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Moderate Dems pivotal in Saturday health care vote

WASHINGTON, 11.21.2009

BY DAVID ESPO , AP Special Correspondent

Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.

But the section's purpose is indisputable: to deliver $100 million or more in federal funds to the state. And in the process clear the way for one of three moderate Democratic fence-sitters _ Ben Nelson read full story... | WATCH VIDEO


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