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Republicans use poison pill

by Josh Marshall
01.17.07 | 10:19 pm

Republicans use poison pill to derail ethics reform in the senate.

No ethics reform unless the Republicans get a line item veto.

Call it what it is. The senate Republicans don’t want an ethics bill. The corruption’s just to sweet for them to let go of.

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