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Senate Iraq vote would push showdown with Bush

Sen. Harry Reid has asked President Bush to negotiate a compromise if he doesn't agree that the proposed deadline for withdrawing troops is "fair and reasonable."

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Senate is expected Thursday to follow the lead of its defiant counterparts in the House, who in the face of a threatened presidential veto, passed a bill calling for U.S. combat forces in Iraq to be withdrawn next year.

Senate passage would set the stage for a showdown between President Bush and congressional Democrats, who do not appear to have the necessary two-thirds support to override a veto.

The House of Representatives late Wednesday approved a $124 billion funding bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that includes a timetable for withdrawing troops. The bill requires the "redeployment" of troops to begin October 1 and be complete by April 1, 2008.

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