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The_Philster
06-26-2003, 05:16 AM
WASHINGTON — President Bush cajoled conservatives to support a Medicare prescription drug and modernization bill on Wednesday, urging them to overcome their opposition to creation of a costly, new government benefit program.

Bush pledged all the "effort and energy" needed to prevail as House GOP leaders made last-minute changes in an effort to round up enough votes for the measure, which would combine drug coverage with a dose of free-market competition in the government health care program for seniors....

more (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,90364,00.html)

The_Philster
06-26-2003, 05:17 AM
:doh: Wrong forum