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With 10 Months to Go, Is the House Playing Field Set?

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Roll Call Staff
Dec. 22, 2009, 6 a.m.

When it comes to politics, a year may not be an eternity after all. That’s not good news for House Democrats who are already playing defense this cycle.

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