Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/senate-falls-short-on-iraq-troop-withdrawal-bill Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript A bill that would have forced President Bush to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq within 120 days fell short of the 60 votes needed to proceed. Democrats lost in their effort despite an all-night debate. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. KWAME HOLMAN: This morning, a weary Dick Durbin, the Senate's second-ranking Democrat, said keeping the Senate in all night to debate a contentious troop withdrawal measure was worth it, despite its eventual defeat.SEN. DICK DURBIN (D), Illinois: Now the Senate's on record. Many senators who've gone home and said they're opposed to the war voted to continue the war today. They'll have to answer to the voters.And people across America understand what just took place. The Republicans changed the rules when it came to votes on Iraq, put a new standard that makes it very difficult to change the president's policy. They were loyal soldiers when it came to the president. We want to be loyal to the soldiers who are in battle, and that means starting to bring them home.