By a lopsided margin, Democrats joined with opposition Republicans to send a message to the White House.

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Consider the case of Florida, the state that put George W. Bush in the White House by a margin of fewer than 300 votes out of the five million plus that Floridians cast that year.

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Mentholated cigarettes account for roughly 30 percent of cigarettes sold in the United States, and they are favored by African-American smokers by roughly a threefold margin compared to white smokers.

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Despite drawing some bipartisan report, the margin would not be sufficient to override a White House veto.

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