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      <excerpt>...benefits. Twenty-two Republicans and two Democrats voted with him on a motion that was opposed by Senate Democratic leaders. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., chairman of the appropriations subcommittee that prepared the bill, said Coburn seemed to be confusing</excerpt>
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