I've sat with people who got the specialist after their loved ones lost their lives and when it was too late to do the medical procedure, because the way these things are organized -- you heard John talk about his doctor friend who got fired.

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Having lost their supermajority in the Senate, the Democrats resorted to a questionable budget procedure to defeat a filibuster.

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