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Published 2/10/2009 by peterhamby at CNN Political Ticker

Specter is one of three Republicans supporting the bill. WASHINGTON (CNN) – A conservative group is robo-calling voters in Pennsylvania and Maine, urging them to call their Republican senators and demand they stop supporting President Obama’s stimulus package. In a last-minute effort to force Republican senators Arlen Specter, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins into voting against the [...] (link)

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