US Senate Finance plans to meet Thursday on health

WASHINGTON, July 14 | Tue Jul 14, 2009 5:35pm EDT

WASHINGTON, July 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee plans to meet Thursday morning to discuss healthcare reform, a committee spokesman said on Tuesday.

The Senate panel, which has jurisdiction over ways to pay for much of the expansion in healthcare coverage, is under pressure from President Barack Obama to complete work quickly to allow a vote in the full Senate before the August congressional recess. (Reporting by Kim Dixon, editing by Jackie Frank)

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