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>unless the Obama administration tows the line [2]. It'

toes.

You toe a line.

You put your toe up to the line and stay within that line.

either that, or you have a rope, or "line", attached to something heavy, such as a barge on a canal, and you have to help "tow the line" to get the cargo moving.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_the_line

Not in this case.

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