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The First Showdown on Health Care
NYTimes ^ | 4/11/09
Posted on April 11, 2009 6:33:21 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
Republican senators are hyperventilating over the possibility that Democrats might try to pass health care reform with only a majority vote — depriving them of the chance to try to block legislation with filibusters that can only be overcome with the votes of at least three-fifths of all senators.
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