Senate to vote on redeploying soldiers
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Ahead of votes on U.S. troop presence in Iraq, Republicans argued Thursday that the United States must stay put to help the fledgling Iraqi government while Democrats demanded the Bush administration make clear that American forces won&#039;t be in Iraq forever.
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Highlights of the latest version of an Iraq war resolution by Sen. John Warner, R-Va., that is winning support from Democratic leaders and some Republicans and is expected to be debated next week by the Senate.
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A resolution rebuking President George W. Bush over his new strategy in Iraq moves to the US Senate Saturday, one day after it passed the House in a rare wartime blow to the US commander-in-chief.
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Republican unity on Iraq, strained but so far holding, is coming under still more pressure in the Senate as lawmakers from both parties float proposals to get troops out soon.
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A vote on the Democratic-sponsored  Iraq resolution expected to hit the Senate floor next week will mark the first time Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) has embraced a legislative deadline for withdrawing from the war-torn nation, a step she has consistently resisted to this point.
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With the U.S. Senate gridlocked over pulling troops out of Iraq, a more modest House of Representatives proposal gained momentum on Thursday as the chamber's Republican leader said he would likely vote for it.
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Senate Republicans yesterday rejected a bipartisan proposal to lengthen the home leaves of U.S. troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, derailing a measure that war opponents viewed as one of the best chances to force President Bush to accelerate a redeployment of forces.
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Senators are debating whether to pass a resolution opposing President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq. Democrats want a simple vote on the measure, passed yesterday by the House. But it is not clear if they will have the 60 votes necessary to move ahead.
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Democratic presidential contenders on Capitol Hill will cast critical votes on the Iraq war this week, when lawmakers decide on a $120 billion bill to keep military operations afloat through September.
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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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The Senate returns Monday to its defense authorization bill, beginning with a politically charged debate about the treatment of detained terrorism suspects before lawmakers turn to the Iraq War.
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A weary and sharply divided U.S. Senate headed on Wednesday toward a showdown vote on an apparently doomed Democratic plan to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of April 2008.
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Details are emerging about how Democrats hope to narrow the 2002 war authorization and limit the military's role in Iraq. A draft resolution will call for combat forces to be removed from Iraq by March 2008 and for remaining forces to be there only for counterterrorism operations and for training Iraqi forces, according to sources. Whether Congress can impose such restriction will be fiercely argued.
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Less than five months before congressional elections, Republicans and Democrats maneuvered for political advantage Wednesday as the Senate debated the Iraq war and the future of 127,000 U.S. troops in the war zone.
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Senate Democratic leaders intend to unveil a plan next week to repeal the 2002 resolution authorizing the war in Iraq in favor of narrower authority that restricts the military's role and begins withdrawals of combat troops.
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Under pressure to withdraw troops from Iraq, the White House this week will try to iron out differences among top U.S. officials over how large a force the U.S. military can sustain into next year, a key Republican senator said on Sunday.
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The Senate on Friday passed a defense policy bill that would offer more help to troops returning from combat and set conditions on contractors and pricey weapons programs.