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karynnj

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13. Max Baucus needed something ALL the Democratic Senators would vote for
Wed Mar 11, 2020, 12:56 PM
Mar 2020

He dropped the public option when Liberman made it clear he was a definite no in that case. In fact, he likely would have been joined by Ben Nelson and Blanche Lincoln.

Baucus had the tough job of getting 60 votes when NO Republicans would bend and there were just u0 Democrats. That he succeeded was amazing. Then it almost fell apart when Scott Brown won and replaced the Democratic Senator Kirk. The House had to pass the Senate bill as it was avoiding the need to pass a conference bill. Then there was a small standalone bill that made some corrections that passed under reconciliation.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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