Pass rates have gone up every year except for this one, drawing claims that they were getting progressively easier.

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And as one Republican aide points out, in the Senate--which would also need to pass Frank's bill--only a handful of Democrats have expressed drawing on this money to help Detroit.

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At the time, I had a sense Jobs was drawing close to death but of course I had no idea his condition and that he would pass so soon.

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