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House heads toward close healthcare vote

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House heads toward close healthcare vote House heads toward close healthcare vote (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats took the first step on Monday#x toward a quick final Supplementvote on a healthcare overhaul and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to muster the votes needed to pass it.

With a close vote expected later this week, House Democrats hustled to line up support and President Barack Obama hit the road in Ohio to push his case for a sweeping overhaul of the $2.5 trillion healthcare system.

Republican opponents promised to make Democrats who support the healthcare Supplementbill pay in November's congressional elections, when Democratic control of Congress could be threatened by political fallout over the issue.

But Democratic leaders counseled nervous lawmakers to hold firm and pass the bill, which has been the focus of a political battle that has mired the Congress in legislative gridlock for nine months.

"We need courage," Obama told a crowd in Strongsville, Ohio,登车桥, during his third road trip in the past week to rally support for his top legislative priority. "This debate is about far more than politics."

The House Budget Committee began the drive toward a final vote, advancing changes sought by House Democrats and Obama to the Senate-passed healthcare bill. Democrats Chet Edwards and Allen Boyd, who opposed the House-passed bill in November, broke with their party on the largely party-line 21-16 vote.

House Democratic vote-counters #xsay they are still short of theSupplement votes necessary to pass the overhaul but Pelosi was confident they will hit the magic number by week's end. 相关的主题文章：