We Are NOT Doing a Scaled-Back Bill,' Says House Democratic Source

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Before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., brings the Senate Democrats' health care reform legislation to the floor for a vote, she and her team are currently assessing whether or not they have the votes to pass it. They need 217 votes, a majority of the 432 members currently in Congress. They don’t have them right now. If the House doesn’t have the votes, senior White House officials say they would like Congress to pursue a more modest health care reform bill. But there seems little desire for that among House Democrats...

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