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House Dems on track for vote on $940B health bill (AP)

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. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP – House Democrats are on track for a Sunday vote on sweeping health care legislation that will expand coverage to millions of uninsured while also reducing the federal deficit, leaders said Thursday.


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House leaders joust over use of parliamentary rule (AP)

Several hundred demonstrators gather for a AP – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer declined to say Wednesday if Democrats have enough votes to pass historic health care legislation, but hinted that they’re poised to use an arcane parliamentary process to get it done.


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Thai protesters hurl own blood at PM’s house (AP)

A supporter of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra holding blood in plastic bags,  walk to the residence of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to spill blood at its front gate in Bangkok, Thailand, Wednesday, March 17, 2010.  Red-shirted protesters hurled plastic bags filled with gallons (liters) of their own blood into the residential compound of the Thai prime minister Wednesday, hoping their shock tactics will bring down his government.(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP – Red-shirted protesters hurled plastic bags filled with their own blood into the residential compound of Thailand’s prime minister Wednesday, hoping their shock tactics will bring down his government.


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House Democrats defend plan to pass health care (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. talks with Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio, during a news conference on saving Medicare as part of the Health Care Overhaul, Tuesday, March 16, 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP – Democrats defended plans to push massive health care legislation through the House without a direct vote and Republicans assailed the strategy Tuesday, as both parties fenced ferociously over the health overhaul end game.


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Dems defend House health care strategy (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves a Democratic Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 15, 2010.(AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)AP – Democrats defended plans to push massive health care legislation through the House without a direct vote and Republicans assailed the strategy Tuesday, as both parties fenced ferociously over the health overhaul end game.


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Dem House vote-counter lacks health care votes now (AP)

A nurse at the University of Miami hospital check on a patient while US President Barack Obama is seen on television talking about healthcare reform in 2009. Top aides to President Barack Obama confidently predicted Sunday that his signature healthcare overhaul would finally pass through Congress this week after a year of costly political wrangling.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AP – The House’s chief Democratic headcounter said Sunday he hadn’t rounded up enough votes to pass President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul heading into a make-or-break week, even as the White House’s top political adviser said he was “absolutely confident” in its prospects.


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Pelosi: Confident House will pass health care bill (AP)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a news conference Saturday March 13, 2010, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)AP – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday she’s confident the House will pass health care legislation and dismissed Republican criticism that she did not have enough votes for the measure.


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