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Key Conservative Dems Unlikely to Support Public Option Filibuster

By | 10.22.09 | 7:09 pm

This seems to have flown mostly under the radar, but on Tuesday, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), one of the sharpest Democratic critics of a public option, told The Huffington Post that she would probably not support a GOP filibuster of a health care bill that contained a public plan. More…

Lieberman Says He’d Probably Vote for Health Reform Cloture

By | 10.16.09 | 3:57 pm

Even if he ultimately opposes health reform legislation, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) says he would probably vote to bring the bill to the floor, reports The New Haven Register:

U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman, I-Conn., whose vote could be crucial to breaking an expected GOP filibuster on health care

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