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Article: SENS. FEINSTEIN BOXER BEAT BACK EFFORT TO STRIKE LANGUAGE PREVENTING COMMERCIALIZATION OF WEST LOS ANGELES VA SITE

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September 5, 2007
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The office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., issued the following news release:

The U.S. Senate tonight rejected an amendment to an appropriations bill that would have stripped language sponsored by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) prohibiting the Department of Veterans Affairs from allowing commercial development of its West Los Angeles Medical Center site.

The Senate rejected the amendment offered by Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) on a vote of 66 to 25.

"Today, the Senate resisted attempts to commercialize this site, which could have ended up with high-rises on it," Senator Feinstein said. "The Senate today spoke in a clear voice, and rejected an amendment that could have opened up ...

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