Wrangling Continues Over 9/11 Bill; Lieberman Says the Bush Administration Must Push Harder for the Intelligence Overhaul

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The fate of an overhaul of U.S. intelligence agencies rests with President Bush, who must exert more pressure on holdout Republicans if he wants compromise legislation to pass this year, a lead Senate negotiator said Sunday.

"If the president of the United States wants this bill, as commander in chief in the middle of a war, I cannot believe Republicans in the House are going to stop him from getting it," said Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., on ABC's "This Week."

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Wrangling Continues Over 9/11 Bill; Lieberman Says the Bush Administration Must Push Harder for the Intelligence Overhaul

But two powerful opponents of the deal, GOP Reps. Duncan Hunter of California and James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, are showing no signs of wavering ...

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