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  Sen. Tim Johnson's vote may be needed on Iraq despite his hospitalization
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News DateThursday, February 1, 2007 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionWASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid left open the possibility Thursday of bringing in the South Dakota senator who's recuperating from brain surgery if Democrats need his vote to move forward with a resolution opposing a troop increase in Iraq.
"We'll have to see. He's doing very well," Reid, D-Nev., said regarding Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., in a brief interview with McClatchy Newspapers.

But Drey Samuelson, chief of staff to Sen. Johnson, said that he doesn't believe Johnson would be ready to return to the Senate even if Democrats needed his vote.

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