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CONGRESS II
By admin - Last updated: Monday, December 21, 2009
Sen. Ben Nelson’s hardly the only lawmaker extracting sweetheart deals out of the health care reform bill. While the Nebraska Democrat got a particularly juicy concession in exchange for a “yes” vote on the 10-year, $871 billion package — permanent and full federal aid for his state’s expanded Medicaid population — support from a slew [...]