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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Robert Pear / The Bulletin
March 2, 2012
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday upheld President Barack Obama’s birth control policy, voting to kill a Republican effort to let employers and health insurance companies deny coverage for contraceptives and other items they object to on religious or moral grounds.
The 51-48 vote illustrated a....