Democrats on track for vote on $940 billion health bill (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Thu, 03/18/2010 - 10:29am

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., left, gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2010, for the signing of the jobs bill.<br /><br />(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP - House Democrats are pushing to the brink of passage a landmark, $940 billion health care overhaul bill that would simultaneously deliver on President Barack Obama's promise to expand coverage while slashing the deficit, a strategy aimed at winning over the party's fiscal conservatives.



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