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| Obama rallies senators in healthcar |
| US President Barack Obama has appeared before Senate Democrats to persuade them to support his healthcare plans
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 7-December-2009
1:34:48 AM |
| In a rare weekend session, the Senate has gathered to debate and vote in a bid to get the bill completed by the end of the month.
Mr Obama urged his Democratic Party senators to "get the job done".
Democrats are divided over abortion and whether to allow the government to compete with private companies to sell insurance.
'Affordable coverage'
Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, a key author of the healthcare overhaul, said Mr Obama had told the senators that the public would reward Democrats for decades if the reform got through
"You could tell it had an effect," Mr Baucus said.
Obama aide Bill Burton said the president had urged legislators to "continue forward on this historic opportunity to provide stability and security for those who have insurance, affordable coverage for those who don't".
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who had invited Mr Obama to the meeting, said that Republicans wanted this to be "President Obama's Waterloo" adding: "It's not going to be".
Vice-President Joe Biden also attended the closed-door meeting.
The $848bn (£515bn) 10-year legislation seeks to establish a government-backed "public option" for healthcare coverage to compete with private insurers, but allows states to opt out.
Moderate and liberal lawmakers met on Saturday to try to find a compromise on the government insurance plan, or public option
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