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Lawmakers Back Bush, Disagree on Iraq Plan.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2002

By G. Robert Hillman, The Dallas Morning News Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 13--WASHINGTON - President Bush got high marks in Congress for taking his case against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to the United Nations on Thursday, but congressional leaders still have not agreed on a plan to authorize U.S. military force.

Republican leaders in the House and Senate indicated they were ready for such a vote before the Nov. 5 elections, but Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., said he was not yet convinced.

"I don't think that the case for a pre-emptive attack has been made conclusively yet," Mr. Daschle said. "There are a lot of questions out there."

The president, who summoned Mr. Daschle and other congressional...

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