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Democrats Close to Claiming Historic Health Care Bill

Democratic leaders expressed growing confidence Sunday that they’ll have the votes needed to pass a sweeping health reform measure by day’s end — even as the No. 2 House leader acknowledged Democrats are still a few votes shy of a majority. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Democrats are “low single digits” away from getting [...]

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It’s Not Over

Health-care legislation could still fail in the House. By Ramesh Ponnuru Democrats are doing a victory lap. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says that with Senate passage of the Reid bill, “Health-care reform is now a matter of when.” The press is doing its best to convey the impression that Republicans are throwing in the [...]

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