Confrontation Over War Begins Anew

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Confrontation Over War Begins Anew
By John M. Donnelly, CQ Staff

Senate Democrats will forge ahead with votes on anti-war measures later this week, even though most of the proposals lack the Republican support needed to advance.

As a result, Congress appears no closer to passing bipartisan legislation that could challenge President Bush’s Iraq War strategy, despite a growing chorus of centrists on both sides of the aisle calling for change.

The decision by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to hold votes on war measures that are likely to fail suggested another Democratic effort to put both parties on record yet again on the Iraq issue.

Having failed to win over Republicans on compromise measures, Democrats appeared to be returning to a hard-line approach. They had considered bringing to the floor a measure by Democrats Carl Levin of Michigan and Jack Reed of Rhode Island that would set a goal, not a ­requirement, for withdrawing most U.S. troops from Iraq in nine months. That measure will have to wait while a version with a firm deadline is put to the Senate, Reid told reporters. Three other left-of-center Democratic measures also are likely to get a vote before the Senate returns to any compromise-oriented amendments.

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And, for the record, why does "compromise" always mean "do what the Republicans want to do" while taking a "hard-line approach" is the characterization for trying to carry out the will of the majority, as expressed in poll after poll for the last two years?