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03-11-2010, 10:48 AM
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Democrats Cancel All Hearings in Anticipation of Health Care Negotiations
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has ordered committee chairmen to postpone their hearings Thursday so lawmakers can meet to chart a course for one last sales job on President Obama's signature health care overhaul.
Whether it's expanding Medicaid or Medicare, tax-funded abortion service, special kickbacks for resistant lawmakers or the untallied costs, none of the unanswered questions has left Democratic leaders from insisting a deal is near.
"Decision time is here, and that's it," Pelosi said in a Wednesday briefing with reporters, adding that the House and Senate bills are 75 percent the same.
Earlier in the day, Pelosi suggested to the National Association of Counties that the bill must be passed before the details are all sorted out.
"We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy," she told local executives.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/11/democrats-white-house-close-health/
Democrats Cancel All Hearings in Anticipation of Health Care Negotiations
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has ordered committee chairmen to postpone their hearings Thursday so lawmakers can meet to chart a course for one last sales job on President Obama's signature health care overhaul.
Whether it's expanding Medicaid or Medicare, tax-funded abortion service, special kickbacks for resistant lawmakers or the untallied costs, none of the unanswered questions has left Democratic leaders from insisting a deal is near.
"Decision time is here, and that's it," Pelosi said in a Wednesday briefing with reporters, adding that the House and Senate bills are 75 percent the same.
Earlier in the day, Pelosi suggested to the National Association of Counties that the bill must be passed before the details are all sorted out.
"We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy," she told local executives.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/11/democrats-white-house-close-health/