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foxnews.com - 11/4/2009
Dems: What Health Bill Deadline?
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Despite Obama's goal of signing health care reform legislation this year, Senate Dems aren't so sure • Lieberman Denies Secret Deal With Reid on Health Bill • Sources: House Health Bill Totals $1.2 Trillion • Abortion Question Lingers on Health Care Reform
thehill.com - 11/3/2009
Reid reassures the left Lieberman is on board
— thehill.com — Joe Lieberman has reached a private understanding with Harry Reid that he will not block healthcare reform,... sources say. Read more... (more) Reid reassures the left Lieberman is on board

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theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 11/2/2009
Harry Reid Calls GOP’s Transparency Bluff: Is Your Health Care Bill A Secret, Or Merely ...
— theplumline.whorunsgov.com — Harry Reid, continuing to surprise Dems who were accustomed to his cautious posture, has fired off a... surprisingly harsh letter to Republican Senators, caustically questioning their claims that Dems hatched a health care bill in secret by asking ... (more) Harry Reid Calls GOP’s Transparency Bluff: Is Your ...

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Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year
cbsnews.com - 11/3/2009
Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year
— cbsnews.com — Asked if health care reform legislation will pass this year, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid told reporters... today that "we're not going to be bound by any timelines." "We need to do the best job we can for the American people," he said. "We want ... (more) Reid Suggests Health Care Reform May Not Come This Year

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QandO:  Healthcare bill due in May August November uh, maybe next year

Pat Dollard | Young Americans:  Not Happening

Below The Beltway:  Health Care Reform Before 2010 ? Don’t Count On It

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Healthcare bill due in May August November uh, maybe next year
QandO — Democrats in the Senate have given some backdoor acknowledgement that the healthcare bill probably won’t be voted on this year. Despite President Obama’s goal of signing healthcare reform legislation this year — one backed by assurances from congressional Democrats — Senate Democratic leaders Tuesday subtly acknowledged that’s not likely to happen as they started the delicate dance of walking back expectations. Putting the legislation together has proved exceedingly difficult, and most aides now say there is virtually ...

Not Happening
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Fox News: Despite President Obama’s goal of signing healthcare reform legislation this year — one backed by assurances from congressional Democrats — Senate Democratic leaders Tuesday subtly acknowledged that’s not likely to happen as they started the delicate dance of walking back expectations. Putting the legislation together has proved exceedingly difficult, and most aides now say there is virtually no way a bill can get to Obama’s desk this year. When asked directly if he could finish legislation ...

Health Care Reform Before 2010 ? Don’t Count On It
Below The Beltway — Senate Democrats are hinting that it’s unlikely that the upper house will vote on health care reform before the end of the year: Despite President Obama’s goal of signing healthcare reform legislation this year — one backed by assurances from congressional Democrats — Senate Democratic leaders Tuesday subtly acknowledged that’s not likely to happen as they started the delicate dance of walking back expectations. Putting the legislation together has proved exceedingly difficult, and most aides now say there is virtually ...

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