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Senate Democrats drafted a no-confidence resolution today in a move intended to mount increased pressure on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign. Senator Judiciary Committee members Charles Schumer (Dem. - N.Y.), Diane Feinstein (Dem. - Cal.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (Dem. - R.I.) to the lead introducing it at a press conference shortly after President Bush reaffirmed his support for Gonzales at a White House news conference.

Here is the full text of the resolution, which is calendered for a Senate vote on Monday, June 11, 2007:

Expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and the American People

Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Biden, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Bingman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, Mr. Casey, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Levin, Mr. Menendez, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Obama, Mr. Reid, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Starnow, and Mr. Webb) introduced the following joint resolution which was read twice and referred to the Committee on

Expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the Senate and the American people.

1 Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives

2 of the United States of America in the Congress assembled

3 SECTION 1. SENSE OF THE SENATE

4 It is the sense of the Senate that Attorney General

5 Alberto Gonzales no longer holds the confidence of the

6 Senate and the American people.