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For Immediate Release
07/18/2007
Pelosi: Senate Republicans Have Once Again Thwarted the Will of the American People on Iraq
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following
statement today after Senate Republicans refused to allow an up-or-down vote on
the Levin-Reed amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that would have
responsibly redeployed our troops in Iraq:
“Most Senate Republicans continue to obstruct Democratic
efforts to force a new direction in Iraq, instead choosing to continue
to stand squarely behind the failed policies of President Bush. By blocking an up-or-down vote on an
amendment to responsibly end the war in Iraq, Senate Republicans have once
again thwarted the will of a majority of the United States Senate, a majority
of the House of Representatives, and a majority of the American people.
“After four and a half years of a failed policy in Iraq, we must
not just voice our opposition, we must vote to end the war. That is why the House passed legislation last
week on a bipartisan basis to responsibly redeploy our forces from Iraq. We will repeat that judgment legislatively as
often as necessary.”