And he became a giant killer of sorts when he knocked off Sen.

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"So for the government to focus on taking arbitrary numbers of pupils off the SEN register is entirely the wrong starting point, " said Ms Hodgson.

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Republicans are certain to remind Montana voters next year that Baucus' fingerprints are all over the health care law, even though a similar strategy failed to knock off fellow Democratic Sen.

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