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Democratic Senators Insist Health Bill Will Contain Costs

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff
Nov. 23, 2009, 2:33 p.m.

Senate Democrats sought to push back Monday against GOP charges that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) $848 billion health care bill is a costly expansion of the federal government, maintaining the bill will help cut the deficit while reining in costs.

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