Democrats push Wednesday vote« Thread Started on May 16, 2007, 5:19am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Senate Republicans challenge U.S. commitment in Iraq, Democrats push Wednesday voteThe Associated Press Published: May 15, 2007read at source> http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/ ... WASHINGTON: A small group of Republican senators, led by Sen. John Warner, are collaborating on legislation that would threaten to tie up billions of dollars in U.S. aid to Iraq and make clear that America's troops will stay only so long as Baghdad lives up to its promises."The United States strategy in Iraq, hereafter, shall be conditioned on the Iraqi government meeting benchmarks," states a draft of the proposal.