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Senate Dems up ante on Bush after veto threat


Sens. Harry Reid, left, and Russ Feingold are co-sponsoring a bill that would end most Iraq war funding on March 31, 2008.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate's top Democrat is threatening to spearhead an effort to end most of the Iraq war funding if President Bush follows through on a promise to veto a loosely worded timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops.

Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is joining Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, in sponsoring a new Iraq bill that would end the majority of Iraq war funding after March 31, 2008, the day Senate Democrats originally proposed pulling troops out of the war-ravaged nation.

The bill would permit spending in only three areas: fighting al Qaeda, training Iraqis and protecting the U.S. Embassy and personnel. (Watch video: CNN's Bob Franken reports how the political chess match between Congress and the White House is being played out

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