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Democrats at odds in Senate on health care

Sticking points: Public option, expense of added bureaucracy

By ANNE FLAHERTY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: November 23, 2009 at 5:03 a.m.

Credit: The Associated Press
 Newly-named Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.

Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren’t met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.

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