GOP Blocks Senate Majority From Voting No Confidence On Gonzales

AP :

Senate Democrats blistered Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Monday with debate on a "no-confidence" resolution, but President Bush and fellow Republicans shrugged it all off as a waste of time.

No one predicted that the resolution would survive its test vote late in the day. But neither did Republicans or Democrats rush to defend Bush's longtime friend after he alienated even the White House's staunchest allies on a host of controversies -- from the bungled firings of eight federal prosecutors to the handling of wiretapping authority under the USA Patriot Act.

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