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  Dems Confident Health Overhaul Will Pass [U.S. House]
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Nov 07, 2009 12:30pm
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MediaTV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News
News DateSaturday, November 7, 2009 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0
Description(AP) Updated at 12:45 p.m. Eastern time

President Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would have let federally subsidized health care plans cover abortions.

The president spent the morning on Capitol Hill, making a
last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care
legislation.

Democratic leaders were hopeful they could pass the bill, giving Mr. Obama his biggest victory since last November's historic election, no matter how the abortion issue is decided.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., told CBS' "Saturday Early Show" anchor Erica Hill that the bill would receive the 218 votes necessary for approval.

"I'm confident that we'll have the 218," Hoyer said. "We hope it will be more than that, and if it is, that will be a bonus."

"Is there any concern among you and your colleagues that perhaps you are pushing this a little too quickly for the American people?" Hill asked Hoyer.

"In the 29 years that I've been here, I have not seen a piece of legislation subjected to so much scrutiny, oversight, discussion, debate and consideration," Hoyer said. "The Senate needs to pass a bill, and then it will be literally I think another month or two of discussions about exactly how this bill ought to be put together."
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