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Defend America on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:29:39 PM
Health care foes 11 votes shy of defeating bill
By Charles Riley and Jeff Simon, CNN
March 16, 2010 7:00 p.m. EDT
Washington (CNN) -- Five more House Democrats said Tuesday
that they will vote against Senate health care legislation, which puts
opponents of reform just 11 votes shy of the 216 needed to prevent
President Obama from scoring a major victory on his top domestic
priority.
An ongoing CNN analysis shows that opposition in the House to the Senate health care plan has reached 205 members.
A total of 27 House Democrats,
including nine who supported the House plan in November, have indicated
that they would join a unified Republican caucus in opposing the Senate
plan, which passed in that chamber December 24 with the minimum
required 60 votes.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/03/16/house.vote.count/index.html