Health bill 'will not pass Senate'
Updated on 09 November 2009
The glow from a healthcare triumph has faded quickly for US President Barack Obama as Democrats realised the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House of Representatives has nowhere to go in the Senate.
Speaking from the White House about 14 hours after the late Saturday vote, the president urged senators to be like runners on a relay team and "take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the American people".
The problem is that the Senate won't run with it. The government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate.
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