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  Truants undo [House]Dem plans
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Last EditedUser 490  May 03, 2005 08:58pm
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News DateWednesday, May 4, 2005 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionSeven House Democrats skipped town before the major budget vote last Thursday, infuriating some of their colleagues and giving a handful of vulnerable Republicans a virtual hall pass to vote against their party.

As the whereabouts of two or three truant Democrats were unknown for the 8:30 vote on the House-Senate budget resolution, Democratic Party leaders were disappointed that lawmakers would put their political and parochial interests ahead of the party’s plan to force vulnerable Republicans to vote for a budget that Democrats insist will be difficult to defend in swing districts.
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