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GOP Delay Tactic Could Be First Shot In Protracted Senate Health Bill Battle
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., used a procedural maneuver to require that a 767-page amendment, offered by Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont, be read aloud before discussion could begin, delaying the health overhaul debate for three hours before Sanders withdrew the measure. And that may only be the beginning of a full fledged campaign of delays.
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