Posted on 05/12/2004 12:22:11 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:21:46 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
May 12, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - A push by Senate Democrats to extend jobless benefits lost by a single vote yesterday - as their nominee-to-be, John Kerry, missed the vote while campaigning in Kentucky.
Kerry, the only senator to miss the vote, said he didn't come back to Washington because "we were told that no matter what would happen, [the Republicans] would change a vote in the Senate and they were not going to let it happen."
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It's you that's not happening. Consider yourself told.
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