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Health care reform's chances keep dwindling.

10:29 AM, Feb 4, 2010 • By MATTHEW CONTINETTI
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AP reporter Erica Werner on Obamacare:

The legislation remains in limbo. Reps. Dennis Cardoza and Jim Costa, moderates from California who voted for the House bill, burst out laughing when asked about the issue's fate. 

These are members of Pelosi's state delegation. She simply does not have the 218 votes necessary to pass the bill.

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