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Behind Closed Doors

by David Kurtz
10.19.09 | 2:53 pm

If you’re not in the room, you’re out of the loop as Harry Reid, Max Baucus, Chris Dodd and the White House work to hammer out a bill that merges competing versions of health care reform. Christina Bellantoni reports on the big huddle.

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