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Wednesday’s vote to repeal health care reform provided a formidable test of whether lawmakers are adopting a more civil tone.
In a bid to signal a more civil tone, Sen. Mark Udall (D) of Colorado is proposing that Democrats and Republicans sit with one another, instead of facing off across a center aisle. Sens. Charles Schumer (D) of New York and Tom Coburn (R) of Oklahoma, bookends on most policy issues, have already announced that they will sit together. Speaker Boehner is cool to the idea. “They’re adults. They can sit where they want,” said Steel, his spokesman.
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