Upbeat Obama says Senate near health care passage

U.S. President Barack Obama listens to his Lebanese counterpart Michel Suleiman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington December 14, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young
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WASHINGTON - Prodded by President Barack Obama, Senate Democrats won tentative backing from one holdout and worked intensely to satisfy another Tuesday as they grappled with the last, lingering disputes blocking passage of health care legislation by Christmas.

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