Bi-partisan Group Votes Down Public Option
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In an entirely anticipated outcome, five Democrats joined all ten Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee to shoot down a public-option amendment proposed by Senator Jay Rockefeller, 15–8. The committee then moved on to a different public-option amendment proposed by Senator Chuck Schumer, which it proceeded to vote down by a slightly smaller margin, 13–10. [MSNBC]
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