Link: Senate Keeps Pullout Date in Iraq War Bill

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Senate Keeps Pullout Date in Iraq War Bill

By Jeff Zeleny and David Stout

The New York Times

Tuesday 27 March 2007

Washington - The Senate defeated an attempt to erase an American troop withdrawal date from an Iraq spending bill this afternoon after an emotional debate about the powers of the presidency and Congress and the well-being of front-line soldiers.

By a vote of 50 to 48, the Senate allowed a withdrawal date of March 31, 2008, to remain in the $122 billion bill, which has yet to be acted upon. The majority defeated an amendment offered by Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi, the ranking Republican on the Appropriations Committee, that would have removed the date.

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