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Lobbyists Say Panel Off to a Smooth Start

By Anna Palmer
Roll Call Staff
Feb. 22, 2010, Midnight

Even if health care reform legislation gets passed this year, lobbyists say it may have surprisingly little to do with Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa). That’s because Harkin assumed the panel’s top slot after much of the reform package had already been crafted.

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