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Good news from the hill -- from Yahoo/Associated Press:

Pelosi: House lacks votes to OK Senate health bill
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she lacks the votes to quickly move the Senate's sweeping health overhaul bill through the House, a potentially devastating blow to President Barack Obama's signature issue.

Pelosi, D-Calif., made the comment to reporters after House Democrats held a closed-door meeting at which participants vented frustration with the Senate's massive version of the legislation.

Her concession meant there was little hope for a White House-backed plan to quickly push the Senate-approved health bill through the House, followed by a separate measure making changes sought by House members, such as easing the Senate's tax on higher-cost health plans. Such an approach would be "problematic," she said.

"In its present form without any changes I don't think it's possible to pass the Senate bill in the House," Pelosi said, adding, "I don't see the votes for it at this time."

I have zero issues with health care reform but it should not be a 2,000+ page pork orgy. It should not create over 100 separate agencies, it should reduce the size of the government involvement, implement tort reform (although this is a state issue and not a federal one) and it should allow people to shop for better insurance deals. There is a lot that needs to be done, when the House and the Senate have been working on is entirely the wrong direction.