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Hare, Gutierrez Predict Health Care Reform Future

As the national health care debate moves to the U.S. Senate, two Illinois congressmen are making their predictions. U.S. Reps. Phil Hare (D-Rock Island) and Luis Gutierrez (D-Chicago) voted for reform, and anxiously await a decision from the Senate. Gutierrez expects that the Senate will likely pass its own plan, throwing the House plan to a conference committee. Hare predicts it'll take good old-fashioned arm twisting for the Senate to pass any version of reform. Hare also says he's disappointed in Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) for threatening to filibuster in his chamber to prevent a vote. No one's betting on a quick resolution. Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) has yet to schedule floor debate and hinted last week that senators may not be able to finish health care this year. (Rep. Phil Hare speaks last Thursday about health care reform at OSF Saint Mary Medical Center in Galesburg. Story by Illinois Radio Network. WGIL News File Photo by Dominic Fortini.)

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