Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) vowed Friday to resurrect negotiations with a key Republican to forge a bipartisan compromise on Iraq, after the chamber voted to shut down debate on a defense policy bill and effectively delay the fight over the war until at least next month.

Talks between Levin and Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) broke down Thursday shortly before the Senate voted 89-6 to end debate on the $460 billion defense authorization bill, which since July had been the prime target for Democratic efforts to attach measures that would have changed the course of the Iraq war. The Senate could send the defense bill to a conference committee with the House as early as Monday.

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