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Dems May Try to Revise Iraq War House Authority
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Democrats Try to Increase Leverage
Over Iraq Policy
By Kate Zernike
The
New York Times
Saturday 27 January 2007
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Washington - Representative Steny H. Hoyer, the House majority leader, said Friday that Congress might consider legislation revising the authorization it gave President Bush in 2002 to use military force in Iraq.
Mr. Hoyer set out a road map for the House to exercise more control over Iraq strategy, as he and other Democratic leaders continued on Friday to exert pressure against the president's plan to send in an additional 21,500 troops.
Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, moved on Friday to force a debate on a resolution opposing the troop increase that had been offered by Senators Joseph R. Biden Jr., Democrat of Delaware, and Chuck Hagel, Republican of Nebraska.
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