Boehner: GOP Support on Iraq Could Waver

Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott of Miss., left, listens as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, makes a statement on the Iraq War supplemental outside the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 2, 2007 following a meeting between President Bush and Congressional leaders. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (Evan Vucci - AP)

"We've got to shake that White House until the people of the United States are heard," Rangel said. "Sure, we've got to have some restrictions on the money."

Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd, a Democratic presidential candidate, said congressional Republicans increasingly seem uneasy about Bush's policies.

"So we may disagree politically here, but remember where the American public is on this issue: They want a change. They think we're getting less secure, far more vulnerable today, than ever before, and they want a change in this policy," he said.

Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., predicted, "the taste for continuing with the present course among Republicans in the Senate and the House is going to fade very quickly, and we will get the change in mission."

In a statement, House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel of Illinois said Boehner's concern "has less to do with the troops coming home, and has everything to do with his fear that House Republicans will be sent home."

Top White House aides are negotiating with Democratic leaders on a new war spending bill.

Another Democratic presidential candidate, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, argued against negotiating and said lawmakers should keep sending Bush the same Iraq spending bill.

"I think that America has asked the Democratic leadership in the Congress to stand firm, and that's exactly what I'm saying they should do," he said.

Edwards started airing a television commercial last week urging Congress to stand up to Bush and keep sending back the vetoed bill, which sparked a quarrel with Dodd.

"With all due respect, we could have used John's vote here in the Senate on these issues here," Dodd said.

Dodd and Boehner appeared on "Fox News Sunday," while Edwards was on "This Week" on ABC. Rangel spoke on "Face the Nation" on CBS while Lugar and Schumer were on "Late Edition" on CNN.