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Senate Votes 51-48 To Kill Blunt Amendment

by Sahil Kapur

03.01.12 | 6:57 am

The Democratic-led Senate voted on Thursday to table the Blunt amendment aimed at rolling back the Obama administration’s birth control mandate. The tally was 51-48 to strike it down.

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Sahil Kapur Sahil Kapur is TPM's senior congressional reporter and Supreme Court correspondent. His articles have been published in the Huffington Post, The Guardian and The New Republic. Email him at sahil@talkingpointsmemo.com and follow him on Twitter at @sahilkapur.