Reid can’t afford any defections on health - TheHill.com

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By Jeffrey Young

A number of centrist Democrats in the Senate are turning what normally is a simple procedural vote into a cliffhanger.

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) wants the healthcare debate to formally begin this week, before the chamber recesses for the Thanksgiving break. But the absence of both a final bill and a cost estimate from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has made some centrists anxious about offering their support for an otherwise routine test vote that typically unites a majority party.
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