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Article: CONSERVATIVES NOT ENTIRELY CONVINCED MEDICARE REFORMS STILL HITTING SPEED BUMPS IN GOP.(FRONT)
- Article from:
- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- June 26, 2003
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Byline: David Espo Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- President Bush cajoled conservatives to support a Medicare prescription drug and modernization bill Wednesday, urging them to overcome their opposition to the 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 $400 billion measure, which would combine drug coverage with a dose of free-market competition in the government health-care program for seniors.
But not everyone was persuaded. Not long after returning to the Capitol from the White House, ...