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      <excerpt>...ending a standoff that dated to last summer. &quot;We're very close&quot; to having enough votes to prevail, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said in a midday assessment, although he cautioned at the time that today's scheduled vote could slip by a day or two </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...concerns among Hispanic holdouts on the legislation. &quot;We're very close&quot; to having enough votes to prevail, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland said in a midday assessment, although he cautioned at the time that a scheduled Saturday vote could slip b</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...said Altmire, who remained undecided.  Democratic leaders hoped to hold the vote Saturday evening, but Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland said it could be delayed.  Democrats hold 258 seats in the House and can afford 40 defections and still wind u</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...among Hispanic holdouts and abortion foes. &#8220;We&#8217;re very close&#8221; to having enough votes to prevail, said Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, although he added a scheduled vote today could slip by a day or two and sought to pin the blame on possi</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...a news conference about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington. &quot;We're very close&quot; to having enough votes to prevail, said Hoyer of the health care reform bill Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, although he added a scheduled Saturday vote could slip by a day or t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...said Altmire, who remained undecided. Democratic leaders hoped to hold the vote Saturday evening, but Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland said it could be delayed. Democrats hold 258 seats in the House and can afford 40 defections and still wind up </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...risk that even more concerns will be raised about their plan. But in a conference call with reporters, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, acknowledged that a vote may be postponed until Monday or Tuesday. That would give him and oth</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>But, as Mr. Herszenhorn and Mr. Pear also note, the majority leader in the House, Steny Hoyer, has said the scheduled Saturday vote could be pushed back. In a post filed early Saturday morning, The Washington Post&amp;#39;s Lori Montgomery reports  ... Politic</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Bennie Thompson D MS*. Rep. Edolphus Towns D NY*. Rep. Niki Tsongas D MA*. Rep. Nydia Velazquez D NY*. Rep. HENRY WAXMAN D CA*. Rep. ROBERT WEXLER D FL* OUT. Rep. Lynn Woolsey D CA*. Rep. STENY HOYER D MD. Sen. DICK DURBIN D IL* ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>President Obama will be speaking from the Rose Garden at 2:30 pmET. We&amp;#39;ll have updates as they come. Here&amp;#39;s the entirety of the announcement from CNN, also featuring Rep. Steny Hoyer and Rep. Don Larsen: ...</excerpt>
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