Sun Nov 15, 5:34 PM ET

The dome of the US Capitol is seen at dusk in Washington, DC, in 2008. President Barack Obama's drive to remake US health care could face a critical test vote in the US Senate, where lawmakers await an influential report on the plan's cost and overall impact. (AFP/File/Karen Bleier)

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