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To: Road Walker who wrote (325029)	2/8/2007 1:53:34 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578704

Its nice to see some Republicans with backbone. Meanwhile, Congress has yet to get a non binding resolution to a vote. And we hoped they could stop the war...........I don't think so. GOP Seven Issue Iraq Resolution Threat Seven Senate Republicans -- Norm Coleman, Susan Collins, Chuck Hagel, Gordon Smith, Olympia Snowe, John Warner, and George Voinovich -- are threatening to hold up Senate business until Warner's resolution opposing President Bush's planned troop buildup "gets a vote, saying they will try to attach the measure to future legislation," the Los Angeles Times reports. While their warning "does not guarantee the Senate will vote any time soon" on the resolution, "it may further complicate Senate debate on the war." The Washington Post, in a front-page report, says the group, "who earlier this week helped block deliberations" on the resolution, "changed course yesterday and vowed to use every tactic at their disposal to ensure a full and open debate." Roll Call says the announcement "followed a day of angry and increasingly partisan recriminations between Senate Democrats and Republicans over who was to blame for the collapse of a planned debate on Iraq." In his Washington Post column, Robert Novak writes that while "the White House was overjoyed" by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's efforts to prevent a vote, he made the GOP "look obstructionist," and "Tuesday's headlines indicated a public relations fiasco for Republicans." Democratic Sen. Jim Webb said on MSNBC's Hardball, "Honestly, I think right now the Republican leadership just does not want a vote because they know they're going to lose." House Strips Down Language Meanwhile in the House, the AP reports Democratic leaders "coalesced Wednesday around a stripped-down measure that disapproves of President Bush's decision to send more forces to Iraq and declares support for the troops, according to party aides who said a vote was likely next week." Democrats hope for bipartisan support, and House Republican Conference Chairman Adam Putnam "conceded some members of the GOP rank-and-file would likely break ranks." USA Today says the "question is how broad a bipartisan majority the resolution will attract." Read more................ usnews.com