As the House and Senate have debated the 2004 budget resolution, many Democrats and some Republicans have complained it is impossible to vote on a budget that does not account for the large price tag for war with Iraq.

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"Congress drew reasonable conclusions from the extensive evidence it gathered and acted pursuant to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, which entrust Congress with ensuring that the right to vote -- surely among the most important guarantees of political liberty in the Constitution -- is not abridged on account of race, " said the 2-1 panel of judges.

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