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from the Associated Press...
WASHINGTON – Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she lacks the votes to quickly move the Senate's sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama's signature issue.
Pelosi, D-Calif., made the comment to reporters after House Democrats held a closed-door meeting at which participants vented frustration with the Senate's massive version of the legislation.
Her concession meant there was little hope for a White House-backed plan to quickly push the Senate-approved health bill through the House, followed by a separate measure making changes sought by House members, such as easing the Senate's tax on higher-cost health plans. Such an approach would be "problematic," she said.
"In its present form without any changes I don't think it's possible to pass the Senate bill in the House," Pelosi said, adding, "I don't see the votes for it at this time."
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All parishes in the Rockford Diocese, including St. Mary's Church in DeKalb and the Church of St. Mary in Sycamore, are being encouraged to toll their church bells on Jan. 22, which marks the 37th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion [sic] (Courts do not make law). A news release from the diocese states that the day should be "a sorrowful reminder of the devastation wrought by the killing of the most vulnerable among us," and encourages mourning for those lost through abortion, as well as prayers for those affected and prayers of reparation for those who defend abortion.
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