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09-06-2006, 12:40 PM
Vote on Rumsfeld fizzling out in Senate (AP) (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_go_co/congress_rumsfeld)

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060906/capt.nyol78909061616.rumsfeld_nyol789.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=RLcZlqvswvm_uaw.6fWv8A-- (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/politics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_go_co/congress_rumsfeld)AP - An effort by Senate Democrats to force a vote on whether Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should stay on the job appeared to be fizzling out Wednesday. Republicans, calling the move a political stunt, promised to block an up-or-down vote on the measure and Democrats conceded there's not likely to be any vote whatsoever.