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President Barack Obama talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., after meeting with House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington Saturday.
Obama appeals for health care votes
President Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Dems to pass landmark health care legislation as the House passed a key hurdle on its way to debating a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured. Full story
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