Lieberman Unwelcome at Party Lunches

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff

Sept. 9, 2008, 12:47 p.m.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-Conn.) have agreed that Lieberman will no longer attend Democrats’ weekly caucus lunches or the biweekly chairmen’s lunches used to formulate policy, senior Democratic aides said Tuesday.

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