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  • Senate GOP will not block Iraq bill

    03/26/2007 2:50:26 PM PDT · by RWR8189 · 127 replies · 2,704+ views
    Associated Press ^ | March 26, 2007 | ANNE FLAHERTY
    WASHINGTON - Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (news, bio, voting record) said Monday he won't block Senate passage of an Iraq war spending bill even if the GOP fails to kill its troop withdrawal deadline because he knows President Bush will veto it. Facing a cliffhanging vote this week, McConnell promised to fight the provision, which calls for combat troops to be brought home within a year. Even if he fails, McConnell said he won't stand in the way of the bill's final passage because the sooner it is sent to the president, the sooner Bush can veto it. Unable to...