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Senate bars bill to restore detainee rights
Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:27pm EDT
By Susan Cornwell
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN1924593620070919

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate voted on Wednesday against considering a measure to give Guantanamo detainees and other foreigners the right to challenge their detention in the U.S. courts.

The legislation needed 60 votes to be considered by lawmakers in the Senate, narrowly controlled by Democrats; it received only 56, with 43 voting against the effort to roll back a key element of President George W. Bush's war on terrorism…


Senate Republicans block Iraq bill
Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:06pm EDT
By Susan Cornwell
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1423419220070920

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans blocked a plan on Wednesday to give U.S. troops in Iraq more home leave, defeating a proposal widely seen as the Democrats' best near-term chance to change President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy.

The measure to give troops as much rest time at home as they spent on their most recent tour overseas needed 60 votes to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate; it received just 56 votes, with 44 against…