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View Online  TIPSHEET Senate Democrats kill off amendments as vote-a-rama goes all night BY ALEXANDER BOLTON © Patrick Semansky/Associated Press Senate Democrats are killing off amendments to their climate, tax and health bill as part of a marathon, around-the-clock series of votes known as a vote-a-rama that started after 11 p.m. Saturday night and will stretch toward midday Sunday.   The Senate has not taken a break overnight, with senators from both parties mingling on the floor as they consider one amendment after another. 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