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March 17, 2010

5 Dems Announce Opposition to Healthcare Bill
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Here in the United States, CNN is reporting five more House Democrats
have announced plans to vote against the healthcare bill. That would
leave opponents just eleven votes shy of the 216 needed to defeat the
measure in the House. Within the Democratic caucus, opponents range from
right-leaning Democrats, who want to include harsh anti-abortion
measures or who think it’s too expensive, and progressive Democrats, who
are insisting on a public option. One the most vocal progressive
Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, has called a press conference today to
announce which way he’ll vote.



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