Bill seen as deficit easer
Senate health-care measure’s backers hail report
Posted: November 20, 2009 at 5:54 a.m.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois joins Majority Leader Harry Reid (right) and other Democrats on Thursday at a news conference on their health-care overhaul plan.
Congressional budget crunchers said Thursday that the Democrats’ latest health-care plan would hold down federal red ink for at least 20 years, an assessment that gave supporters hope as the Senate moved toward a historic debate.
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