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Government
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Government &
Public Affairs Team
Reginald M. Turner
John
Van Fossen, Practice Group Leader
Lucius A. Vassar
Chris Wagner
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Parliamentary Hurdle Could Thwart
Latest Health Care Overhaul Strategy
By David Herszenhorn and Robert Pear
New York Times
March 9, 2010
WASHINGTON - The White House and Democratic Congressional leaders
said Tuesday that they were bracing for a key procedural ruling that
could complicate their effort to approve major health care
legislation, by requiring President Obama to sign the bill into law
before Congress could revise it through an expedited budget process.
An official determination on the matter could come within days from
the House and Senate parliamentarians, and could present yet another
hurdle for Mr. Obama and Democratic leaders as they try to lock in
support from skittish lawmakers in the House.
Meanwhile, Congressional leaders and top administration officials met
in the offices of the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, on Tuesday evening
trying to resolve outstanding policy differences between the
chambers.
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