DNC: Republicans Block Levin-Reed Amendment To Withdraw Troops

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Republicans Block Levin-Reed Amendment To Withdraw Troops

"After an all-night debate on Iraq, Senate Democrats tried today to end a Republican block on a vote on the Levin-Reed amendment, which would require a troop withdrawal to begin within the next 120 days."

"The Democratic Party blasted almost 60,000 faxes into Senate offices yesterday in support of the Levin-Reed amendment."

"But at the end of the day, Republicans blocked the Levin-Reed amendment by a vote of 52-47."

Governor Dean's statement:

"Today is a sad day for America, but it is not the end of this fight. While Democrats once again kept their promise to the American people by voting to change course in Iraq, Republicans chose to protect the President and his disastrous Iraq policy. Republicans in Congress have consistently failed to show the leadership and backbone needed to stand up to President Bush when it really matters.
"Democrats are united in their resolve to end the war and will continue to hold President Bush and his Republican allies accountable as long as American troops remain in the middle of a civil war. But if Republicans continue to ignore the will of the American people, electing a Democratic president in 2008 will be the only way to ensure that we can begin to responsibly redeploy our troops and refocus on the real war on terror."