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....
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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....
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