Officials expect health care bill to advance in House this week
WASHINGTON — Just a few unsolved problems and one final sales job stand between House Democratic leaders and a landmark vote on Obama’s promised remake of the nation’s current health care system.
Unfortunately for the Democrats, the unresolved issues are among the most vexing out there: abortion and immigration.
Although they’re confident they’ll succeed, Democratic leaders have yet to nail down the votes they’ll need to pass their sweeping bill. They’re aiming for floor action to begin as early as Friday and finish before Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
Or, as Majority Leader Steny Hoyer put it when asked when the House would take up the healthcare bill, “Friday or Saturday or Monday or Tuesday.”
“We want to make sure it’s correct,” Hoyer, D-Md., told reporters Monday.
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