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Thu 03 Mar 2007FF conflict as two Senators rebel against GovernmentTwo Fianna Fáil Senators were in open rebellion against the Government last night, with one resigning from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party and the other attempting to vote against the Government's own Finance Bill.Dublin Senator Liam Fitzgerald resigned from the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party in protest at the lack of democracy, describing the Taoiseach as "cavalier and unprincipled". Meanwhile, Galway Senator Margaret Cox attempted to vote against the Finance Bill over treatment of the west.