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Democratic lawmakers are meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on the eve of a crucial vote on his health care overhaul.

Several things President Barack Obama promised are nowhere to be found in the final incarnation of the health care bill.

Top prosecutors in South Carolina and Florida say they're ready to sue if health care reform legislation passes this weekend.

Democratic congressman Mike Ross says he's still opposed to a proposed overhaul of the nation's health care system that's coming up for a crucial vote this weekend.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the health care overhaul that Congress may complete this weekend should be backed by lawmakers who want to retain current restrictions on federal financing of abortion.

Democratic Rep. John Boccieri of Ohio is switching his vote to "yes" on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan, the leader of a dozen anti-abortion Democrats, says his group remains committed to opposing the health care overhaul the House is likely to vote on this weekend.

The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says loopholes need to be filled in new Senate legislation to ensure an end to the disastrous "too-big-to-fail" approach that brought the government rushing in to bail out big banks in the financial crisis.

Gov. Deval Patrick is planning a West Coast fundraising trip to help fill his campaign coffers ahead of the fall election.

Barack Obama is reportedly telling nervous Democratic lawmakers that their political fates are linked to the bill's passage, discouraging the notion that they can save themselves by opposing it.