Namun ia berikrar melalui satu atau lain cara anggota partai Demokrat akan mundur dari penghentian guna mensahkan peraturan yang meminta Presiden mempertangung-jawabkan caranya menangani Irak, sekalipun mereka tak berhasil memperoleh suara mengenai tindakan sensor simbolis Sabtu.
He vowed, however, that one way or another Democrats would pull out the stops to pass legislation taking the president to task for his handling of Iraq, even if they did not succeed in getting a vote on a symbolic censure measure Saturday.