Democrats kill Blunt amendment

Published March 1, 2012 5:00am ET



Democrats passed a motion this morning to table the Blunt amendment, which would have allowed Americans to opt out of the HHS contraception mandate, for religious reasons.

The vote was 51-48 to table the amendment.

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