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Senate Dems: Public Option Essential

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House Dems also rally behind provision.

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It looks like after weeks of battling Republicans, the White House will spend this week placating the Democrats. After administration officials hinted over the weekend that they were willing to drop a public option from health-care reform, prominent Democratic Senators Jay Rockefeller and Russ Feingold said that the public option...

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