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Moderate Dems Swayed Ahead Of Health Bill Vote

1 hr 11 mins ago
Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) at  a news conference about health care at the U.S. Captiol Nov. 20, 2009 in Washington, DC.
Source: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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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