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President George W. Bush&#39;s administration Wednesday beat off the latest bid by Democrats to derail its Iraq strategy, as the Senate blocked a bid to limit numbers of troops ready for deployment.
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Senate Republicans are growing increasingly nervous defending the war in Iraq, and Democrats more confident in their attempts to end it.
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A weary and sharply divided U.S. Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic effort that would have brought all American combat troops out of Iraq by the end of April 2008.
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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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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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Senate leaders said Tuesday they will hold off debating a repeal of the 2002 Iraq war authorization, possibly due to divisions that have emerged in the Democratic caucus over how to proceed on addressing the war in Iraq.
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As Democrats were getting ready to debate what was wrong with President Bush's plan to send additional troops to Iraq, Republicans managed to block the resolution. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid accused Republicans of giving Bush a "green light." "You can run, but you can't hide," Reid said. "We are going to debate Iraq."
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Republicans blocked a Senate no-confidence vote on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monday, rejecting a symbolic Democratic effort to force him from office amid blistering criticism from lawmakers in both parties.
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Senate Republicans blocked a plan on Wednesday to give U.S. troops in Iraq more home leave, defeating a proposal widely seen as the Democrats' best near-term chance to change President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy.
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President George W. Bush's Republicans blocked a Democratic plan to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of April 2008 to cap a rare round-the-clock U.S. Senate debate on Wednesday.
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The US Senate's Republican leader blamed obstruction by opposition Democrats for a delay in passing a US-India nuclear energy deal, which has now been put off until after the November midterm elections.
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Sen. John Kerry on Saturday blamed Republicans for squelching Senate debate on the Iraq war and warned that President Bush's plan for more troops in Iraq is a mistake.
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Sen. John McCain, his presidential campaign weighed down by Iraq, on Monday rejected a proposal from two fellow Republicans demanding a new war strategy that would limit the role of U.S. troops.
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Nervous Senate Republicans beseeched the White House without apparent success Wednesday for a quick change in course on Iraq as congressional Democrats insisted on high-profile votes calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops by spring.