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pnwmom

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9. We never had the Senate. Joe Lieberman was an Independent then, who voted

Reply to YOHABLO (Reply #6)

Sun Jun 19, 2016, 10:02 PM

Jun 2016

with the Dems when he felt like it. And because of him, the Senate wasn't able to pass the ACA with a public option.

And that whole period of time lasted just a few months. When Ted Kennedy died and was replaced by Scott Brown, that was the end.

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