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TwilightGardener

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15. Then Hagel only needs (by my calculation) one more vote to overcome

Reply to Inuca (Reply #10)

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 07:26 PM

Feb 2013

a filibuster and get to a confirmation vote--he would have 55 Dems plus Cochran, McCain, Johanns, and Roy Blunt (who said he wouldn't support Hagel, but also wouldn't support a filibuster. Time to call Susan Collins or Lisa Murkowski.

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McConnell not ruling out Hagel filibuster, says opposition to nominee ‘intensifying’ [View all] Inuca Feb 2013 OP

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Then Hagel only needs (by my calculation) one more vote to overcome TwilightGardener Feb 2013 #15

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