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Three Democratic moderates to decide fate of health bill _ for now _ in crucial Saturday vote
06:21:58 PM (ET), Friday, November 20, 2009
(AP Photo) Byline: Manuel Balce Ceneta
Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and mentions neither Sen. Mary Landrieu nor her state of Louisiana.But the section's purpose is indisputable: to deliver $100 million or more in federal funds to the state. And in the process clear the way for one of three moderate Democratic fence-sitters _ Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas are the others _ to help propel the legislation past its initial hurdle in a crucial Saturday vote.
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