Recess War Of Words Set on Iraq

By John Stanton and Erin P. Billings
Roll Call Staff

March 29, 2007

Emboldened by their surprise defeat of GOP efforts to eliminate a tentative withdrawal date from Iraq, Senate Democrats will go on the offensive during next week’s recess, using President Bush’s threats to veto the supplemental spending measure to accuse Congressional Republicans of abandoning their constitutional duties in order to protect an unpopular president.

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