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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (14779)	3/19/2010 9:30:18 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 42652

Only six votes to remain to be bought until socialized medicine ruins the American healthcare system: Democrats About Six Votes Short on Health Care, Officials Say March 19, 2010, 8:48 AM EDT By Julianna Goldman and Roger Runningen March 19 (Bloomberg) -- Democrats need about six more votes from House members to pass a U.S. health-care overhaul, Obama administration officials said today. White House and Democratic leaders aim to collect those votes from a pool of about 14 to 15 undecided lawmakers to get to the 216 votes needed to pass the measure, according to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Obama has met or called about three dozen lawmakers in the last five days and has cleared his schedule today for more last- minute appeals, including a campaign-style rally in nearby Fairfax, Virginia. Obama postponed a five-day foreign trip to Indonesia and Australia to remain at the White House this weekend to ensure passage of a $940 billion bill that is of “paramount importance” to his presidency, spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters yesterday. --Editors: Brigitte Greenberg, Jim Rubin. To contact the reporters on this story: Julianna Goldman in Washington at jgoldman6@bloomberg.net Roger Runningen in Washington at rrunningen@bloomberg.net; To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jim Kirk at jkirk12@bloomberg.net businessweek.com