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Top Democrats downplay deadline on health-care bill

Posted: July 29, 2009 at 4:29 a.m.

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to members of the AARP at a town hall-style event in Washington, D.C.

Top House Democrats sought to minimize the impact of a near-certain missed deadline for health-care legislation Tuesday as the leadership struggled to ease the concerns of rank-and-file critics.

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