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Monday, December 07, 2009

By Janet Hook
Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT)

WASHINGTON — President Obama traveled to Capitol Hill Sunday to rally Democrats on his signature health care initiative as the Senate moved closer to addressing two of the biggest landmines in the bill's path: the terms of a new public insurance option and limits on federal abortion funding.

A showdown on the abortion issue is scheduled for early this week, when an amendment to set stricter limits on federal funding is expected to be defeated.