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Reid Lacks Votes for Public Option as Lieberman Stands Apart (Bloomberg)

 
Bloomberg - Oct. 28 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid doesn’t have the 60 votes he needs to win approval of a government-run health-insurance program. (link)

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