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Lieberman Sets Off a Scramble

By Emily Pierce
Roll Call Staff
Dec. 15, 2009, Midnight

Senate Democratic leaders battled on multiple fronts Monday to try to rescue their faltering health care reform plan, as a rebellion by Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) over a proposed Medicare expansion threatened to create a domino effect among centrists and forced leaders to explore new ways to get a bill passed by Christmas.

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