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  • Senate scuttles troop withdrawal bill (52-47, well short of the 60 votes needed to cut off debate)

    07/18/2007 10:24:53 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 24 replies · 1,004+ views
    ap on Yahoo ^ | 7/18/07 | Anne Flaherty - ap
    WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans scuttled a Democratic proposal ordering troop withdrawals from Iraq in a showdown Wednesday that capped an all-night debate on the war. The 52-47 vote fell short of the 60 votes needed to cut off debate under Senate rules. It was a sound defeat for Democrats who say the U.S. military campaign, in its fifth year and requiring 158,000 troops, cannot tame the sectarian violence in Iraq. "We have to get us out of a middle of a civil war" said Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee. A political solution must be found...