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Pelosi Shapes Bill for Liberal Votes

By Tory Newmyer
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 15, 2009, Midnight

With a critical decision looming on the shape of the public insurance option in the House health care overhaul, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is scrambling to find the votes for a version that hews as closely as possible to what liberals in her Caucus have demanded.

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