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Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., second from left, speaks during a health care reform news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. From left are, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Durbin, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
By The Associated Press

Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:

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ABC's "This Week" — Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb.; Reps. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla.

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