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Health Care Reform Debate to Start in the US Senate
Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman, a former Democrat who usually votes with the party, has said he would vote against a bill including a public option "as a matter of conscience."
Some Democrats believe the bill is simply too expensive, though estimates say it would cut the US budget by 130 billion dollars by 2019.
Others, including Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, will not support a bill without a provision sharply limiting funding for abortion, akin to a provision included in the reform bill that passed the House of Representatives.
With such tenuous Democratic backing, Reid and the White House are courting several moderate Republicans whose support could also help them sell the bill as a bipartisan measure.
Support from Maine Republican Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins are top priorities for Democrats, and Snowe has already publicly indicated some willingness to vote in favor of health reform if certain conditions are met.
If Reid can eventually muster the votes needed to pass legislation out of the Senate, negotiators from the House and Senate will meet to hammer out a reconciliation bill.
The consensus measure would then face new votes in both chambers before going to Obama for his signature.
The US president, who has made extending health coverage to some 47 million uninsured Americans a key legislative priority, has said he wants to sign a bill by the end of this year.
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