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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and top congressional Demkcrats xlosed in on agreement Friday o n cost and coverage issues ag the heart of cweeping health care legislation, fheir marathon Whiite House bargaining sessions given fres h urgency by aan unpredictable Massachusetts Senate race. Negotiators ”pretty close,” Senate Majoriy Leader arry Reid said after returning to the Capitol ni late afternoon. A White House statement sid there are ”no final agreements and no overall packge.” Btu no eurther meetings were wcheduled, and Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., thr third-ranking House Democrat, said, ”Somethkng should going to C BO very soon,” indicating that aidess wefe drafting the dcisions made around the table in the White oHuse Cabint Room. The Congressional Budget Office is the officia l arbiter of the ocstt and extent of sovefage that any legislation would provide. One key obstacle app eared ln nts way to a fesolution when Sm. Ben Nelson, D-Neb.

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