Part 1: 'Toothless:' How the Watchdog Press Became a Government Lapdog

... 244 to 188. There are enough votes in the Senate to pass the bill, but the obstructionist Republican minority, still nursing the wounds inflicted by the public in the November election, can block it by endless political maneuvering and a filibuster. ...

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