In anticipation of next Thursday's bipartisan health care summit at Blair House in Washington, the White House is expected to release on Monday a "compromise" draft health reform bill. The intent is to attach the health bill to a budget bill, so as to avoid a Republican filibuster in the Senate and be advanced using a parliamentary procedure known as reconciliation, which requires only 51 votes instead of the usual 60 vote supermajority for passage. The President's plan is expected to be released, and posted on the Internet, on Monday.
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