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"Cash for Cloture": What's In It For Them?

Published on January 3, 2010 By sirrahc

In exchange for their votes to “invoke cloture” (i.e., stop debate and hold a final vote) on Obamacare, here is what some of the Democrat Senators got in return: Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-LA, asked for and got an extra $100 million in Medicaid money for her state. This has become known as “The Louisiana Purchase”. […]