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House health care overhaul faces Senate stone wall

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If a government plan is part of the deal, "as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote," said Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut independent whose vote Democrats need to overcome GOP filibusters. Full Article at Belleville News-Democrat

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