Word: nominationan
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...Vermont and Bill Frist of Tennessee, a cardiologist who waited until minutes before the vote to publicly support the fellow Tennessean he has known for years. Now,TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumultynotes, Foster has to circumnavigate a promised filibuster by Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tx.), who has made the nominationan issue in his presidential campaign. With Frist's support, Foster now has 52 votes -- eight short of the number needed to block the move. But three "no" voters on the committee, including chairwoman Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas, today said they would back a full Senate vote...
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