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More Senate Republicans oppose war« Thread Started on Feb 18

PostPosted: Sat Jan 28, 2012 10:33 am
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More Senate Republicans oppose war« Thread Started on Feb 18, 2007, 1:18am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------More Senate Republicans Broke With Their Party, This Time Washington (AP) -- The Senate gridlocked on the Iraq war in a sharply worded showdown on Saturday, as Republicans foiled a Democratic attempt to rebuke President Bush over his deployment of 21,500 additional combat troops.The vote was 56-34. That was four short of the 60 needed to advance the measure, which is identical to a nonbinding resolution that Democrats pushed through the House on Friday.``The Senate, on behalf of the American people, must make it clear to the commander in chief that he no longer has a rubber stamp in Iraq,'' said Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., in the final moments before the vote.read at source> http://www.knx1070.com/pages/236374.php ... tId=328087