Senator Carl Levin, Democrat of Michigan, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said he would prefer a resolution urging United Nations action.
In April, at a meeting at the U.N. Human Rights Commission, in Geneva, European diplomats opposed a strong American denunciation of the atrocities, preferring a resolution so watered down that Sudan welcomed it.
Although many Democrats in both chambers would prefer a resolution that repudiates the sequester cuts now, they are resigned to what is known as a "clean C.R.," a continuing resolution that simply continues the abysmally low spending levels of 2013 into the first weeks or months of fiscal 2014, which begins on Tuesday.
Both sides have accused the other of bad faith behavior, but both have also said they'd prefer a resolution outside the courts.
They might prefer a resolution under the UN's Chapter 6 - entitled "Pacific Settlement of Disputes" - which stipulates that peaceful methods should be used to resolve disputes.
For instance, DuPage County has long supported the Nicarico family's adamant wish for a death sentence for Jeanine's killer, but the virtually identical murder of Melissa Ackerman resulted in a life term with no possibility of parole for Brian Dugan, because Melissa's parents preferred a quick resolution.
Giles and Bick would prefer a quick resolution.
Straw told Cheney Britain would "prefer" a second resolution but it would be "OK" if they tried and failed to get one "à la Kosovo".
That is why even those in the Labour party who are calling for the establishment of safe zones in Syria say they would prefer a UN resolution first.
"We all prefer a diplomatic resolution, and Iran's leaders still have the opportunity to make the right decision," Mrs. Clinton said.
