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Politics

Question Of The Day: Would You Vote To Break A Filibuster?

Chris Good
October 27, 2009

If you were a Democratic senator opposed to the public option, would you vote to break a filibuster anyway? In other words, does a health care bill deserve to be voted on by the Senate, even if you don't like it personally?

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