WASHINGTON (AP) _ The House is pushing toward a historic vote this
weekend on President Barack Obama's proposed 10-year, $1.2 trillion
health care overhaul.
Democratic leaders are seeming increasingly confident, with the
powerful seniors' lobby AARP apparently poised to back the bill. The
president will add more clout when he visits Capitol Hill tomorrow to
personally lobby for the measure.
House leaders aren't saying they have the 218 votes needed to pass
the bill. They're still negotiating language on abortion and
immigration provisions. But scheduling the vote means that those
issues will have to be resolved and undecided lawmakers will have to
declare themselves.
Action is slower on the other side of the Capitol, where
negotiations could spill into next year.
