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To: stockman_scott who wrote (66873)12/16/2009 2:44:47 PM
From: tejek  Respond to of 149317
 
Union pulls back on supporting bill

By Jeffrey Young - 12/16/09 12:37 PM ET

The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) backed out of an event with other organizations promoting the Senate healthcare reform bill Wednesday over concerns about changes made to the legislation to accommodate centrist Democrats.

The SEIU had planned to participate in a Capitol Hill press conference along with the AARP, the liberal advocacy group Families USA, Consumers Union and the American Cancer Society Action Network. As recently as Tuesday morning, the organizations distributed an advisory to the news media that included the SEIU.

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