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          filibusted: Filibuster on S. 3628 (Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act) SUCCEEDED! (57↑ 41↓) http://is.gd/dQxrC

          filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 5297 (To establish the Small Business Lending Fund Program, and for other purp…) FAILED! (60↑ 37↓) http://is.gd/dGyXC

          filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4899 (Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010) SUCCEEDED! (46↑ 51↓) http://is.gd/dGyXk

          filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4213 (Tax Extenders Act of 2009) FAILED! (60↑ 40↓) http://is.gd/dBYpX

          filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4213 (Tax Extenders Act of 2009) FAILED! (60↑ 40↓) http://is.gd/dBYpX

          filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4173 (Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010) FAILED! (60↑ 38↓) http://is.gd/du9uO

          filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4213 (Tax Extenders Act of 2009) SUCCEEDED! (58↑ 38↓) http://is.gd/dcyqs

          filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 5297 (Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010) FAILED! (66↑ 33↓) http://is.gd/dbc11

          filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4213 (Tax Extenders Act of 2009) SUCCEEDED! (57↑ 41↓) http://is.gd/d4Qop

          filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4213 (In the nature of a substitute.) SUCCEEDED! (56↑ 40↓) http://is.gd/cVexb

          filibusted: Filibuster on S. 3217 (In the nature of a substitute.) FAILED! (60↑ 40↓) http://is.gd/ckkab

          filibusted: Filibuster on S. 3217 (In the nature of a substitute.) SUCCEEDED! (57↑ 42↓) http://is.gd/ciOQg

          filibusted: Filibuster on S. 3217 (Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010) SUCCEEDED! (57↑ 41↓) http://is.gd/bMRaH

          filibusted: Filibuster on S. 3217 (Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010) SUCCEEDED! (56↑ 42↓) http://is.gd/bMRaB

          filibusted: Filibuster on S. 3217 (Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010) SUCCEEDED! (57↑ 41↓) http://is.gd/bLjDd

          filibusted: Filibuster on a nomination (Nomination of Lael Brainard, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury) FAILED! (84↑ 10↓) http://is.gd/bBTVD

          filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4851 (In the nature of a substitute.) FAILED! (60↑ 38↓) http://is.gd/bwP2T

          filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 4851 (Continuing Extension Act of 2010) FAILED! (60↑ 34↓) http://is.gd/bsb9K

          filibusted: Filibuster on H.R. 3288 (Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appr…) FAILED! (60↑ 34↓) http://is.gd/9nsHT

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