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Obama, Democrats push hard ahead of health vote (AP)

March 20th, 2010 Comments off

Clinic workers hold signs and chant during a rally in support of US President Barack Obama's health care reform package in Oakland, California, on March 17. US President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped a planned trip to Asia in favor of making an 11th-hour drive to see his historic health care overhaul through a cliffhanger Sunday vote.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AP - President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders lobbied intensely for historic health care legislation Friday, gaining momentum and another precious "yes" 48 hours ahead of a climactic vote.


(cross-reference: GOP lawmakers, candidates pledge to repeal health-care ..., http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR2010031704028.html)