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Tories win speech amendment, spelling Liberals' first loss in House

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Conservatives push to add an amendment to the Liberals ’ response to the Throne Speech narrowly passed Monday .

The amendment, a largely non-binding call for the government to issue an economic update, passed 166 to 164 .

All Liberal MPs voted against the amendment, but thanks to several no-shows it wasn't enough to defeat the motion.

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