House Democrats Aim for Saturday Health Reform Vote

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is pushing toward a historic vote
this weekend on President Barack Obama’s proposed 10-year, $1.2
trillion health care overhaul.
    Democratic leaders are seeming increasingly confident, with the
powerful seniors’ lobby AARP apparently poised to back the bill.
The president will add more clout when he visits Capitol Hill
tomorrow to personally lobby for the measure.
    House leaders aren’t saying they have the 218 votes needed to
pass the bill. They’re still negotiating language on abortion and
immigration provisions. But scheduling the vote means that those
issues will have to be resolved and undecided lawmakers will have
to declare themselves.
    Action is slower on the other side of the Capitol, where
negotiations could spill into next year.