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Democrats Orchestrate Town-Hall Counterpunch

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
Aug. 13, 2009, 4:12 p.m.

Democrats on Thursday mounted a broad counteroffensive against Republicans to try to reverse growing opposition to their health care plans and win back an electorate increasingly sympathetic to town-hall protesters.

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