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NYTIMES (Michael Gold and Carl Hulse) - Congress Leaves With a Whimper, as the G.O.P. Braces for Midterm Pain

Republicans lined up a series of doomed votes in their final hours, hoping to portray Democrats as obstructionists. But some conceded that their party was more likely to be punished.

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