Faced with his second rebuke in a week from congressional Democrats on Iraq policy, President Bush yesterday summoned Republican allies to his side in an effort to shift momentum in the escalating battle over the course of the war. Bush, who has alienated many Republicans on Capitol Hill, invited the entire House GOP caucus to the White House for the first time in his presidency. | That dirty partisan rat. |
The White House gathering was designed to emphasize Bush's promise to veto any bill limiting his ability to prosecute the war and to reassure Republicans, many of whom have expressed weariness with defending his war policies. As long as Republican lawmakers stick with the president, Democrats will be unable to muster the two-thirds majorities they would need to override his veto.
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