*****U.S. Senate to test support for ending Iraq war*****

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will have a chance on Wednesday to show whether it wants President George W. Bush to start pulling combat troops from Iraq or if it prefers to continue funding the war with few or no new restrictions.

Senate leaders are orchestrating votes on four amendments, two Democratic and two Republican, in the hope of gauging support for the next steps in a war now in its fifth year and showing signs of losing support even among some conservative lawmakers.

The outcome of the votes on the amendments likely will effect negotiations between the House of Representatives and the Senate on an Iraq funding bill Congress is trying to send to Bush by the end of this month.

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Time to call folks.....