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The San Jose Mercury News
Pelosi intensifies pressure for government insurance plan
D. Clarke of New York and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois spoke forcefully for a robust public option. Full Article at The San Jose Mercury News
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WASHINGTON Speaker Nancy Pelosi stepped up the pressure on House Democrats on Friday to support her preferred version of legislation that would require the federal government to sell health insurance in competition with private insurers. Full Article at The New York Times
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Politico - The speaker counts votes and determines she cannot pass a “robust public option”. — blogs.abcnews.com — Democratic sources say the Senate Majority Leader has concluded he can pass a bill with a public option. Full Article at Beltway Blips
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A plan to reform healthcare that includes a robust public option would actually cut the deficit, according to preliminary estimates by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Full Article at NPR
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi is seeking to modify the House healthcare legislation to bring centrists around to the more liberal government-run insurance option, hoping that will give her the strongest negotiating position with the Senate. Full Article at Beltway Blips
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We are trying to find out which one of these approaches will best suit the most people in our caucus
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understands the present (fiscal) path is unsustainable. I think he will make that point in next year’s budget and maybe the State of the Union address.
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The robust public option is, in my view, a preferred way to go ... It's not the only way to go.
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People understand that we’re stealing from future generations
