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"Reid spokesman Jim Manley said Tuesday that the majority leader “intends to revisit the issue at some point later in the future.” A House Democratic aide close to the negotiations on the bill echoed what Senate staffers had earlier suggested: The Senate should return to the issue in September giving voters and independent groups time to pressure on-the-fence senators during the August recess, while also drawing attention, closer to Election Day, to Republicans’ “siding with corporations.”“Quite frankly, I don’t think it’s a bad idea to bring this up again in September, when you give it a chance to crystallize the position of Democrats as standing for the public’s interest and Republicans [as standing] against it,” the aide said. “You let this vote sit out there for six weeks in these senators’ states — there are a lot of good government groups where this is their top priority — and you build an aggressive campaign highlighting these senators’ vo
tes on
this, and you pressure them to change their minds.” http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40311.html
"Reid spokesman Jim Manley said Tuesday that the majority leader “intends to revisit the issue at some point later in the future.” A House Democratic aide close to the negotiations on the bill echoed what Senate staffers had earlier suggested: The Senate should return to the issue in September giving voters and independent groups time to pressure on-the-fence senators during the August recess, while also drawing attention, closer to Election Day, to Republicans’ “siding with corporations.”“Quite frankly, I don’t think it’s a bad idea to bring this up again in September, when you give it a chance to crystallize the position of Democrats as standing for the public’s interest and Republicans [as standing] against it,” the aide said. “You let this vote sit out there for six weeks in these senators’ states — there are a lot of good government groups where this is their top priority — and you build an aggressive campaign highlighting these senators’ vo
tes on
this, and you pressure them to change their minds.” http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/40311.html
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