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Filibuster Thwarted … For Now

by David Kurtz
11.21.09 | 3:08 pm

On a 60-39 party line vote just now, Senate Democrats overcame an attempted Republican filibuster on health care reform.

Determining who the lone senator not voting was. A Republican obviously … more shortly.

Late Update: Sen. Voinovich did not vote and was not present in the chamber, AFP’s Olivier Knox reports.

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