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by Noam N. Levey and Janet Hook
After weeks of factional debate that threatened to derail healthcare legislation, House Democrats reached a critical deal today that paved the way for the chamber to vote on a healthcare overhaul in September.
Under an agreement worked out between moderate "Blue Dog" Democrats and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Democratic leaders agreed to change the way a new government insurance plan would operate to allay concerns that it could crowd out commercial insurers.
And they moved to protect more small businesses from a new requirement to provide their employees with health insurance.
"This will move the bill forward," House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters.
Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.), one of the leading Blue Dog critics of the original bill drawn up by House Democratic leaders, called the changes to the government insurance plan "a huge win."
Ross added that the changes would cut more than $100 billion from the cost of the bill.
The proposed changes to the healthcare bill are to be discussed at a committee meeting this afternoon. And Hoyer said they would be debated on the full floor when lawmakers return from their summer recess in September.
"We'll have a lot of time to review where we are,'' he said.
Yet there already were signs of trouble in the liberal wing of the House Democratic caucus.
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) blasted the deal minutes after it was announced.
"This is not going to pass," she said. "It's a nonstarter. It's going to cause havoc."
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