I Think We Are Isolating Ourselves, And

Literally Minutes Before The Senate Cast Its Vote, The Administration Sought To Add The Words 'in The United States And' After 'appropriate Force' In The Agreed-upon Text. This Last-minute Change Would Have Given The President Broad Authority To Exercise Expansive Powers Not Just Overseas-where We All Understood He Wanted Authority To Act-but Right Here In The United States, Potentially Against American Citizens. I Could See No Justification For Congress To Accede To This Extraordinary Request For Additional Authority. I Refused.

[i Am] Saddened, Saddened, That This President [bush] Failed So Miserably At Diplomacy That We're Now Forced To Go To War. Saddened That We Have To Give Up One Life Because This President Couldn't Create The Kind Of Diplomatic Effort That Was So Critical For Our Country.

This President Failed So Miserably In Diplomacy That We Are Now Forced To War.

As The Representatives Of The People We Are Here To Declare That Our Resolve Has Not Been Weakened By These Horrific And Cowardly Acts.

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