U.S. Senate Democrats want Iraq war deadline-Reid« Thread Started on May 15, 2007, 1:31am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------U.S. Senate Democrats want Iraq war deadline-Reid14 May 2007 21:52:16 GMTSource: Reutersread at source> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdes ... 44.htmMore By Richard CowanWASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democrats want to spell out a time frame to withdraw combat troops from Iraq, but might offer President George W. Bush power to waive the deadlines, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Monday."We've not, on this side of aisle, lost sight of the fact the American people have concluded the president's Iraq policy has failed and we're demanding a new way forward," said Reid, of Nevada, who a few weeks ago concluded the Iraq war was "lost."In an attempt to again gauge Senate sentiment for placing end-dates for U.S. involvement in a war now in its fifth year, Reid has attached two Iraq amendments to an unrelated water resources bill the Senate is debating.One would wind down U.S. involvement early next year by prohibiting combat funds after March 31. The other would call for troop withdrawals to begin this year and set a goal of finishing by March 31 next year. But Bush could waive the dates, Reid said.Reid added that he and fellow Democrats were prepared to pass a bill to fund the Iraq war that is "very, very close" to a bill Congress sent Bush last month, which he vetoed.On May 1, Bush rejected that $124 billion funding bill, mainly for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, that would have required U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq to begin no later than Oct. 1. The vetoed measure also set a nonbinding goal of March 31 for removing all combat troops.