Tonight: The Fight To End The War
Reid: "Republicans Are Protecting The President Rather Than The Troops"…Snowe: "The Time Has Come To Address Reality"...Sergeant Of Arms Available To Bring Senators From Their Homes If Debate Is Ignored Congressional Quarterly Josh Rogin July 17, 2007 05:25 PM
The Senate headed towards its first all-night session since 2003 Tuesday, as both Democrats and Republicans prepared to fight in the media to defend their positions on the war.
Under a unanimous consent agreement, the Senate was to vote Tuesday afternoon on a Republican amendment to the fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill (HR 1585), expressing the sense of the Senate that it should commit to a strategy that will avoid a failed state in Iraq.
The Senate headed towards its first all-night session since 2003 Tuesday, as both Democrats and Republicans prepared to fight in the media to defend their positions on the war.
Under a unanimous consent agreement, the Senate was to vote Tuesday afternoon on a Republican amendment to the fiscal 2008 defense authorization bill (HR 1585), expressing the sense of the Senate that it should commit to a strategy that will avoid a failed state in Iraq.
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