On Capitol Hill, the Republican-controlled Senate passed a resolution mandating the White House to provide quarterly Iraq progress reports and urging it to accelerate the process for a withdrawal of U.S. troops. The measure passed after a Democratic measure calling for a specific timetable for troop withdrawal was defeated. Commenting on the rejected Democratic resolution, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said: “I think it speaks to a bit of nervousness about public perception of how the war is going in terms of ²⁰⁰⁶ elections. And to be honest with you, the war is going to be going on long after '06. I'm more worried about getting it right in Iraq than the ’06 elections.”