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Hoyer and Pelosi are Confident for Saturdays's Health Care Vote

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, November 05, 2009 1:10:23 PM

Hoyer sees close U.S. House healthcare vote

Thu Nov 5, 2009 9:23am EST
 

WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - House Democratic Leader Steny Hoyer on Thursday said he expects the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Saturday, but acknowledged that the vote would be close.

"I think it's going to be close," Hoyer told reporters. He said the House would take up the bill on Saturday and that it would win majority support from Democrats.

http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSWAT01389120091105

Pelosi: ‘We will’ have the votes to pass healthcare bill by Saturday

By Mike Soraghan - 11/05/09 11:41 AM ET

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted Thursday she will have the votes to pass the Democratic healthcare bill by Saturday.

The statement, however, is a tacit acknowledgement that she doesn’t have them yet.

“We will,” Pelosi said, when asked if she had the 218 votes needed to pass the $1.055 trillion bill, designed to extend healthcare to 96 percent of the population and create a government health insurance plan.

http://thehill.com//homenews/house/66529-pelosi-we-will-have-the-votes-to-pass-healthcare-bill
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