Political battle in US: Health care vote in the next few weeks? (video)

March 04, 2010

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U.S. President Barack Obama outlined his final version of a health care bill Wednesday and urged Congress to bring the plan to a conclusive vote within the next few weeks. The president said his nearly $1 trillion proposal is a compromise plan that combines the best ideas of both Democrats and Republicans. He asked Congress to "finish its work" and end what has become a yearlong vitriolic legislative showdown over his top domestic priority, CNN reports.

President Obama says Congress "owes" the American people a final vote on health care reform.

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Below is the footage with the GOP response to Obama plan.

"The only thing that will be bipartisan about this proposal will be the opposition to it," promised Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky. "The American people are not for this."

McConnell predicted that "every election in America this fall will be a referendum on this issue."

President Obama's health care plan "overwhelmingly unpopular," says Mitch McConnell.

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Political battle in US: Health care vote in the next few weeks? (video)