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Senate Republicans Demand Two Months of Debate on Health Care Bill

By David M. Drucker
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 14, 2009, 3:35 p.m.

Democratic negotiations to merge two competing Senate health care bills got under way Wednesday, with Republicans characterizing the talks as backroom dealing and demanding two months of floor time to debate the final legislation.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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