With the Senate stymied, the House next week will hold three days of floor debate on a resolution disapproving of President Bush’s plans to send 21,500 additional U.S. troops to Iraq.

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, said today that Democrats plan to launch debate on a non-binding resolution starting on Tuesday, Feb. 13, and concluding Thursday, Feb. 15. The language has not yet been drafted.

“The resolution will clearly say we do not believe that the president’s proposal of an escalation of 21,000 troops is the proper policy to be pursuing,” Hoyer said, adding that the language could go beyond that fairly limited statement.

House Democrats had intended to wait for the Senate to act first on its version of a non-binding Iraq resolution, but the leadership abandoned that approach after Senate Republicans blocked the debate in that chamber Monday.

House Democrats will hold a special caucus meeting this Thursday to talk about the resolution. “Some people want to pull out. Some people want to cut off funding. Some people want to support the troop surge and beyond,” said Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla.