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Senate Buries Its Vote on Libby Pardon

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· Story link Senate Democrats forced a nonbinding vote instructing President Bush not to pardon former vice presidential aide I.…

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Senate Democrats forced a nonbinding vote instructing President Bush not to pardon former vice presidential aide I. Lewis Libby during their July 19 all-nighter, but an hour later undid the 47-49 vote and agreed there would be no record of it ever happening. (7/24/07)

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