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Brexit: Parliament Rejects Johnson's Call For New Elections

The prime minister failed to garner the two-thirds of members necessary for an election he wanted to hold on Oct. 15.

Updated at 5:10 p.m. ET

Britain's Parliament failed to give Prime Minister Boris Johnson the two-thirds necessary to hold snap elections next month — leaving him with little choice but to go back to the European Union to try to negotiate a new withdrawal deal.

Johnson's request came not long after the House of Commons passed a measure

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