House Democrats Prepare For Close Healthcare Vote

Reuters
November 5, 2009

[efoods]Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives hustled on Thursday to count votes and round up support for a sweeping healthcare overhaul that was headed to a close floor vote on Saturday.

Failure in the Democratic-controlled House would be a huge political blow to President Barack Obama, who has made an overhaul of the vast $2.5 trillion healthcare system his top domestic priority.

Obama planned to visit the Capitol on Friday for a pep talk to House Democrats before the vote. House leaders have struggled to win over some party moderates with lingering concerns about the bill’s cost and its provisions on abortion.

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This article was posted: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 1:15 pm

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