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if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. >> bret: an effort by republicansdful of democrats to express disapproval of the president's plan to raise the federal bar rowing limit died today in the senate. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tells us why. >> the vote is 44 yeas, 52 nays. the motion is not agreed to. >> a measure objecting to a $1.2 trillion increase in the debt ceiling by president obama failed in the senate. pushing the borrowing limit to $16.4 trillion. most republicans and moderate democrats joe manchin and ben nelson voted for it, but it was not enough. republicans say it's time to change. >> no more blank checks. democrats have been in charge of the senate and the white house for three years. they've had their chance. they have made it worse. we must do better. >> reporter: a leading fiscal conservative says the american people should be angry with democrats and republicans for doing nothing since the debt agreement last august. >> we didn't eliminate one program, we didn't do one oversight hearing on the waste, fraud and abuse

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