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Shape Shifter
07-01-1995
Republican Filibuster Kills Surgeon General Nomination
BY CHRISTOPHER WEEMS
The long and often controversial fight over the nomination of Nashville gynecologist Dr. Henry Foster effectively ended last Thursday as a Senate filibuster, led by Texas Republican Phil Gramm defeated the enomination.
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Fair enough.
And that was a disgrace too, especially since it seems to have set a precedent for a 60-vote supermajority requirement
