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Jitters precede House debate
Health-care vote timing uncertain
Posted: November 7, 2009 at 3:39 a.m.
IC Corp. worker Bill Traffanstedt, 39, and his granddaughter, Ivy Sutterfield, 6, sit on the porch of their Atkins home Friday. Traffanstedt has worked at the Conway bus plant for 18 years.
Democrats sought to ease lawmakers’ concerns over funding for abortion and illegal aliens on the eve of a health-care floor debate as House leader Steny Hoyer raised the possibility that today’s planned vote may be delayed.
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