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House Democrats Still in Pickle Over Public Option

By Tory Newmyer
Roll Call Staff
Oct. 7, 2009, 1:43 p.m.

House Democrats on Wednesday dove into one of the thorniest issues remaining in the health care debate — a public insurance option — but emerged from a closed-door Caucus meeting without a clear signal of how they intend to handle it.

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