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Democrats may use shortcut to pass healthcare overhaul

Democrats may use shortcut to pass healthcare overhaul

The 'deem and pass' move would speed passage without requiring a direct vote on tough issues. Republicans decry the maneuver, though they have used it too. In the face of Republican attacks Tuesday, leading Democrats defended a controversial endgame maneuver that would allow them to pass the Senate version of a healthcare overhaul without taking a direct vote on the legislation's most divisive provisions.

 

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