T he U.S. Senate, which likes to think of itself as “the upper body,” is about to suffer an institutional embarrassment at the hands of “the lower body” ? the U.S. House of Representatives.
With the Senate dithering over whether or not to debate President Bush?s latest troop buildup in Iraq, the Democratic leadership in the House is going ahead next week with debate of its own, thumbing its nose at tradition and protocol.
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