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House Democrats Say They Have the Votes to Pass Health Reform

Published March 21, 2010, 3:40 pm, TMJ4 Milwaukee

President Barack Obama and House Democratic leaders struck a last-minute deal Sunday with abortion foes to secure the final few votes needed to remake America's health care system, writing a climactic chapter in a century-old quest for near universal coverage.

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When is the House health care vote? - HULIQ.com
House Democratic leaders are actually set for three showdown votes when ... up and down vote on health care reform? It is likely to take place sometime after 6 PM EDT. Meanwhile, here are questions that many continue to ask, as they wonder why anyone ...

'We've got the votes': House Democratic leaders say ... - Los Angeles Times
There are still some members making up their minds, but we believe we're going to have 216 votes. We're going to pass the bill." House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio ... Democrats also say they have incorporated some Republican suggestions into ...

House leaders say they have the votes to pass ... - WRGB
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer says Democrats will have the 216 votes needed to pass health care reform when it comes to the floor for a vote. The Maryland Democrat predicts that the bill, President Barack Obama's signature ...

Democrats say they will have the votes to pass health ... - Daily Press
WASHINGTON (AP) ? A pair of House Democratic leaders predicted Sunday the final tally on President Barack Obama's historic health care bill will meet or exceed the 216 votes required for passage. But they acknowledged having yet to nail down ...

Democrats say they have votes to pass health care bill - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
... pass the bill.'' "They don't have the votes yet,'' said House Minority Leader John Boehner (R- Ohio), appearing alongside Hoyer on Meet the Press. Republicans, for their part, say that the long-running political play known as healthcare reform ...

Democrats predict health bill will pass House; vote ... - Anderson Independent-Mail
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California holding the gavel used to pass Medicare Reform, laughs as she walks across ... House Democrats were cautious but optimistic that they?d get to or beyond 216 votes. ?There are still members looking at it ...

Key Dem: We have the votes for health care bill - Detroit Free Press
... final tally on President Barack Obama?s historic health ... telling House Democrats they have arrived at a moment when they can realize their highest aspirations in public life. ?This is one of those times where you can honestly say to ...

Update: Democrats say they have enough votes to pass ... - Syracuse Post-Standard
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Democrats Say They Have Votes to Pass Health Bill ... - BusinessWeek
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- House Democratic leaders predicted they will pass the most far-reaching health legislation in more than four decades today, with ample support from their party and an agreement on abortion restrictions close. The House ...

Democrat bigwig: We have votes for health care reform ... - New York Daily News
... is what's really sickening Obama will ask if lawmakers have 'guts' to pass health-fix bill Capitol Hill protesters barrage pols with gay, racial slurs Confident Democrats ... They don't have the votes yet," Republican House Minority Leader John ...

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