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D'Amato's latest strategy--to tar Schumer as a lazy, "part-time" congressman who skips votes--seems to be backfiring as well.
The WP adds inside that on the chat shows yesterday, several Republican pols charged that Hillary's stance was an attempt to back off a political favor by President Clinton that was backfiring.