Kerry said during the debate he would never grant another country a veto on U.S. actions to protect itself, but he said the decision to go to war should pass a "global test" of legitimacy.
But Democrats are under considerable pressure from anti-war constituents to pass the bill.
The Wirtschaftswunder generation, which benefited from the country's post-war recovery, is starting to pass on billions in legacies.
Where kids once played and neighbors used to hang out together, now all that remains could easily pass for a former war zone.
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Copper Mountain started the price war three years ago by offering a season pass allowing four family members to ski for close to the price of one.
Yet, because removing Mr Hussein is remarkably difficult, and criticising the American president in time of war is not done lightly, Congress is likely to pass a vague resolution supporting President Clinton's Iraqi policy.
Because for me, it was a flame that my father passed on to me, through a brother who served in Vietnam, from his service in World War Two, to my twenty-two years and now we pass that flame on to my nephew, who has already done two tours of duty in Afghanistan.
Part of our news team included a cameraman who was a former military sniper, a radio host who was there for the first Gulf War, a translator who was also an oncologist with a medical pass, and a driver who was also a former driver for the UN weapons inspection team (who also loved Elvis).
And we shouldn't expect some binary moment, a pass-fail grade where, you know, the whole war, yes or no, is decided.
That saying was coined by a Republican Senator, Arthur Vandenberg, who partnered with a Democratic President, Harry Truman, to pass landmark national security measures at the dawn of the Cold War.
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She also declined to say whether there might be an effort to authorize war spending on a case by case basis or whether Congress would simply pass a resolution expressing its desires.
Senator BARACK OBAMA (Democrat, Illinois): We are going to bring an end to this war and I will fight now in the United States Senate to make sure that we don't pass any funding bill that does not have a deadline to start bringing our troops out and a deadline to start bringing our troops home.
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