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For Reid, Dodd, clout on big issues cuts both ways

Quick ReadSens. Reid and Dodd may pay a price for their clout on health care, financial regulation

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Senate leaders trying to steer a pair of President Barack Obama's high-stakes initiatives through Congress are being dogged by re-election worries, and it's not clear whether their legislative prominence will help or hurt them.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., are trailing in early polls, and Republicans are eager to topple them...

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